hate

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See also: hatě, hâte, hâté, and hāte

English

Etymology

From Middle English hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English hete, hæte, heate (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“strong emotion”). Cognate with West Frisian haat, Dutch haat, German Hass, Norwegian and Swedish hat.

The verb is from Middle English haten, from Old English hatian (“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *hatēn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną (“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from the same root as above.

Pronunciation

Noun

hate (countable and uncountable, plural hates)

  1. An object of hatred.
    One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
  2. Hatred.
    He gave me a look filled with pure hate.
  3. (Internet slang) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
    There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Lady Gaga from her fans.

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Descendants

  • → Polish: hejt

Translations

hatred — see hatred

Verb

hate (third-person singular simple present hates, present participle hating, simple past and past participle hated)

  1. (transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.
    • 1997, Popular Science, volume 251, number 4, page 34:
      People who hate broccoli may have super-sensitive taste buds.
  2. (intransitive) To experience hatred.
  3. (informal, originally African-American Vernacular) Used in a phrasal verb: hate on.
    I put ranch dressing on pizza. Please don't hate on me.

Usage notes

Conjugation

Conjugation of hate
infinitive (to) hate
present tense past tense
1st-person singular hate hated
2nd-person singular hate, hatest† hated, hatedst†
3rd-person singular hates, hateth† hated
plural hate
subjunctive hate hated
imperative hate —
participles hating hated

†Archaic or obsolete.

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Bola

Noun

hate

  1. liver

References

Cia-Cia

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

hate (Hangul spelling 하떼)

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

References

  • Van den Berg, Rene (1991). "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language," in Excursies in Celebes, pp. 305-324.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

hate

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of haten

Japanese

Romanization

hate

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はて

Middle English

Etymology 1

Most likely a modification of earlier hete (from Old English hete) after haten, though compare Old Norse hatr.

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Pronunciation

Noun

hate (plural hates)

  1. Hate, hatred, anger, wroth.
    Synonyms: hatrede, hatynge, hete
  2. Something that causes or induces hate; insults, demeaning words.
  3. The results of hate; enmity, discord, turmoil.
    Synonyms: hatrede, hete
  4. (rare) Something that one hates.
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Etymology 2

Verb

hate

  1. Alternative form of haten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hata.

Verb

hate (imperative hat, present tense hater, passive hates, simple past and past participle hata or hatet, present participle hatende)

  1. to hate (somebody / something)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse hata.

Pronunciation

Verb

hate (present tense hatar, past tense hata, past participle hata, passive infinitive hatast, present participle hatande, imperative hate/hat)

  1. to hate (someone, something)

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References

Ternate

Etymology

Does not continue Proto-North Halmahera *gota (“tree”). However, compare Proto-Timor-Alor-Pantar *hate ("tree").

Pronunciation

Noun

hate (Jawi هاتي)

  1. tree
  2. wood
  3. (by extension) woodwork

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Unami

Verb

hate

  1. there is, there exists
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