yate

See also: Yate

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ȝate, yate, ȝeat, alternative forms of gate, gat, from Old English ġeat (“a gate, door”), from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”).

Noun

yate (plural yates)

1. Obsolete form of gate.
   • c. 1420, Thomas Hoccleve, Dialogue:

     Syn he of helthe hath opned me the yate

   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, “May”, in The Shepheardes Calender; republished as The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser, London: Henry Hills, 1679, page 21:

     For thy my Kiddie, be ruled by me, / And never give trust to his trechery: / And if he chance come when I am abroad, / Spar the yate fast, for fear of fraud.

   • 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, London: Smith, Elder & Co., published 1870, page 69:

     He's left th' yate at t' full swing, and Miss's pony has trodden dahn two rigs o' corn , and plottered through, raight o'er into t' meadow!

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

yate (plural yates)

1. Any of several species of Eucalyptus.

Anagrams

• Taye, yeat

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish yate (“yacht”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.te/

Noun

yate

1. yacht

Derived terms

• magyate

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Cebuano

Etymology

Equivalent to yacht +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ya‧te

Noun

yate

1. a yacht; a slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:yate.

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Fijian

Etymology

From ate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

yate

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

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Middle English

Noun

yate (plural yatis)

1. Alternative form of gate (“gate”)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yacht, from Dutch jacht.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʝate/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝate/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃate/ [ˈʃa.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒate/ [ˈʒa.t̪e]

Noun

yate m (plural yates)

1. yacht

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish yate (“yacht”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.te/

Noun

yate

1. yacht

Derived terms

• yatihan