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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English hwatu (“omen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwatu (“warning”), from Proto-Germanic *hwatō (“incitement”); compare Icelandic hvöt (“urge, encouragement”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhwaːt(ə)/
- (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈxwaːt(ə)/, /ˈwaːt(ə)/
Noun
whate (uncountable) (poetic)
- fortune, destiny, luck
- (rare) divination, augury
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