мате

See also: матэ, мяте, and Appendix:Variations of "mate"

Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatʲe]

Noun

ма́те • (máte) m inan

1. prepositional singular of мат (mat)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish mate.

Alternative forms

• ма́тэ (mátɛ) (rare, nonstandard)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈtɛ] (phonetic respelling: матэ́)
• IPA^(key): [ˈmatɛ] (phonetic respelling: ма́тэ)

Noun

мате́ or ма́те • (matɛ́ or mátɛ) m inan (indeclinable)

1. maté (plant, herb, beverage, but unlike in Spanish usually not the vessel from which the beverage is consumed)

Usage notes

Usually pronounced with stress on the second syllable (possibly borrowed through French), rarely with stress on the first syllable (as in Spanish).

Descendants

• → Armenian: մատե (mate)