"mate" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈma.te/ Forms: mati [plural]
Rhymes: -ate Etymology: From Latin māter, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|māter}} Latin māter, {{der|it|itc-pro|*mātēr}} Proto-Italic *mātēr, {{der|it|ine-pro|*méh₂tēr}} Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} mate m (plural mati)
  1. (obsolete) mother Tags: masculine, obsolete Synonyms: madre Related terms: pate
    Sense id: en-mate-it-noun-zwYi7ypm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈma.te/ Forms: matè [alternative]
Rhymes: -ate Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati (“gourd”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|es|mate|id=drink}} Borrowed from Spanish mate, {{der|it|qu|mati||gourd}} Quechua mati (“gourd”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} mate m (invariable)
  1. yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-mate-it-noun-KCh1gyLr Categories (other): Pages with 35 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Hollies, Mate Disambiguation of Pages with 35 entries: 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 5 93 2 Disambiguation of Hollies: 3 93 4 Disambiguation of Mate: 0 99 1
  2. maté (beverage) Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-mate-it-noun-1AJvuUn6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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