vate
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Champenois
Pronunciation
Noun
vate (f)
- Alternative form of vaiche
French
Etymology
From Latin vātēs (“prophet, poet”). Compare Italian vate, Spanish vate, Portuguese vate, Catalan vate, English vates. Doublet of ovate and vaticiner.
Pronunciation
Noun
vate m (plural vates)
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin vātēs (“prophet, poet”). Compare English vates.
Pronunciation
Noun
vate m (plural vati)
- (literary) prophet, fortune-teller
- Synonyms: divinatore, indovino, profeta
- (figurative) an inspired or prophetic poet or other writer; vates
- 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XIII, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 82:
- Fu un grande poeta Gabriele D'Annunzio, il cui vero nome per inciso era Rapagnetta? […] Innazitutto fu un vate. Amò il lusso, la mondanità, la magniloquenza, l'azione.
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Further reading
- vate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Ladino
Etymology
Interjection
vate (Hebrew spelling ב׳אטי)
- get out of here!
- Synonym: sal de aki
Latin
Noun
vāte
Latvian
Noun
vate f (5th declension)
Declension
Declension of vate (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | vate | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | vati | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | vates | — |
| dative (datīvs) | vatei | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | vati | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | vatē | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | vate | — |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
vate
- inflection of vata (“religious duty”):
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: va‧te
Noun
vate m or f by sense (plural vates)
- vates (divinely inspired poet)
Spanish
Noun
vate m or f by sense (plural vates)
Further reading
- “vate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vaat'ëk.
Noun
vate
Declension
| Inflection of vate (inflection type 36/kaste) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | vate | ||
| genitive sing. | vatken | ||
| partitive sing. | vatet | ||
| partitive plur. | vatkid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vate | vatked | |
| accusative | vatken | vatked | |
| genitive | vatken | vatkiden | |
| partitive | vatet | vatkid | |
| essive-instructive | vatken | vatkin | |
| translative | vatkeks | vatkikš | |
| inessive | vatkes | vatkiš | |
| elative | vatkespäi | vatkišpäi | |
| illative | vatkehe | vatkihe | |
| adessive | vatkel | vatkil | |
| ablative | vatkelpäi | vatkilpäi | |
| allative | vatkele | vatkile | |
| abessive | vatketa | vatkita | |
| comitative | vatkenke | vatkidenke | |
| prolative | vatetme | vatkidme | |
| approximative I | vatkenno | vatkidenno | |
| approximative II | vatkennoks | vatkidennoks | |
| egressive | vatkennopäi | vatkidennopäi | |
| terminative I | vatkehesai | vatkihesai | |
| terminative II | vatkelesai | vatkilesai | |
| terminative III | vatkessai | — | |
| additive I | vatkehepäi | vatkihepäi | |
| additive II | vatkelepäi | vatkilepäi | |
Volapük
Noun
vate