See also: väte, våte, and -vate

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin vātēs (prophet, poet). Compare English vates.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: và‧te

Noun edit

vate m (plural vati)

  1. (literary) prophet, fortune-teller
    Synonyms: divinatore, indovino, profeta
  2. (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

  1. ablative singular of vātēs

Latvian edit

Noun edit

vate f (5th declension)

  1. cotton wool

Declension edit

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Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

vate

  1. inflection of vata (religious duty):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin vātēs.

Pronunciation edit

 
 

  • Hyphenation: va‧te

Noun edit

vate m or f by sense (plural vates)

  1. vates (divinely inspired poet)

Spanish edit

Noun edit

vate m or f by sense (plural vates)

  1. prophetic poet, vates
    Synonym: poeta

Further reading edit

Veps edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *vaat'ëk.

Noun edit

vate

  1. broadcloth

Declension edit

Inflection of vate (inflection type 36/kaste)
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

  1. dative singular of vat