"-ate" meaning in English

See -ate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ət/ [adjective, noun], /eɪt/ [adjective, noun, verb]
Etymology: From the Latin perfect passive participle suffixes of first conjugation verbs -ātus, -āta, and -ātum. In Middle English, it was written -at. Doublet of -ee and -ed. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|-ātus}} -ātus, {{m|la|-āta}} -āta, {{m|la|-ātum}} -ātum, {{doublet|en|-ee|-ed}} Doublet of -ee and -ed Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ate, {{en-suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -ate
  1. (in adjectives) having the specified thing Tags: morpheme Synonyms (having specified thing): -ous, -ed Translations (having property): -ulo (english: person or zoology) (Esperanto), -âtre (French), -ado [masculine] (Galician), -ada [feminine] (Galician), -atus [masculine] (Latin), -ado [masculine] (Portuguese), -ada [feminine] (Portuguese), -ado [masculine] (Spanish), -ada [feminine] (Spanish), -ad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-VCalE1Jc Disambiguation of 'having specified thing': 32 18 20 17 6 6 Disambiguation of 'having property': 66 6 6 5 9 7
  2. (in adjectives) characterized by the specified thing Tags: morpheme Translations (characterized by the specified thing): -ulo (english: person or zoology) (Esperanto), -ado [masculine] (Portuguese), -ada [feminine] (Portuguese), -ado [masculine] (Spanish), -ada [feminine] (Spanish), -sk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-vwinJ~eD Disambiguation of 'characterized by the specified thing': 13 53 13 12 4 5
  3. (in adjectives) resembling the specified thing Tags: morpheme Translations (resembling the specified thing): -ado (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-j7KzwEim Disambiguation of 'resembling the specified thing': 15 14 52 12 3 4
  4. (in nouns) a thing characterised by the specified thing Tags: morpheme Translations (a thing characterised by the specified thing): -at (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-kuH1hl0C Disambiguation of 'a thing characterised by the specified thing': 12 12 12 57 3 4
  5. (chemistry, in nouns) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (chemical derivative): -ate (French), -ईय (-īya) (Hindi), -át (Hungarian), -áit (Irish), -at (Malay), -an [masculine] (Polish), -ato [masculine] (Portuguese), -ato [masculine] (Spanish), -at (Swedish), -at (Turkish), -ad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-ljDHcxae Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 18 1 15 28 17 0 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemical derivative': 0 0 0 0 100 0
  6. (in verbs) to act in the specified manner Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ify Translations (to act in the specified manner): -eer (Afrikaans), -oj (Albanian), -ar (Asturian), -atu (Basque), -ава́ць (-avácʹ) (Belarusian), -ява́ць (-javácʹ) (Belarusian), -ирам (-iram) (Bulgarian), -ar (Catalan), -ovat (Czech), -ere (Danish), -eerida (Estonian), -oida (Finnish), -er (French), -ar (Galician), -ear (Galician), -ieren (German), -ál (Hungarian), -ar (Ido), -ar (Interlingua), -are (Italian), する [suru] (Japanese), 하다 (hada) (Korean), -o (Latin), -a (Maltese), -ere (Norwegian Bokmål), -ere (Norwegian Nynorsk), -ar (Occitan), -ować (Polish), -ar (Portuguese), -ear (Portuguese), -ejar (Portuguese), -a (Romanian), -и́ровать (-írovatʹ) (Russian), -are (Sardinian), -и́рати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), -írati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), -ovať (Slovak), -ar (Spanish), -ear (Spanish), -era (Swedish), -ува́ти (-uváty) (Ukrainian), -юва́ти (-juváty) (Ukrainian), ־ירן (-irn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-HcADS7gP Disambiguation of 'to act in the specified manner': 6 5 5 4 4 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abbreviate, apostate Related terms: -ation, -ator
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ət/ [adjective, noun], /eɪt/ [adjective, noun, verb]
Etymology: From the Latin abstract-noun-forming suffix -ātus, -ātūs. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|-ātus|-ātus, -ātūs|id=abstract noun}} -ātus, -ātūs Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ate, {{en-suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -ate
  1. (in nouns) a rank or office Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -cy Translations (a rank or office): -ato (Interlingua), -ato [masculine] (Portuguese), -ado [masculine] (Portuguese), -ato [masculine] (Spanish), -ado [masculine] (Spanish), -aeth [feminine] (Welsh), -iaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-en:office
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "word": "-er"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ar"
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        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ear"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ieren"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ál"
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          "word": "-ar"
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          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
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          "code": "it",
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        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hada",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "하다"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-o"
        },
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          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-a"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ere"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ejar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-a"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-írovatʹ",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-и́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-are"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "-и́рати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "-írati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-era"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "-uváty",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-ува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "-juváty",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "-юва́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 4 4 76",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "-irn",
          "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
          "word": "־ירן"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ət/",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "noun",
        "verb"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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        "3": "-"
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        "id": "abstract noun"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "head": "",
        "id": ""
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        }
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          "rank",
          "rank"
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          "office",
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          "word": "-cy"
        }
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        "morpheme"
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        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "a rank or office",
          "word": "-ato"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a rank or office",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ato"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a rank or office",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ado"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a rank or office",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ato"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a rank or office",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a rank or office",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a rank or office",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        }
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        "adjective",
        "noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "noun",
        "verb"
      ],
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        "chemistry",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
{
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    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English noun-forming suffixes",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English verb-forming suffixes"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "abbreviate"
    },
    {
      "word": "apostate"
    }
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        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ātus"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-āta"
      },
      "expansion": "-āta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ātum"
      },
