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shako¹

  • /ˈʃeɪkəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈʃɑːkəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈʃeɪkoʊ/ US
  • /ˈʃɑkoʊ/ US

Rhymes with -eɪkəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French shako, from Hungarian csákó (“cylindrical military dress hat worn by the Hungarian hussars from the 18th century to World War I”).

noun shakos · shakoes

  1. A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
  2. UK A bearskin or busby.

shako²

  • /ˈʃɑːkəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈʃɑkoʊ/ US

Where it comes from

From Japanese 蝦蛄 (shako), ultimately from Chinese 蝦蛄 /虾蛄 (xiāgū).

noun

  1. uncountable The squilla or mantis shrimp.

Translations

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noun military dress hat

Françaisshako
DeutschTschako
Русскийки́вер kíver

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MLA

"shako." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shako. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

shako. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shako

Chicago

"shako." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shako.

BibTeX
@misc{shako_2026,
  title = {shako},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shako},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}