shako.
A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
Meaning & usage
A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
A bearskin or busby.
Where this word 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”).
The squilla or mantis shrimp.
Where this word comes from
From Japanese 蝦蛄 (shako), ultimately from Chinese 蝦蛄 /虾蛄 (xiāgū).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.