Etymology

mache

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Today it means: A former unit of volumic radioactivity: the quantity of radon (ignoring its daughters) per litre of air which ionizes a sustained current of 0.001 esu. Full definition →

German Mache
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mache · noun1

  1. German · borrowed fromMache
  2. English todaymache

From German Mache, surname of Heinrich Mache.

mache · noun2

Compare Tagalog matse, Cebuano masi, Kapampangan mutsi (“moche”). See also buchi, muah chee, Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî).

Words from the same roots

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Mach

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