-ate

See also: ate, até, atè, atê, atë, and åte

English

Etymology

From the Latin perfect passive participle suffixes of first conjugation verbs -ātus, -āta, and -ātum. In Middle English, it was written -at.

Suffix

-ate

1. (in adjectives) having the specified thing

   lobate — “having lobes”

2. (in adjectives) characterized by the specified thing

   Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”

3. (in adjectives) resembling the specified thing

   palmate — “resembling the palm”

4. (in nouns) a thing characterised by the specified thing

   apostate — “one who is characterized by dissent”

5. (in nouns) a rank or office

   rabbinate — “the office of a rabbi”

   Synonym: -cy

6. (chemistry, in nouns) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic

   acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”

7. (in verbs) to act in the specified manner

   formulate — “to act by putting (something) in a formula”

   Synonym: -ify

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ate

• abbreviate
• apostate

 

Related terms

• -ation
• -ator

 

Translations

having property

• Esperanto: -ulo (eo) (person or zoology)
• French: -âtre (fr)
• Galician: -ado m, -ada f
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• Latin: -atus m
• Portuguese: -ado (pt) m, -ada (pt) f
• Spanish: -ado (es) m, -ada (es) f

characterized by the specified thing

• Esperanto: -ulo (eo) (person or zoology)
• Portuguese: -ado (pt) m, -ada (pt) f
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• Spanish: -ado (es) m, -ada (es) f

resembling the specified thing

• Portuguese: -ado (pt)
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a thing characterised by the specified thing

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a rank or office

• Portuguese: -ato m, -ado (pt) m
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• Spanish: -ato (es) m, -ado (es) m

chemical derivative

• French: -ate (fr)
• Hindi: -ईय (-īya)
• Hungarian: -át
• Irish: -áit
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• Malay: -at
• Portuguese: -ato m
• Spanish: -ato (es) m
• Swedish: -at (sv)

to act in the specified manner

• Portuguese: -ar (pt), -ear (pt), -ejar
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: -ar (es), -ear (es)

Anagrams

• AET, ETA, TEA, Tea, a.e.t., aet, eat, eta, tea, æt.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at/

Suffix

-ate

1. (chemistry, in nouns) -ate

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Italian

Etymology 1

Feminine plural of -ato; from Latin -ātae, feminine nominative plural of -ātus.

Suffix

-ate

1. Used with a suffix to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -are verbs
2. Common suffix of various towns in Lombardy, that usually indicates belonging to a person or a family

Etymology 2

From Latin -ātis (second-person plural present active indicative ending).

Suffix

-ate

1. Used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -are verbs

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.te/, [ˈäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.te/, [ˈäːt̪e]

Suffix

1. second-person plural present active imperative of -ō
2. vocative masculine singular of -ātus

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Romanian

Etymology

Feminine plural of -at; from Latin -ātae, feminine nominative plural of -ātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.te/

Suffix

-ate (masculine singular -at, feminine singular -ată, masculine plural -ați)

1. used with a stem to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -a (first conjugation) verbs. (e.g. lăsate, măsurate, etc.)