See -gate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for -gate meaning in English (3.9kB)
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "門",
"clq": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Chinese: 門／门 (mén) (calque)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chinese: 門／门 (mén) (calque)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "門",
"clq": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mandarin: 門／门 (mén) (calque)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mandarin: 門／门 (mén) (calque)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "-gate",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: -gate",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: -gate"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "-gate",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: -gate",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: -gate"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "게이트",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 게이트 (geiteu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 게이트 (geiteu)"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Watergate"
},
"expansion": "Back-formation from Watergate",
"name": "back-form"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "suffix",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": "",
"id": ""
},
"expansion": "-gate",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "-gate",
"name": "en-suffix"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English back-formations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Combined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals."
],
"id": "en--gate-en-suffix-3WBZkifZ",
"links": [
[
"scandals",
"scandal#Noun"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "-ghazi"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"word": "門"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mén",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"word": "门"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-gate"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "-gate"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-opoli"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geiteu",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"word": "게이트"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ão"
}
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"List of \"-gate\" scandals and controversies",
"New York Times",
"Oxford English Dictionary",
"Richard Nixon",
"William Safire"
],
"word": "-gate"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "geat"
},
"expansion": "Old English geat",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English geat.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "suffix",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": "",
"id": ""
},
"expansion": "-gate",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "-gate",
"name": "en-suffix"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "28 72",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form place names."
],
"id": "en--gate-en-suffix-I9TfVX0H",
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"List of \"-gate\" scandals and controversies"
],
"word": "-gate"
}
{
"categories": [
"English back-formations",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English suffixes",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Old English"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "門",
"clq": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Chinese: 門／门 (mén) (calque)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chinese: 門／门 (mén) (calque)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "門",
"clq": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mandarin: 門／门 (mén) (calque)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mandarin: 門／门 (mén) (calque)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "-gate",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: -gate",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: -gate"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "-gate",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: -gate",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: -gate"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "게이트",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 게이트 (geiteu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 게이트 (geiteu)"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Watergate"
},
"expansion": "Back-formation from Watergate",
"name": "back-form"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "suffix",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": "",
"id": ""
},
"expansion": "-gate",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "-gate",
"name": "en-suffix"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "suffix",
"related": [
{
"word": "-ghazi"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Combined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals."
],
"links": [
[
"scandals",
"scandal#Noun"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"word": "門"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mén",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"word": "门"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-gate"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "-gate"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-opoli"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geiteu",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"word": "게이트"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "component in names of scandals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ão"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"List of \"-gate\" scandals and controversies",
"New York Times",
"Oxford English Dictionary",
"Richard Nixon",
"William Safire"
],
"word": "-gate"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English suffixes",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Old English"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "geat"
},
"expansion": "Old English geat",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English geat.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "suffix",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": "",
"id": ""
},
"expansion": "-gate",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "-gate",
"name": "en-suffix"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Used to form place names."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"List of \"-gate\" scandals and controversies"
],
"word": "-gate"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.