- (adjectives, nouns) IPA(key): /ət/
- (verbs, adjectives, nouns, chemistry) IPA(key): /eɪt/
From the Latin perfect passive participle suffixes of first conjugation verbs -ātus, -āta, and -ātum. In Middle English, it was written -at. Doublet of -ee and -ed.
-ate
- (in adjectives) having the specified thing
- lobate — “having lobes, lobed”
- (in adjectives) characterized by the specified thing
- Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”
- (in adjectives) resembling the specified thing
- palmate — “resembling the palm”
- (chemistry, in nouns) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic
- acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”
- (in verbs) to act in the specified manner
- formulate — “to act by putting (something) in a formula”
- Synonym: -ify
- (having specified thing): -ous, -ed
characterized by the specified thing
resembling the specified thing
to act in the specified manner
From the Latin abstract-noun-forming suffix -ātus, -ātūs.
-ate
- (in nouns) a rank or office
- rabbinate — “the office of a rabbi”
- Synonym: -cy
- eta, æt., eat, Tea, AET, aet, tea, a.e.t., ETA, aet., TEA
Feminine plural of -ato. From Latin -ātās, feminine accusative plural of -ātus.
-ate f pl (non-lemma form of past participle-forming suffix)
- used with a suffix to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -are verbs
-ate f (proper noun-forming suffix)
- common suffix of various towns in Lombardy, that usually indicates belonging to a person or a family
From Latin -ātis (second-person plural present active indicative ending). The imperative comes from Latin -ate.
-ate (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -are verbs
-ate
- be or be in an interior space, room, house
- ate (“be (in a certain place)”)
- biind- (“in, into, inside”)
- biinde (“be in something”)
- -ige (“act in relation to a dwelling”)