"Mates" meaning in English

See Mates in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Mateses [plural]
Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté. * Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hu|Mátés}} Hungarian Mátés, {{bor|en|ca|Mates}} Catalan Mates Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Mates (plural Mateses)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Mates-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "2": "hu",
        "3": "Mátés"
      },
      "expansion": "Hungarian Mátés",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ca",
        "3": "Mates"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan Mates",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mateses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "Mates (plural Mateses)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
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        [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Mates"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hu",
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      },
      "expansion": "Hungarian Mátés",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ca",
        "3": "Mates"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan Mates",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Two main origins:\n* Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté.\n* Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "Mates (plural Mateses)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from Catalan",
        "English surnames from Hungarian",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
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        [
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          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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