chicotte

== English == === Alternative forms === chicote === Etymology === From French chicotte. === Noun === chicotte (plural chicottes) A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese chicote, probably borrowed from French chicot. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃi.kɔt/ === Noun === chicotte f (plural chicottes) whip, chicotte === Further reading === “chicotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012