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shako SYLLABICATION: shak·o PRONUNCIATION: shk, shk, shä- VARIANT FORMS: also shack·o NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. shak·os or shak·oes A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume. ETYMOLOGY: French schako, from Hungarian csákó, from csákós (süveg), pointed (cap), from csák, peak, perhaps from Middle High German zacke, tack, nail. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000:
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