mate

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mate" and maté

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meɪt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology 1

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From Middle English mate, a borrowing from Middle Low German mate (“messmate”) (replacing Middle English mette from Old English ġemetta (“sharer of food, table-guest”)), derived from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) (related to German and Dutch ge-) + *matjô (from *matiz (“food”)), related to Old English mete (“food”)). From the same Middle Low German source stems German Maat (“naval non-commissioned officer”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Moat (“friend, buddy, comrade, mate”), Dutch maat (“mate, partner, colleague, friend”). More at ge-, co-, meat.

Noun

mate (plural mates)

  1. A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
  2. (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
  3. (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) A friend, usually of the same sex.
    I'm going to the pub with a few mates.
    He's my best mate.
  4. (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) a colloquial, informal and friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age
    Excuse me, mate, have you got the time?
  5. (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
  6. (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
  7. (nautical) A first mate.
  8. A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
  9. The other member of a matched pair of objects.
    I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate.
  10. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
    • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Ye knew me once no mate / For you; there sitting where you durst not soar.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
Translations
nautical: first mate — see first mate
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Verb

mate (third-person singular simple present mates, present participle mating, simple past and past participle mated)

  1. (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
    The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.
  2. (intransitive) To copulate.
  3. (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring
  4. (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
  5. (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
  6. (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
  7. (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
  8. (transitive) To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
    • (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death.
    • (Can we date this quote by William Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      I, […] in the way of loyalty and truth, […] / Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be.
  9. (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
  10. (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
Synonyms
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Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to engage in sexual intercourse — see copulate
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Etymology 2

From Middle English verb maten, Middle French mater, from Old French noun mat (“checkmate”), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).

Noun

mate (plural mates)

  1. (chess) Short for checkmate.
Translations
checkmate — see checkmate

Verb

mate (third-person singular simple present mates, present participle mating, simple past and past participle mated)

  1. (intransitive) To win a game of chess by putting the opponent in checkmate
  2. To confuse; to confound.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Translations

Etymology 3

See maté.

Noun

mate (plural mates)

  1. Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.).
  2. The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) mate

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

Cebuano

Etymology

Short for English checkmate, from Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاهُ مَاتَ (šāhu māta), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king [is] amazed”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧te

Noun

mate

  1. (chess) a checkmate

Verb

mate

  1. (chess) to checkmate; to put the king of an opponent into checkmate

Interjection

mate

  1. (chess) checkmate

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mate.

Dutch

Etymology

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A more archaic form of maat (“measure”), in petrified use in various contexts and expressions. From Middle Dutch mate, from Old Dutch *māta, from Proto-Germanic *mētō.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧te

Noun

mate f (plural maten, diminutive maatje n)

  1. A measure, degree: quantity or intensity of something abstract

See also

Verb

mate

  1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular past subjunctive of meten

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Hawaiian make, Maori mate, Rapa Nui mate, Tahitian mate), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (compare Cebuano matay, Chamorro matai, Ilocano matay, Indonesian mati, Javanese mati, Kapampangan mate, mete, Malagasy maty, Malay mati, Palauan mad, Tagalog matay), from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

Adjective

mate

  1. dead (no longer alive)

Noun

mate

  1. death

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

mate

  1. feminine singular of mat

Verb

mate

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

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

mate

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

Gothic

Romanization

matē

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌴

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: mà‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin māter, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

mate m (plural mati)

  1. (obsolete) mother
    Synonym: madre

See also

Etymology 2

From Quechua mati (“gourd”).

Alternative forms

Noun

mate m (uncountable)

  1. (botany) yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.))
  2. maté (beverage)

References

  • mate1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • mate2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

mate

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まて

Laboya

Verb

mate

  1. to die

Derived terms

References

  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “mate”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 66

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mate (compare Hawaiian make, Rapa Nui mate, Tahitian mate), from Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Fijian mate), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (compare Cebuano matay, Chamorro matai, Ilocano matay, Indonesian mati, Javanese mati, Kapampangan mate, mete, Malagasy maty, Malay mati, Palauan mad, Tagalog matay), from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

Adjective

mate

  1. dead (no longer alive)

Noun

mate

  1. death
  2. disease
  3. in want of

Derived terms

Mapudungun

Noun

mate (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. The drink maté, prepared of yerba mate (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.).

See also

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mate (imperative mat, present tense mater, passive mates, simple past and past participle mata or matet, present participle matende)

  1. to feed

Synonyms

Related terms

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Adjective

mate

  1. inflection of mata (“dead; thought”):
    1. masculine/neuter locative singular
    2. masculine accusative plural
    3. feminine vocative singular

Noun

mate

  1. locative singular of mata (“opinion”)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.

Noun

mate m (uncountable)

  1. (South Brazil) maté (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.) (a shrub native to southern South America)
    Synonyms: erva mate, erva
  2. (South Brazil) maté (a beverage prepared from the leaves of this plant)
    Synonym: chimarrão

Etymology 2

Verb

mate

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mate (compare Hawaiian make, Maori mate, Tahitian mate), from Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Fijian mate), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (compare Cebuano matay, Chamorro matai, Ilocano matay, Indonesian mati, Javanese mati, Kapampangan mate, mete, Malagasy maty, Malay mati, Palauan mad, Tagalog matay), from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

Adjective

mate

  1. dead (no longer alive)

Verb

mate

  1. to die

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmate/ [ˈma.t̪e]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mat, mate.

Adjective

mate m or f (masculine and feminine plural mates)

  1. matte (not reflective of light)

Etymology 2

From jaque mate (“checkmate”).

Noun

mate m (plural mates)

  1. (chess) mate, checkmate
    Synonym: jaque mate
  2. (colloquial, El Salvador) A hand gesture.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Quechua mati.

Noun

mate m (plural mates)

  1. The drink maté, prepared of yerba maté (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.).
  2. A hollow gourd or cup in which maté is traditionally served.
  3. (colloquial, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay) head (top part of the body)
    Synonym: cabeza
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: maté, mate
  • → French: maté

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

mate m or f (masculine and feminine plural mates)

  1. (South America) tan, tanned (skin colour)

Etymology 5

Clipping of matemática.

Noun

mate f (plural mates)

  1. (colloquial) math / maths
    Synonym: mates

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mate

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

Further reading

Swahili

Noun

mate (ma class, plural only)

  1. saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mate (compare Hawaiian make, Maori mate), Rapa Nui mate, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Fijian mate), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (compare Cebuano matay, Chamorro matai, Ilocano matay, Indonesian mati, Javanese mati, Kapampangan mate, mete, Malagasy maty, Malay mati, Palauan mad, Tagalog matay), from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

Adjective

mate

  1. dead (no longer alive)

Verb

mate

  1. to die

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mate.

Pronunciation

Noun

mate

  1. death
  2. the dead

Adjective

mate

  1. dead
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