-ate

See also: ate, até, atè, atê, atë, and åte

English

Pronunciation

• (adjectives, nouns) IPA^(key): /ət/
• (verbs, adjectives, nouns, chemistry) IPA^(key): /eɪt/

Etymology 1

From the Latin perfect passive participle suffixes of first conjugation verbs -ātus, -āta, and -ātum. In Middle English, it was written -at. Doublet of -ee.

Suffix

-ate

1. (in adjectives) having the specified thing

   lobate — “having lobes”

2. (in adjectives) characterized by the specified thing

   Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”

3. (in adjectives) resembling the specified thing

   palmate — “resembling the palm”

4. (in nouns) a thing characterised by the specified thing

   apostate — “one who is characterized by dissent”

5. (chemistry, in nouns) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic

   acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”

6. (in verbs) to act in the specified manner

   formulate — “to act by putting (something) in a formula”

   Synonym: -ify

Synonyms

• (having specified thing): -ous

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ate

• abbreviate
• apostate

 

Related terms

• -ation
• -ator

 

Translations

having property

• Esperanto: -ulo (eo) (person or zoology)
• French: -âtre (fr)
• Galician: -ado m, -ada f
• Latin: -atus m
• Portuguese: -ado (pt) m, -ada (pt) f
• Spanish: -ado (es) m, -ada (es) f

characterized by the specified thing

• Esperanto: -ulo (eo) (person or zoology)
• Portuguese: -ado (pt) m, -ada (pt) f
• Spanish: -ado (es) m, -ada (es) f

resembling the specified thing

• Portuguese: -ado (pt)

a thing characterised by the specified thing

chemical derivative

• French: -ate (fr)
• Hindi: -ईय (-īy)
• Hungarian: -át
• Irish: -áit
• Malay: -at
• Polish: -an (pl) m
• Portuguese: -ato m
• Spanish: -ato (es) m
• Swedish: -at (sv)
• Turkish: -at
• Welsh: -ad m

to act in the specified manner

• Portuguese: -ar (pt), -ear (pt), -ejar (pt)
• Spanish: -ar (es), -ear (es)

Etymology 2

From the Latin abstract-noun-forming suffix -ātus, -ātūs.

Suffix

-ate

2. (in nouns) a rank or office

   rabbinate — “the office of a rabbi”

   Synonym: -cy

Translations

a rank or office

• Interlingua: -ato
• Portuguese: -ato m, -ado (pt) m
• Spanish: -ato (es) m, -ado (es) m
• Welsh: -aeth f, -iaeth f

Anagrams

• AET, ETA, TEA, Tea, a.e.t., aet, eat, eta, tea, æt.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at/

• Audio

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Suffix

-ate m (plural -ates)

1. (chemistry, in nouns) -ate

   ‎benzo- (“benzo-”) + ‎-ate → ‎benzoate (“benzoate”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: -à‧te

Etymology 1

Feminine plural of -ato. From Latin -ātās, feminine accusative plural of -ātus.

Suffix

-ate f pl (non-lemma form of past participle-forming suffix)

1. used with a suffix to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -are verbs

Suffix

-ate f (proper noun-forming suffix)

1. common suffix of various towns in Lombardy, that usually indicates belonging to a person or a family

Etymology 2

From Latin -ātis (second-person plural present active indicative ending).

Suffix

-ate (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

1. used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -are verbs

Anagrams

• -eta, -età, eta, età

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.te/, [ˈäːt̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.te/, [ˈäːt̪e]

Etymology 1

Suffix

-āte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

Etymology 2

Suffix

-āte

1. vocative masculine singular of -ātus

Ojibwe

Final

-ate

1. be or be in an interior space, room, house

Related terms

• ate (“be (in a certain place)”)

See also

• biind- (“in, into, inside”)
• biinde (“be in something”)
• -ige (“act in relation to a dwelling”)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/ate-final

Romanian

Etymology

Feminine plural of -at; from Latin -ātae, feminine nominative plural of -ātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.te/

Suffix

-ate (masculine singular -at, feminine singular -ată, masculine plural -ați)

1. used with a stem to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -a (first conjugation) verbs. (e.g. lăsate, măsurate, etc.)

Derived terms

Romanian terms suffixed with -ate