pete

See also: Pete, PETE, péte, peté, pète, petë, and pété

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

pete (plural petes)

1. (slang) Alternative form of peter (“a safe”)
   • 1929, Outlook and Independent, volume 152, page 640:

     He was on his way to Tyrone, where he intended to blow a “pete” in a general merchandise store […]

   • 1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster, page 34:

     He told us that at one time he could blow a pete at one shot and never fail.

Anagrams

• Peet, Tepe, teep, tepe

Galician

Verb

pete

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French péter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pete/

Verb

pete

1. (transitive) to break
2. (transitive) to flatter, to fool
3. (intransitive) to burst, explode, break
4. (intransitive) to start (doing something)
5. (intransitive) to fart

   Synonym: pèpèt

References

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1778. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the proper noun Pete, the diminutive form of the male given name Péter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛtɛ]
• Hyphenation: pe‧te
• Rhymes: -tɛ

Noun

pete (plural peték)

1. (cytology) ovum

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pete	peték
accusative	petét	petéket
dative	petének	petéknek
instrumental	petével	petékkel
causal-final	petéért	petékért
translative	petévé	petékké
terminative	petéig	petékig
essive-formal	peteként	petékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	petében	petékben
superessive	petén	petéken
adessive	peténél	petéknél
illative	petébe	petékbe
sublative	petére	petékre
allative	petéhez	petékhez
elative	petéből	petékből
delative	petéről	petékről
ablative	petétől	petéktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	petéé	petéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	petééi	petékéi

Possessive forms of pete
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	petém	petéim
2nd person sing.	petéd	petéid
3rd person sing.	petéje	petéi
1st person plural	peténk	petéink
2nd person plural	petétek	petéitek
3rd person plural	petéjük	petéik

Derived terms

• petéjű
• petés
• petézik

 

Compound words

• peteérés
• petefészek

 

Further reading

• pete in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.te/, [ˈpɛt̪ɛ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.te/, [ˈpɛːt̪e]

Verb

pete

1. second-person singular present active imperative of petō

Middle English

Adjective

pete

1. Alternative form of pety

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish patear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛtɛ]
• Hyphenation: pe‧te

Verb

pete

1. (transitive) to kick

Conjugation

Conjugation of pete

Nonfuture indicative					Future indicative
	affirmative		negative			affirmative		negative
	m	f	m	f		m	f	m	f
1st sg	petɨkue		peñedɨkue		1st sg	peitɨkue		peñeitɨkue
2nd sg	peto		peñedo		2nd sg	peito		peñeito
3rd sg anim1)	petɨmɨe	petɨñaiño	peñedɨmɨe	peñedɨñaiño	3rd sg anim1)	peitɨmɨe	peitɨñaiño	peñeitɨmɨe	peñeitɨñaiño
1st du	petɨkoko	petɨkaɨñaɨ	peñedɨkoko	peñedɨkaɨñaɨ	1st du	peitɨkoko	peitɨkaɨñaɨ	peñeitɨkoko	peñeitɨkaɨñaɨ
2nd du	petomɨko	petomɨñoɨ	peñedomɨko	peñedomɨñoɨ	2nd du	peitomɨko	peitomɨñoɨ	peñeitomɨko	peñeitomɨñoɨ
3rd du anim1)	petaɨmaiaɨ	petaɨñuaɨ	peñedaɨmaiaɨ	peñedaɨñuaɨ	3rd du anim1)	peitaɨmaiaɨ	peitaɨñuaɨ	peñeitaɨmaiaɨ	peñeitaɨñuaɨ
1st pl	petɨkaɨ		peñedɨkaɨ		1st pl	peitɨkaɨ		peñeitɨkaɨ
2nd pl	petomoɨ		peñedomoɨ		2nd pl	peitomoɨ		peñeitomoɨ
3rd pl anim1)	petɨmakɨ		peñedɨmakɨ		3rd pl anim1)	peitɨmakɨ		peñeitɨmakɨ
3rd neut	pete		peñede		3rd neut	peite		peñeite
Imperative			Apprehensive	Future event	Passive		Negative passive		Overlap
simple	immediate	prohibitive			nonfuture	future	nonfuture	future
peno!	penokai!	peñeno!	peiza!	peye	pega	peyɨ	peñega	peñeyɨ	pekana
Conditional			1) The animate 3rd singular inflections are only used when the animacy of the subject needs to be emphasised. Otherwise, the neutral 3rd singular is used. *) Same-time forms may be formed from any indicative form by adding the ending -mo directly to the inflected form. **) The evidentiality markers -dɨ, -za and -ta may be added to any indicative form.
real	hypothetical	immediate
peia	pena	pekaina

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 77

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑁂𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• पेते (Devanagari script)
• পেতে (Bengali script)
• පෙතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ပေတေ (Burmese script)
• เปเต (Thai script)
• ᨷᩮᨲᩮ or ᨸᩮᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ເປເຕ (Lao script)
• បេតេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄬𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

pete

1. inflection of peta (“ghost”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Romanian

Noun

pete f

1. inflection of pată:
   1. indefinite genitive/dative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pete (Cyrillic spelling пете)

1. inflection of peta:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

pete (Cyrillic spelling пете)

1. (Kajkavian) second-person plural future of iti

Slovene

Noun

pete

1. inflection of peta:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpete/ [ˈpe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: pe‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lunfardo chupete (“pacifier”).

Noun

pete m (plural petes)

1. (Latin America, slang) blowjob

   Synonym: mamada

Etymology 2

Clipping of chupete (“pacifier”).

Noun

pete m (plural petes)

1. (Latin America, childish) binky, pacifier

Etymology 3

Noun

pete m (plural petes)

1. (Latin America, slang) noob, unskilled player

Etymology 4

Verb

pete

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

pete (n class, plural pete)

1. ring

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpe.te]

Noun

pete

1. eye mucus, sleep, gound, rheum

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

Etymology

From pa (“to tell”) +‎ ète (“strategy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pè.tē/

Verb

pète

1. to scheme, to plot
2. to intend

Derived terms

• ìpète (“shcemes”)