-ate
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ate"
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 and -ed.
Suffix
-ate
- (in adjectives) having the specified thing
- lobate — “having lobes, lobed”
- (in adjectives) characterized by the specified thing
- Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”
- (in adjectives) resembling the specified thing
- palmate — “resembling the palm”
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (in nouns) a thing characterised by the specified thing
- apostate — “one who is characterized by dissent”
- (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”
- (in verbs) to act in the specified manner
Translations
having property
characterized by the specified thing
chemical derivative
to act in the specified manner
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Etymology 2
From the Latin abstract-noun-forming suffix -ātus, -ātūs.
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at/
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.te/
- Rhymes: -ate
- Hyphenation: -à‧te
Suffix
-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
-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
From Latin -ātis (second-person plural present active indicative ending). The imperative comes from Latin -ate.
Suffix
-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
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.te/, [ˈäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.te/, [ˈäːt̪e]
Ojibwe
Final
-ate
- be or be in an interior space, room, house
Related terms
- ate (“be (in a certain place)”)
See also
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/ate-final
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.te/
Suffix
-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
Romanian terms suffixed with -ate
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