vate

See also: väte and våte

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vātēs (“prophet, poet”). Compare English vates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.te/

Noun

vate m (plural vati)

1. (literary) prophet, fortune-teller

   Synonyms: divinatore, indovino, profeta

2. (figuratively) an inspired or prophetic poet or other writer; vates
   • 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XIII, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 82:

     Fu un grande poeta Gabriele D'Annunzio, il cui vero nome per inciso era Rapagnetta? […] Innazitutto fu un vate. Amò il lusso, la mondanità, la magniloquenza, l'azione.

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Further reading

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

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) vāte

1. ablative singular of vātēs

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Latvian

Noun

vate f (5th declension)

1. cotton wool

Declension

Declension of vate (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	vate	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	vati	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	vates	—
dative (datīvs)	vatei	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	vati	—
locative (lokatīvs)	vatē	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	vate	—

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vātēs.

Noun

1. vates (divinely inspired poet)

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Spanish

Noun

vate m (plural vates)

1. vates

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic .

Noun

vate

1. coarse fabric

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Volapük

Noun

vate

1. dative singular of vat