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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
- formulate — “to act by putting (something) in a formula”
- Synonym: -ify
Synonyms
- (having specified thing): -ous, -ed
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
characterized by the specified thing
resembling the specified thing
a thing characterised by the specified thing
to act in the specified manner
Etymology 2
From the Latin abstract-noun-forming suffix -ātus, -ātūs.
Suffix
-ate
- (in nouns) a rank or office
- rabbinate — “the office of a rabbi”
- Synonym: -cy
Translations
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ate m (plural -ates)
- (chemistry, in nouns) -ate
- benzo- (“benzo-”) + -ate → benzoate (“benzoate”)
Italian
Pronunciation
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)
- 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
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Suffix
-āte
- second-person plural present active imperative of -ō (first conjugation)
Etymology 2
Suffix
-āte
- vocative masculine singular of -ātus
Ojibwe
Final
-ate
- 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
Romanian
Etymology
Feminine plural of -at; from Latin -ātae, feminine nominative plural of -ātus.
Pronunciation
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