vate
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin vātēs (“prophet, poet”). Compare English vates.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vate m (plural vati)
- (literary) prophet, fortune-teller
- Synonyms: divinatore, indovino, profeta
- (figurative) an inspired or prophetic poet or other writer; vates
- 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XIII, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 82:
- Fu un grande poeta Gabriele D'Annunzio, il cui vero nome per inciso era Rapagnetta? […] Innazitutto fu un vate. Amò il lusso, la mondanità, la magniloquenza, l'azione.
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Further reading edit
- vate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Noun edit
vāte
Latvian edit
Noun edit
vate f (5th declension)
Declension edit
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Declension of vate (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | vate | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | vati | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | vates | — |
dative (datīvs) | vatei | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | vati | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | vatē | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | vate | — |
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
vate
- inflection of vata (“religious duty”):
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: va‧te
Noun edit
vate m or f by sense (plural vates)
- vates (divinely inspired poet)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
vate m or f by sense (plural vates)
Further reading edit
- “vate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vaat'ëk.
Noun edit
vate
Declension edit
Inflection of vate (inflection type 36/kaste) | |||
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nominative sing. | vate | ||
genitive sing. | vatken | ||
partitive sing. | vatet | ||
partitive plur. | vatkid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vate | vatked | |
accusative | vatken | vatked | |
genitive | vatken | vatkiden | |
partitive | vatet | vatkid | |
essive-instructive | vatken | vatkin | |
translative | vatkeks | vatkikš | |
inessive | vatkes | vatkiš | |
elative | vatkespäi | vatkišpäi | |
illative | vatkehe | vatkihe | |
adessive | vatkel | vatkil | |
ablative | vatkelpäi | vatkilpäi | |
allative | vatkele | vatkile | |
abessive | vatketa | vatkita | |
comitative | vatkenke | vatkidenke | |
prolative | vatetme | vatkidme | |
approximative I | vatkenno | vatkidenno | |
approximative II | vatkennoks | vatkidennoks | |
egressive | vatkennopäi | vatkidennopäi | |
terminative I | vatkehesai | vatkihesai | |
terminative II | vatkelesai | vatkilesai | |
terminative III | vatkessai | — | |
additive I | vatkehepäi | vatkihepäi | |
additive II | vatkelepäi | vatkilepäi |
Volapük edit
Noun edit
vate