      "expansion": "-ātum",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "-ee",
        "3": "-ed"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
      "word": "-ation"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ator"
    }
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    {
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        {
          "text": "lobate — “having lobes, lobed”"
        }
      ],
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        "having the specified thing"
      ],
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        "(in adjectives) having the specified thing"
      ],
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        "in adjectives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "text": "Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”"
        }
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        "characterized by the specified thing"
      ],
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        "(in adjectives) characterized by the specified thing"
      ],
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        "in adjectives"
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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        }
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        "resembling the specified thing"
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        "(in adjectives) resembling the specified thing"
      ],
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        "in adjectives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "text": "apostate — “one who is characterized by dissent”"
        }
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        "a thing characterised by the specified thing"
      ],
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        "(in nouns) a thing characterised by the specified thing"
      ],
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        "in nouns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Chemistry"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”"
        }
      ],
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        "a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic"
      ],
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        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "derivative",
          "derivative"
        ],
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "compound",
          "compound"
        ],
        [
          "salt",
          "salt"
        ],
        [
          "ester",
          "ester"
        ],
        [
          "acid",
          "acid"
        ],
        [
          "-ic",
          "-ic"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chemistry, in nouns) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in nouns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "formulate — “to act by putting (something) in a formula”"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to act in the specified manner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in verbs) to act in the specified manner"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in verbs"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-ify"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ət/",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "noun",
        "verb"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "having specified thing",
      "word": "-ous"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having specified thing",
      "word": "-ed"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "english": "person or zoology",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "having property",
      "word": "-ulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having property",
      "word": "-âtre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ada"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-atus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having property",
      "word": "-ad"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "english": "person or zoology",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "characterized by the specified thing",
      "word": "-ulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "characterized by the specified thing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "characterized by the specified thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characterized by the specified thing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characterized by the specified thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "characterized by the specified thing",
      "word": "-sk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "resembling the specified thing",
      "word": "-ado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a thing characterised by the specified thing",
      "word": "-at"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "word": "-ate"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "-īya",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "word": "-ईय"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "word": "-át"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "word": "-áit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "word": "-at"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-an"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ato"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ato"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "word": "-at"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "word": "-at"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "word": "-at"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chemical derivative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ad"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-eer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-oj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-atu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "-avácʹ",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "-javácʹ",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ява́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "-iram",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ere"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-eerida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-oida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-er"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ear"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ál"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-are"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "tags": [
        "suru"
      ],
      "word": "する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hada",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-o"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-a"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ere"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ear"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-írovatʹ",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-и́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-are"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "-и́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "-írati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-era"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-uváty",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-ува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-juváty",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "-юва́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "-irn",
      "sense": "to act in the specified manner",
      "word": "־ירן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ate"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English noun-forming suffixes",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ātus",
        "3": "-ātus, -ātūs",
        "id": "abstract noun"
      },
      "expansion": "-ātus, -ātūs",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Latin abstract-noun-forming suffix -ātus, -ātūs.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ate",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "rabbinate — “the office of a rabbi”"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a rank or office"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in nouns) a rank or office"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in nouns"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:office"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-cy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ət/",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "noun",
        "verb"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "a rank or office",
      "word": "-ato"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a rank or office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ato"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a rank or office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ado"
    },
    {
      "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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