-ate
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the Latin perfect passive participle suffixes of first conjugation verbs -ātus, -āta, and -ātum. In Middle English, it was written -at (then desolat for current desolate). Doublet of -ee and -ed.
Suffix
edit-ate
- forms adjectives with meaning "having the specified thing"
- forms adjectives with meaning "characterized by the specified thing"
- Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”
- forms adjectives with meaning "resembling the specified thing"
- palmate — “resembling the palm”
Derived terms
editTranslations
editEtymology 2
editSee Etymology 1. Its use as a verbal suffix comes from a long tradition in English, Latin and Romance languages to form verbs on adjectives (see Old English sweartian (“to swart”), Latin clārus (“pure”) → clāro (“to clear, purify”)). With the loss of complex inflection patterns the English verb thus formed came to be morphologically similar to adjectives they originated from (Middle English swarten → to swart and swart (adjective)). Inherited adjectives as well as borrowed ones became then eligible to being verbalized unadapted (compare older and inherited whiten to the use of white as a verb and with it the adjective-appended verbal suffix -en used to differentiate adjectives from verbs). At the end of the 14th century, numerous Latin-borrowed adjectives were being brought from first conjugation Latin verbs' participle stems to the English tongue (see Middle English preparat, desolat) and, from the 16th century, they began being used as verbs along with their older, identical adjective counterpart. With the lack of any other etymologically relevant Latin verbal suffix and the influence of Latin in science and literature, the suffix eventually became the de facto Latin stem-deriving verbal suffix. [1]
Suffix
edit-ate
- derives verbs from Latin stems of various lexical categories
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 3
editFrom the substantivation of past participles from first conjugation Latin verbs; see Etymology 1. It grew to popularity after its morphological revival in French during the 14th century, where past participle-inherited substantives began to be Latinized (see French avoué and its re-Latinized version, avocat. Compare also English advocate with further re-Latinization). The older -é (avoué, employé) gave English -ee (employee).
Suffix
edit-ate
- (non-productive) forms participial nouns meaning "person or thing that is the object or subject of that performed verb"
Derived terms
editTranslations
editEtymology 4
editFrom the substantivation of past participles from first conjugation Latin verbs; see Etymology 1. Used so to denote a product having been subject to the said chemical and thus derived by it (e.g. plumbum acētātum (“acetated lead”) → acetate (“a salt or ester of acetic acid”)).
Suffix
edit-ate
- (chemistry) forms derivatives of specified elements or compounds; especially salts or esters of an acid whose name ends in -ic
- acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”
Derived terms
editTranslations
editEtymology 5
editFrom the Latin abstract-noun-forming suffix -ātus, -ātūs.
Suffix
edit-ate
- forms nouns denoting a rank or office, the concrete charge, context of the office itself or a state caused by such a rank or office
Derived terms
editTranslations
editAnagrams
editReferences
edit- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “-ate, suffix3”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532, column 2.
French
editPronunciation
editSuffix
edit-ate m (plural -ates)
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFeminine plural of -ato. From Latin -ātās, feminine accusative plural of -ātus.
Suffix
edit-ate f pl (non-lemma form of past participle-forming suffix)
- used with a suffix to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -are verbs
Suffix
edit-ate f (proper noun-forming suffix)
- common suffix of various towns in Lombardy, that usually indicates belonging to a person or a family
Etymology 2
editFrom Latin -ātis (second-person plural present active indicative ending). The imperative comes from Latin -ate.
Suffix
edit-ate (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -are verbs
Anagrams
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈaː.te/, [ˈäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.te/, [ˈäːt̪e]
Etymology 1
editSuffix
edit-āte
- second-person plural present active imperative of -ō (first conjugation)
Etymology 2
editSuffix
edit-āte
Ojibwe
editFinal
edit-ate
- be or be in an interior space, room, house
Related terms
edit- ate (“be (in a certain place)”)
See also
editReferences
edit- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/ate-final
Romanian
editEtymology
editFeminine plural of -at; from Latin -ātae, feminine nominative plural of -ātus.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-ate (masculine singular -at, feminine singular -ată, masculine plural -ați)
- used with a stem to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -a (first conjugation) verbs. (e.g. lăsate, măsurate, etc.)
Derived terms
edit- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- English adjective-forming suffixes
- English verb-forming suffixes
- English noun-forming suffixes
- en:Chemistry
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French noun-forming suffixes
- French countable nouns
- French masculine suffixes
- fr:Chemistry
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ate
- Rhymes:Italian/ate/2 syllables
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian suffix forms
- Italian lemmas
- Italian suffixes
- Italian proper noun-forming suffixes
- Italian feminine suffixes
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin suffix forms
- Ojibwe finals
- Ojibwe verb finals
- Ojibwe inanimate intransitive verb finals
- Romanian terms inherited from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian suffixes