"-gate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: -gates [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from Watergate, an American political scandal from 1972–1974 which led to resignation of president Richard Nixon. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the suffix first appeared in a 1973 article in the National Lampoon magazine which referenced a rumoured "Volgagate". The suffix was promoted by New York Times columnist William Safire, who coined several -gate words beginning in 1974. Etymology templates: {{bf|en|Watergate}} Back-formation from Watergate Head templates: {{en-noun|nosuffix=1}} -gate (plural -gates)
  1. (informal) A scandal. Tags: informal Related terms: -ghazi
    Sense id: en--gate-en-noun-8137oWiX Categories (other): English back-formations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 58 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [English]

Etymology: Back-formation from Watergate, an American political scandal from 1972–1974 which led to resignation of president Richard Nixon. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the suffix first appeared in a 1973 article in the National Lampoon magazine which referenced a rumoured "Volgagate". The suffix was promoted by New York Times columnist William Safire, who coined several -gate words beginning in 1974. Etymology templates: {{bf|en|Watergate}} Back-formation from Watergate Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=proper noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -gate, {{en-suffix|cat2=proper noun-forming suffixes}} -gate
  1. Combined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals. Tags: morpheme Translations (component in names of scandals): -гейт (-gejt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 門 /门 (mén) (Chinese Mandarin), -gate [masculine] (French), -gate [neuter] (German), -opoli [feminine] (Italian), 게이트 (geiteu) (Korean), -gate [neuter] (Polish), -lão [masculine] (Portuguese), -гейт (-gejt) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en--gate-en-suffix-3WBZkifZ Categories (other): English back-formations, Pages using catfix, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [English]

Etymology: From Old English geat. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|geat}} Old English geat Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=proper noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -gate, {{en-suffix|cat2=proper noun-forming suffixes}} -gate
  1. Used to form place names. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--gate-en-suffix-I9TfVX0H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 23 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 19 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 21 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [French]

IPA: /ɡɛt/ Forms: -gates [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English -gate, from Watergate. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|en|-gate}} Borrowed from English -gate Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} -gate m (noun-forming suffix, plural -gates)
  1. -gate (forms names of scandals) Tags: masculine, morpheme

Suffix [German]

IPA: /ɡɛɪ̯t/, /ɡeːt/ Audio: De--gate.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from English -gate, from Watergate. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|en|-gate}} Borrowed from English -gate Head templates: {{head|de|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=n}} -gate n
  1. -gate (forms names of scandals) Tags: morpheme, neuter

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Back in college, [Maddi] Filliater said she tweeted at a local sandwich shop about some alleged brown lettuce, and the business responded angrily: Why didn't she bring up the problem in person instead of attacking them on the Internet? Her friends refer to the incident as \"LettuceGate.\"",
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