"-mate" meaning in English

See -mate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From the noun mate (“fellow, comrade, partner”). Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -mate, {{en-suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -mate
  1. Used to form nouns having the sense of "a comrade or fellow with whom what is denoted by the noun is shared". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--mate-en-suffix-s05ewM~F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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