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English

Alternative forms

  • et (informal pronunciation spelling)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

ate

  1. simple past of eat
  2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of eat
    • 1805, Maximilien de Béthune duc de Sully, Memoirs of Maximillian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great ‎, volume IV, page 171:
      I have a very good appetite, have ate some excellent melons, and they have served me up some quails, the fattest and tenderest I have ever ate.
    • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Pride and Prejudice: , volume II, London: for T Egerton, , →OCLC, page 192:
      As soon as all had ate, and the elder ones paid, the carriage was ordered; […]
    • 1929, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Nicky-Nan, Reservist‎, page 27:
      “Haven't ate all the eggs, I hope? For I be hungry as a hunter […]
    • 2013 January 11 [1997], David Bell, Gill Valentine, Consuming Geographies: We Are Where We Eat‎, Routledge, →ISBN, page 140:
      So I'd have ate when me Dad had ate, sort of thing, I think, you know when he come home from work, I'd have waited for him, I wouldn't have said I wanted mine at four o'clock […]

Etymology 2

From Tagalog ate (“elder sister”), from Hokkien 阿姊 (á-ché, “eldest sister”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ate (plural ates)

  1. (Philippines) An elder sister
  2. (Philippines) A respectful title or form of address for an older woman.

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

ate

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of atar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of atar

Basque

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Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

ate inan

  1. door, entrance
  2. defile, gorge (deep, narrow passage)
  3. (sports) goal (structure)
  4. exterior, outside part

Declension

Declension of ate (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive ate atea ateak
ergative atek ateak ateek
dative ateri ateari ateei
genitive ateren atearen ateen
comitative aterekin atearekin ateekin
causative aterengatik atearengatik ateengatik
benefactive aterentzat atearentzat ateentzat
instrumental atez ateaz ateez
inessive atetan atean ateetan
locative atetako ateko ateetako
allative atetara atera ateetara
terminative atetaraino ateraino ateetaraino
directive atetarantz aterantz ateetarantz
destinative atetarako aterako ateetarako
ablative atetatik atetik ateetatik
partitive aterik — —
prolative atetzat — —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "ate" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “ate” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Drehu

Pronunciation

Verb

ate

  1. to know, be knowledgeable

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

ate

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of eten

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate

  1. Obsolete spelling of yate

Galician

Verb

ate

  1. inflection of atar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hitu .

Pronunciation

Noun

ate (plural ate-ate, first-person possessive ateku, second-person possessive atemu, third-person possessive atenya)

  1. sago leaves sewn to make a roof

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

ate

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あて

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈte/,
  • Hyphenation: a‧te

Noun

ate

  1. (anatomy) liver

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate

  1. (anatomy) liver
  2. (figurative) heart

Derived terms

References

  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ate”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qaCay”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Lindu

Noun

ate

  1. (anatomy) liver

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology unclear. Compare Latvian atā. The word may not be very old, and may ultimately derive from French adieu, via a Slavic intermediary.

Interjection

ate

  1. (informal) goodbye, ta-ta
    Synonyms: iki, viso gero

Usage notes

The interjection was originally restricted to childish language, but it is now used more generally in colloquial speech. The VLKK recommends against using it in official communication.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rita Miliūnaitė (2010) “Atia ar ate?”, in kalbosnamai.lt, LKI
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “atia, ate”, in Konsultacijų bankas [Consultation bank], Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija [Commission on the Lithuanian language], 2003–2024

Mandinka

Pronoun

ate

  1. he, him (personal pronoun)
  2. she, her (personal pronoun)
  3. it (personal pronoun)

See also

Mandinka personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person nte, n, m ntolu, ntelu, n
2nd person ite, i altolu, altelu, al
3rd person ate, a itolu, itelu, y

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate

  1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

Middle English

Noun

ate

  1. Alternative form of ote

Mori Bawah

Pronunciation

Noun

ate

  1. liver

References

  • The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 684

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate (mutated form gate)

  1. liver

References

  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 21.

Ojibwe

Verb

ate (changed conjunct form eteg, reduplicated form ayate, augmented form atemagad)

  1. be (in a certain place)
    Gii-kwanabise iwe biskitenaagan imaa adoopowinaakong gaa-ateg.
    The birch bark tray that was sitting on the table tipped over.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ate
Independent positive negative
singular (0s) ate atesinoon
obviative singular (0's) ateni atesinini
plural (0p) atewan atesinoon
obviative plural (0'p) ateniwan atesininiwan
Conjunct positive negative
singular or plural (0) ateg atesinog
obviative singular or plural (0') atenig atesininig

See also

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aitā.

Pronunciation

Noun

āte f

  1. oat

Declension

Declension of ate (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative āte ātan
accusative ātan ātan
genitive ātan ātena
dative ātan ātum

Related terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: ate, ote

Portuguese

Verb

ate

  1. inflection of atar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Sahu

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate hate.

Pronunciation

Noun

ate

  1. tree

References

  • Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

Scots

Noun

ate (plural ates)

  1. Alternative form of ait (“oat”)

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈate/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: a‧te

Etymology 1

Of Nahuatl origin.

Noun

ate m (plural ates)

  1. a kind of Mexican jelly candy made by cooking fruit pulp, usually from guava, quince, peach or prickly pear
    Synonym: dulce

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ate

  1. inflection of atar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien 阿姊 (á-chí / á-ché, “elder sister; eldest sister”) as per Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948). Compare Indonesian ace, Kapampangan atsi, Remontado Agta itti. Doublet of atsi.

Pronunciation

Noun

ate (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆᜒ)

  1. elder sister; big sister
    Synonyms: (Nueva Ecija) ateng, (Chinese Filipino) atsi
    Nagluto sina ate at nanay ng pananghalian namin.
    Our big sister and mother cooked our lunch.
  2. eldest sister
  3. (informal) term of address for a female senior (in school, work, etc.)
    Synonyms: (Nueva Ecija) ateng, (Chinese Filipino) atsi
    Tinanong ko si ate sa hayskul, "Ate, ano po ang mga gawain niyo sa hayskul".
    I asked my senior from high school, "Miss, what activities do you do in high school?"
  4. (informal) term of address for any young female: miss; sis
    Synonym: (Nueva Ecija) ateng
    Bumili ako ng pagkain kay ate.
    I bought food from the miss.
  5. (Laguna, Quezon, informal) aunt
Alternative forms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Related terms

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

atê (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆᜒ)

  1. (childish) dirt
    Synonyms: atse, tsetse, aa

Further reading

  • “ate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 141
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 14
  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “阿姊”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “ché”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 30; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 30
  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chí”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 38; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 38

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

ate

  1. (intransitive) to connect

Conjugation

Conjugation of ate
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toate foate miate
2nd noate niate
3rd Masculine oate iate, yoate†
Feminine moate
Neuter iate
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Tocharian *āté, from Proto-Indo-European *éti (“beyond, over”) or *h₂éti (“away, back, again”).

Adverb

ate

  1. away

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ate”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 10

Wauja

Pronunciation

Interjection

ate

  1. ow, ouch (expressing pain in response to heat)
    Ate! Inyatapai itsei! ― Ow! fire is hot! .

References

  • E. Ireland field notes. Need to be checked by native speaker.
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