"-ate" meaning in English

See -ate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ət/, /eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--ate.wav Forms: more -ate [comparative], most -ate [superlative]
Etymology: First attested in the 15th century; borrowed from Latin -ātus, the perfect passive participle ending of first conjugation verbs, also used to form participial adjectives from nouns. Before -ate was introduced as a suffix in Middle English, Latin-borrowed participial adjectives were written with final -at (Middle English desolat for modern desolate) and could also be used as past participles (see degenerate or communicate for remnants of it) with or without a corresponding verb ending in -aten; see Etymology 2. Doublet of -ee and, distantly, of -ed. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:lbor|la:-ātus<id:adjective>|id=adjectival}}, {{bor+|en|la|-ātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin -ātus, {{lg|perfect}} perfect, {{lg|passive voice|passive}} passive, {{lg|participle}} participle, {{lg|past participle}} past participle, {{doublet|en|-ee}} Doublet of -ee Head templates: {{en-adj}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -ate, superlative most -ate)
  1. forms adjectives with meaning "having the specified thing" Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ed, -ous
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-en:adjective
  2. forms adjectives with meaning "characterized by the specified thing" Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-eTeEbip3
  3. forms adjectives with meaning "resembling the specified thing" Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-dSN6QWxF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ət/, /eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--ate.wav
Etymology: First attested in the 15th century; borrowed from Latin -ātus, the perfect passive participle ending of first conjugation verbs, also used to form participial adjectives from nouns. Before -ate was introduced as a suffix in Middle English, Latin-borrowed participial adjectives were written with final -at (Middle English desolat for modern desolate) and could also be used as past participles (see degenerate or communicate for remnants of it) with or without a corresponding verb ending in -aten; see Etymology 2. Doublet of -ee and, distantly, of -ed. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:lbor|la:-ātus<id:adjective>|id=adjectival}}, {{bor+|en|la|-ātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin -ātus, {{lg|perfect}} perfect, {{lg|passive voice|passive}} passive, {{lg|participle}} participle, {{lg|past participle}} past participle, {{doublet|en|-ee}} Doublet of -ee Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -ate, {{en-suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes}} -ate
  1. (obsolete) up until Early Modern English, formed regular past participles of verbs ending in -ate. Rare afterwards except in archaizing poetry or religious writing. The alternative ending -ated was used from as early as Middle English. Tags: morpheme, obsolete Translations (characterized by the specified thing): -ulo [person] [zoology, biology, natural-sciences] (Esperanto), -ado [masculine] (Portuguese), -ada [feminine] (Portuguese), -ado [masculine] (Spanish), -ada [feminine] (Spanish), -sk (Swedish) Translations (having property): -ulo [person] [zoology, biology, natural-sciences] (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) Translations (resembling the specified thing): -ado (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-KX7MYXtl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 1 37 5 4 2 9 8 4 5 5 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 3 1 50 5 3 2 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 3 4 1 32 11 4 2 8 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 3 3 1 29 7 3 2 8 6 5 4 5 4 4 5 1 3 2 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 0 30 5 3 1 8 7 5 4 5 4 4 4 1 4 1 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 6 6 3 85 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 3 2 39 7 4 3 8 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 11 11 7 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 3 3 1 39 6 4 2 8 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 8 8 3 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 4 2 30 4 10 10 6 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 3 1 38 6 4 2 8 6 5 4 5 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 7 4 74 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 4 4 3 33 6 6 5 7 6 4 4 5 5 4 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ət/, /eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--ate.wav Forms: -ates [present, singular, third-person], -ating [participle, present], -ated [participle, past], -ated [past]
Etymology: See Etymology 1. In Middle English, verbs were derived from Latin-borrowed participial adjectives (also used as their past participles) and formed their infinitives in -aten (see -en; Middle English desolaten for modern desolate). In the 15th century, the loss of most verbal morphology made verbs formally identical to adjectives. This led to the heteronymy of Middle English verbs in -aten with their corresponding past participles, numerous adjectives in -ate being used as verbs, and, in the late 16th century, the systematic borrowing of such Latin participles as English verbs. The sheer number of newly borrowed verbs from Latin ending in -ate later gave rise to -ate's productivity as a verbal suffix. further etymology The same process also led to the systematic borrowing of Latin perfect passive participle of other kinds as English verbs. See dissect, delete, erase, applause (when older applaud) and exhaust: all borrowed from Latin participial stems of diverse conjugation groups. Compare also Basque -tu for similar development. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:lbor|la:-ātus<id:adjective>|id=verbal}}, {{lg|past participle}} past participle, {{m+|enm|desolaten}} Middle English desolaten, {{lg|adjective}} adjective, {{'}} ', {{sup|3}} ³ Head templates: {{en-verb}} -ate (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -ates, present participle -ating, simple past and past participle -ated)
  1. derives verbs (mostly) from Latin stems Tags: morpheme Related terms: -ation, -ative, -ator
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-en:verb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: /ət/, /eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--ate.wav Forms: -ates [plural]
Etymology: From the substantivization of perfect passive participles of first conjugation Latin verbs; see Etymology 1. Partly taken from French animate substantives that began to be Latinized during the 14th century: see French avoué and its re-Latinized version avocat, whence English advocate which underwent further re-Latinization. Partly from inanimate substantives taken from neuter forms of Latin participles: see mandate. French -é (e.g., avoué, employé) later gave English -ee. Etymology templates: {{lg|substantivization}} substantivization, {{lg|perfect}} perfect, {{lg|passive voice|passive}} passive, {{lg|participle}} participle, {{lg|animate}} animate, {{noncog|en|advocate}} English advocate, {{lg|inanimate}} inanimate, {{lg|gender|neuter}} neuter, {{cog|fr|-é}} French -é Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} -ate (noun-forming suffix, plural -ates)
  1. (rare) forms nouns meaning "person or thing that is either the object of a performed transitive verb or the subject of an intransitive one" Tags: morpheme, rare Synonyms: -ee
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-en:substantive
  2. (obsolete) forms nouns meaning "person or thing that is the subject of a transitive verb" Tags: morpheme, obsolete
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-S1v~YDrq
  3. (biology) forms nouns meaning "specimen of a corresponding taxon ending in -ata" Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-CIU26XeK Categories (other): Biology Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (substantive): (French)
Etymology number: 3 Disambiguation of 'substantive': 34 26 40

