hâte

See also: hate, hatě, hâté, and hāte

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French haste, from Old French haste, from Frankish *hai(f)st (compare Old High German heisti).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /at/, /ɑt/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -ɑt
• Homophones: hâtent, hâtes

Noun

hâte f (plural hâtes)

1. haste, impatience

Derived terms

• à la hâte
• avoir hâte

 

Related terms

• hâter
• hâtif
• hâtivement

Verb

hâte

1. inflection of hâter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “hâte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• hêta

Norman

Etymology

From Old French haste, from Frankish *hai(f)st, from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“violence”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”).

Noun

hâte f (plural hâtes)

1. (Jersey) haste