English edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /seɪt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology 1 edit

From earlier sade (to weary, satiate, satisfy), from Middle English saden (to weary, satisfy, become wearied or satiated), from Old English sadian (to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied), from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn (to satiate, become satisfied), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (sated), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (to satiate, be satisfied). Cognate with Middle Low German saden, Middle High German saten (to saturate, satisfy, satiate), Icelandic seðja (to satisfy). Cognate with sad.

Verb edit

sate (third-person singular simple present sates, present participle sating, simple past and past participle sated)

  1. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
    Synonyms: satiate, fill up
    At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated.
Usage notes edit

Used interchangeably with, though less common than, satiate.[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ Monthly Gleanings: November 2011: Sate versus satiated.”, OUPblog

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English sate, satte, from Old English sæt, first and third person singular preterite of sittan (to sit).

Verb edit

sate

  1. (dated, poetic) simple past of sit

Etymology 3 edit

From Malay sate (satay).

Noun edit

sate

  1. satay

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Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay sate (satay).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsate]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧té

Noun edit

sate (first-person possessive sateku, second-person possessive satemu, third-person possessive satenya)

  1. (colloquial) satay (dish)

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Romanization edit

sate

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さて
  2. Rōmaji transcription of サテ

Khumi Chin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ca, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *zə. Cognates include Chinese () (and probably Chinese (zuò)) and Mru caŋ.

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Verb edit

sate

  1. (transitive) to do
  2. (transitive) to make
  3. (transitive) to build
  4. (transitive) to plant
  5. (transitive) to serve
  6. (transitive) to prepare, arrange
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Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sate

  1. (transitive) to lengthen

References edit

  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, pages 88-89

Malay edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Javanese saté, from Tamil சதை (catai, flesh).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sate (Jawi spelling ساتي, plural sate-sate, informal 1st possessive sateku, 2nd possessive satemu, 3rd possessive satenya)

  1. satay (dish)

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North Frisian edit

Verb edit

sate

  1. (Mooring) to sit

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From satan.

Noun edit

sate c

  1. (colloquial) someone pitiable (arousing (contemptous) pity)
    stackars lilla sate
    poor little bastard
  2. (colloquial) a bastard (disagreeable or tricky person)
    Nån rik sate tänker köpa allt och köra ut oss
    Some rich bastard is planning to buy everything and run us out
    en slug sate
    a sly bastard

Declension edit

Declension of sate 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sate saten satar satarna
Genitive sates satens satars satarnas

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Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: sa‧te
  • IPA(key): /ˈsateʔ/, [ˈsa.tɛʔ]

Noun edit

satè (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒ)

  1. cord; strong string (used in spinning tops, etc.)
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Malay sate, from Tamil சதை (catai, flesh).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: sa‧te
  • IPA(key): /ˈsate/, [ˈsa.tɛ]

Noun edit

sate (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒ)

  1. Alternative form of satay