Suffix

IPA: /ət/, /eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--ate.wav Forms: -ates [plural]
Etymology: From the substantivization of perfect passive participle from first conjugation Latin verbs; see Etymology 1. Used so to denote a product having been subjected to the said chemical and thus derived by it (e.g. plumbum acētātum (“acetated lead”) → acetate (“an acetated product; a salt or ester of acetic acid”)). Etymology templates: {{lg|substantivization}} substantivization, {{lg|perfect}} perfect, {{lg|passive voice|passive}} passive, {{lg|participle}} participle Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} -ate (noun-forming suffix, plural -ates)
  1. (chemistry) forms derivatives of specified elements or compounds; especially salts or esters of an acid whose name ends in -ic Tags: morpheme Translations (chemical derivative): -ate (French), -ईय (-īya) (Hindi), -át (Hungarian), -áit (Irish), -at (Malay), pākawa (Maori), -an [masculine] (Polish), -ato [masculine] (Portuguese), -ato [masculine] (Spanish), -at (Swedish), -at (Turkish), -ad [masculine] (Welsh)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Suffix

IPA: /ət/, /eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--ate.wav Forms: -ates [plural]
Etymology: From the Latin abstract-noun-forming suffix -ātus, -ātūs. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} -ate (noun-forming suffix, plural -ates)
  1. forms nouns denoting a rank or office Tags: morpheme Translations (a rank or office): -at (French), -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:rank_or_office Disambiguation of 'a rank or office': 29 20 20 15 15 0
  2. forms nouns denoting the concrete charge, context of a rank or office Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-1Ncgawy9
  3. forms nouns denoting a group of officials associated with a rank or office Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-xEFWB04U
  4. forms nouns denoting a social or political system ruled by people or someone of a certain rank or office Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-OIYP1soi
  5. forms nouns denoting a state (government) ruled by people or someone of a certain rank or office Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-IZqT9EpS
  6. forms nouns denoting a state associated with one's social situation Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -cy
    Sense id: en--ate-en-suffix-z8R8i-L9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -ate meaning in English (25.2kB)

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