macho
French, noun/mat.ʃo/
macho is spelled M-A-C-H-O (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macho is a French masculine noun meaning “One who is excessively or aggressively masculine or misogynistic; a chauvinist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Au sens d'origine”.
What does macho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineOne who is excessively or aggressively masculine or misogynistic; a chauvinist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui met sa masculinité en avant de façon considérée comme excessive, voire phallocrate ou misogyne.
noun: 1. Au sens d'origine 2. Homme mettant sa masculinité en avant de façon considérée comme excessive, pouvant aller jusqu’à la phallocratie ou la misogynie. 3. Partie centrale de la corne d’un animal.
noun: 1. Abréviation de matière astronomique compacte dans un halo.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of macho
- machos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macho?
- /mat.ʃo/
- \ma.tʃo\
- \ma.ʃo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macho in French?
macho appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).