maté

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mate" and mate

English

Maté

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.

Pronunciation

Noun

maté (countable and uncountable, plural matés)

  1. (countable) An evergreen tree, Ilex paraguariensis, native to South America, cultivated for its leaves.
    Synonyms: yerba mate, yerba
  2. (uncountable) A beverage, resembling tea, made from the dried leaves of this plant.
    Synonym: maté tea
    We spent a month in Buenos Aires drinking nothing but maté and Fernet with soda.
  3. (countable) A cup of this drink.
  4. (countable, uncommon) The container used to prepare this drink, traditionally a small calabash.
    Synonym: gourd
    Coordinate term: bombilla
    • 1856 July–October, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume IV, A. and C. Black, page 194:
      The maté is then filled with yerva, after the bombilla has been placed in position.

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Verb

maté

  1. first-person singular indefinite preterite indicative of matar

Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.

Pronunciation

Noun

maté n (indeclinable)

  1. maté
    čaj maté ― maté tea

Further reading

  • maté in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • maté in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • maté in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati (“gourd”).

Pronunciation

Noun

maté m (plural matés)

  1. maté

Etymology 2

Participle

maté (feminine matée, masculine plural matés, feminine plural matées)

  1. past participle of mater

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Spanish

Verb

maté

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of matar
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