amate

English

a codex page written on amate

Etymology 1

From Spanish papel amate (“amate paper”), from Classical Nahuatl āmatl (“paper”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈmɑːteɪ/

Noun

amate (plural amates)

1. Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.
2. An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.

Etymology 2

From Old French amater, amatir.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈmeɪt/

Verb

amate (third-person singular simple present amates, present participle amating, simple past and past participle amated)

1. (obsolete) To dishearten, dismay.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i:

     Shall I accuse the hidden cruell fate, / And mightie causes wrought in heauen aboue, / Or the blind God, that doth me thus amate, / For hoped loue to winne me certaine hate?

   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1, p. 230:

     For the last [...], he will be much amazed, he will be much amated.

   • c. 1815, John Keats, "To Chatterton":

     Thou didst die / A half-blown flow'ret which cold blasts amate.

Etymology 3

a- +‎ mate

Verb

amate (third-person singular simple present amates, present participle amating, simple past and past participle amated)

1. (obsolete) To be a mate to; to match.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

Anagrams

• A team, A-team

---

Esperanto

Adverb

amate

1. present adverbial passive participle of ami

---

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aˈma.te/

Participle

amate

1. past participle of amar

---

Italian

Adjective

amate f

1. Feminine plural form of amato

Noun

amate f

1. Plural form of amata

Verb

amate

1. second-person plural present tense of amare
2. second-person plural imperative of amare
3. feminine plural of amato, past participle of amare

Anagrams

• a tema

---

Latin

Verb

amāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of amō
   1. "love ye"
   2. "be ye fond of, like ye"
   3. "be ye under obligation to; be ye obliged to"

Participle

amāte

1. vocative masculine singular of amātus

---

Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl āmatl (“paper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.ˈma.te/

Noun

amate m (plural amates)

1. amate tree (Ficus insipida)
2. amate paper
3. amate (art form)

Synonyms

• (amate paper): papel amate m

Descendants

• English: amate