cate

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See also: Cate, caté, câte, and câté

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Aphetized from acate, from Old Northern French acat (purchase).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cate (plural cates)

  1. (in the plural) A delicacy or item of food.
    • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
      Kate of Kate-hall, my super-daintie Kate, / For dainties are all Kates, and therefore Kate / Take this of me, Kate of my consolation []
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 101:
      Have we not heard of divers most fertile regions, plenteously yeelding al maner of necessary victuals, where neverthelesse the most ordinary cates [translating méz] and daintiest dishes, were but bread, water-cresses, and water?
    • 1819, John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: [] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, [], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza XX, page 93, lines 172–173:
      All cates and dainties shall be stored there / Quickly on this feast-night: [...]
    • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
      He did not at first produce the cates and vintages they expected; they looked, most of them, puzzled at the lack of materials of revelry.

Anagrams[edit]

Afar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Saho xate.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ħaˈte/, [ħʌˈtɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧te

Verb[edit]

caté (passive cattiimé)

  1. (transitive) to help

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of cate (type II verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
perfective V-affirmative catéh cattéh catéh cattéh catnéh catteeníh cateeníh
N-affirmative caté catté caté catté catné cattén catén
negative mácatinniyo mácatinnito mácatinna mácatinna mácatinnino mácatinniton mácatinnon
imperfective V-affirmative catáh cattáh catáh cattáh catnáh cattaanáh cataanáh
N-affirmative catá cattá catá cattá catná cattán catán
negative mácata mácatta mácata mácatta mácatna mácattan mácatan
prospective V-affirmative catéliyoh
catéyyoh
catélitoh
catéttoh
catéleh catéleh catélinoh
caténnoh
catélitoonuh
catéttoonuh
catéloonuh
N-affirmative catéliyo
catéyyo
catélito
catétto
catéle catéle catélino
caténno
catéliton
catétton
catélon
conjunctive I V-affirmative cátuh cáttuh cátuh cáttuh cátuh cattóonuh catóonuh
N-affirmative cátu cáttu cátu cáttu cátu cattón catón
negative caté wáyuh caté wáytuh caté wáyuh caté wáytuh caté wáynuh caté waytóonuh caté wóonuh
conjunctive II V-affirmative catánkeh cattánkeh catánkeh cattánkeh catnánkeh cattaanánkeh cataanánkeh
N-affirmative catánke cattánke catánke cattánke catnánke cattaanánke cataanánke
negative caté wáankeh caté waytánkeh caté wáankeh caté waytánkeh caté waynánkeh caté waytaanánkeh caté wáankeh
jussive affirmative cátay cáttay cátay cáttay cátay cattóonay catóonay
negative caté wáay caté wáytay caté wáay caté wáytay caté wáynay caté waytóonay caté wóonay
past
conditional
affirmative catinniyóy catinnitóy catinnáy catinnáy catinninóy catinnitoonúy catinnoonúy
negative caté wanniyóy caté wannitóy caté wannáy caté wannáy caté wanninóy caté wannitoonúy caté wanninoonúy
present
conditional I
affirmative caték catték caték catték catnék catteeník cateeník
negative caté wéek caté wayték caté wéek caté wayték caté waynék caté wayteeník caté weeník
singular plural singular plural
consultative affirmative catóo catnóo imperative affirmative cát cáta
negative macatóo macatnóo negative mácatin mácatina
-h converb -i form -k converb -in(n)uh converb -innuk converb infinitive indefinite participle
V-focus N-focus
cátah cáti cátak catínnuh catínnuk catíyya catináanih catináan
Compound tenses
past perfect affirmative perfective + perfective of én or sugé
present perfect affirmative perfective + imperfective of én
future perfect affirmative perfective + prospective of sugé
past progressive -k converb + imperfective of én or sugé
present progressive affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én
future progressive -k converb + prospective of sugé
immediate future affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of wée
imperfect potential I affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of takké
imperfect
potential II
affirmative imperfective + -m + takké
negative caté + imperfective of wée + -m + takké
perfect
potential
affirmative perfective + -m + takké
negative caté + perfective of wée + -m + takké
present
conditional II
affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék
negative caté + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék
perfect
conditional
affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k
negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k
irrealis caté + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “cate”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Asturian[edit]

Verb[edit]

cate

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of catar

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

cate

  1. inflection of catar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Khumi Chin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

cate

  1. (transitive) to eat

References[edit]

  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, page 86

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

cate

  1. vocative masculine singular of catus

References[edit]

  • cate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

cate

  1. (hapax) Alternative form of gate (gate)

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧te

Verb[edit]

cate

  1. inflection of catar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkate/ [ˈka.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: ca‧te

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Caló caté (stick), from Sanskrit काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, wood).

Noun[edit]

cate m (plural cates)

  1. smack; slap
  2. fail (in an exam)

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

cate

  1. inflection of catar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]