ate

See also ATE, até, átʼé, -ate, and -áte

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /eɪt/

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• (UK) IPA: /ɛt/, /eɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪt
• Homophone: eight

Verb

ate

1. Simple past of eat.

Anagrams

• a.e.t., eat, ETA, eta, TEA, tea

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Basque

Noun

ate

1. door

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Dutch

Verb

ate

1. singular past subjunctive of eten.

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Tagalog

Noun

ate

1. big sister

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Lithuanian

Interjection

ate

1. goodbye (informal)

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Indonesian hati).

Noun

ate

1. liver

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

See here.

Noun

ate

1. liver

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈa.t̪e/

Etymology 1

Nahuatl origin

Noun

ate m. (plural ates)

1. A kind of Mexican jelly candy made by cooking fruit pulp, usually from guava, quince, peach or prickly pear.

Etymology 2

From atar

Verb

ate (infinitive atar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of atar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of atar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of atar.