shako
French, noun/ʃa.ko/
shako is spelled S-H-A-K-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shako is a French masculine noun meaning “shako (hat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coiffure militaire rigide, portée autrefois par les hussards, les chasseurs et la plupart des corps…”.
What does shako mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshako (hat)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coiffure militaire rigide, portée autrefois par les hussards, les chasseurs et la plupart des corps d’infanterie et qu’ont seulement conservée les saint-cyriens et la garde républicaine à pied.
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 shako
- shakos plural
- schako
- schakos
- tschako rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shako?
- /ʃa.ko/
- \ʃa.kɔ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to shako
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shako in French?
shako appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).