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-ate

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ate"

English

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Pronunciation

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  • (adjectives, nouns) IPA(key): /ət/
  • (verbs, adjectives, nouns, chemistry) IPA(key): /eɪt/

Etymology 1

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From the Latin perfect passive participle suffixes of first conjugation verbs -ātus, -āta, and -ātum. In Middle English, it was written -at (then desolat for current desolate). Doublet of -ee and -ed.

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-ate

  2. forms adjectives with meaning "having the specified thing"
    Synonyms: -ed, -ous
    lobate — “having lobes, lobed”
  3. forms adjectives with meaning "characterized by the specified thing"
    Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”
  4. forms adjectives with meaning "resembling the specified thing"
    palmate — “resembling the palm”
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English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective)
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Etymology 2

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See Etymology 1. Its use as a verbal suffix started in the 16th century, when the loss of most verbal morphology made verbs formally identical to adjectives. This led to numerous adjectives in -ate, originally borrowed from the past passive participle stem of first conjugation Latin verbs, being used as verbs.[1] See also dissect, exhaust, erase.

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-ate

  2. derives verbs from Latin stems of various lexical categories
    formulate ← fōrmula
    masturbate ← masturbor
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English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)
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Etymology 3

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From the substantivation of past participles from first conjugation Latin verbs; see Etymology 1. It grew to popularity after its morphological revival in French during the 14th century, where past participle-inherited substantives began to be Latinized (see French avoué and its re-Latinized version, avocat. Compare also English advocate with further re-Latinization). The older -é (avoué, employé) gave English -ee (employee).

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-ate

  2. (rare) forms nouns meaning "person or thing that is the object or subject of that performed verb"
    Synonym: -ee
    affiliate — “having been affiliated, affiliated”
    graduate — “having graduated, graduated”
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English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive)
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Etymology 4

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From the substantivation of past participles 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”)).

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-ate

  2. (chemistry) forms derivatives of specified elements or compounds; especially salts or esters of an acid whose name ends in -ic
    acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”
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English terms suffixed with -ate (chemical)
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Etymology 5

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From the Latin abstract-noun-forming suffix -ātus, -ātūs.

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-ate

  2. forms nouns denoting a rank or office
    emirate — “the office of an emir”
  3. forms nouns denoting the concrete charge, context of an office itself
    emirate — “the realm of an emir”
  4. forms nouns denoting a group of officials associated with a rank or office, the same group as a system in itself
    triumvirate — “an official group of three men, triumvirs”
    patriarchate — “a social system in which heads of household (patriarchs) hold the power”
  5. forms nouns denoting a state associated with one's rank (social situation)
    celibate — “the state of being a bachelor, celibacy”
    Synonym: -cy
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English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office)
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References

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  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “-ate, suffix3”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532, column 2.

French

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  • IPA(key): /at/
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-ate m (plural -ates)

  1. (chemistry, in nouns) -ate
    ‎benzo- (“benzo-”) + ‎-ate → ‎benzoate (“benzoate”)

Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: -à‧te

Etymology 1

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Feminine plural of -ato. From Latin -ātās, feminine accusative plural of -ātus.

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-ate f pl (non-lemma form of past participle-forming suffix)

  1. used with a suffix to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -are verbs

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-ate f (proper noun-forming suffix)

  1. common suffix of various towns in Lombardy, that usually indicates belonging to a person or a family

Etymology 2

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From Latin -ātis (second-person plural present active indicative ending). The imperative comes from Latin -ate.

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-ate (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

  1. used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -are verbs

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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-āte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

Etymology 2

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-āte

  1. vocative masculine singular of -ātus

Ojibwe

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-ate

  1. be or be in an interior space, room, house
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  • ate (“be (in a certain place)”)

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  • biind- (“in, into, inside”)
  • biinde (“be in something”)
  • -ige (“act in relation to a dwelling”)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Feminine plural of -at; from Latin -ātae, feminine nominative plural of -ātus.

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-ate (masculine singular -at, feminine singular -ată, masculine plural -ați)

  1. used with a stem to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -a (first conjugation) verbs. (e.g. lăsate, măsurate, etc.)

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