See -ate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a rank or office",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ato"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a rank or office",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ado"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a rank or office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-aeth"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a rank or office",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-iaeth"
}
],
"word": "-ate"
}
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