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5-letter words (1 found)

AMATE,

4-letter words (6 found)

ATMA,MATE,MEAT,META,TAME,TEAM,

3-letter words (12 found)

AMA,AME,ATE,EAT,ETA,MAA,MAE,MAT,MET,TAE,TAM,TEA,

2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AE,AM,AT,EA,EM,ET,MA,ME,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 31 words from amate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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amate maate aamte aamte maate amate amtae matae atmae tamae mtaae tmaae aatme aatme atame taame atame taame matae amtae mtaae tmaae atmae tamae amaet maaet aamet aamet maaet amaet ameat maeat aemat eamat meaat emaat aaemt aaemt aeamt eaamt aeamt eaamt maeat ameat meaat emaat aemat eamat amtea matea atmea tamea mtaea tmaea ameta maeta aemta eamta meata emata atema taema aetma eatma teama etama mteaa tmeaa metaa emtaa temaa etmaa aatem aatem ataem taaem ataem taaem aaetm aaetm aeatm eaatm aeatm eaatm ateam taeam aetam eatam teaam etaam ateam taeam aetam eatam teaam etaam matea amtea mtaea tmaea atmea tamea maeta ameta meata emata aemta eamta mteaa tmeaa metaa emtaa temaa etmaa atema taema aetma eatma teama etama

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Definitions and meaning of amate

amate

Etymology 1

From Spanish (papel) amate (“amate paper”), from Classical Nahuatl āmatl (“paper”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈmɑːteɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈmɑteɪ/

Noun

amate (plural amates)

  1. Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.
  2. An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Old French amater, amatir.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈmeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

amate (third-person singular simple present amates, present participle amating, simple past and past participle amated)

  1. (obsolete) To dishearten, dismay.
    • 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), Jerusalem Delivered, Tasso, XI, xii:
      Upon the walls the pagans old and young / Stood hush'd and still, amated and amazed.
    • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.230:
      For the last […], he will be much amazed, he will be much amated.

Etymology 3

From a- +‎ mate.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈmeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

amate (third-person singular simple present amates, present participle amating, simple past and past participle amated)

  1. (obsolete) To be a mate to; to match.

Anagrams

  • A team, A-team

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈate/

Adverb

amate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of ami

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈma.te/

Participle

amate

  1. past participle of amar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈma.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: a‧mà‧te

Etymology 1

Adjective

amate

  1. feminine plural of amato

Participle

amate f pl

  1. feminine plural of amato

Etymology 2

Noun

amate f

  1. plural of amata

Etymology 3

Verb

amate

  1. inflection of amare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

  • a tema

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈmaː.te/, [äˈmäːt̪ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈma.te/, [äˈmäːt̪e]

Verb

amāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of amō

Participle

amāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of amātus

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

amate

  2. inflection of amata (“everlasting”):
    1. locative singular masculine/neuter
    2. accusative plural masculine
    3. vocative singular feminine

Noun

amate

  2. locative singular of amata (“immortality”)

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màtáì. Doublet of amata.

Noun

amaté class 6

  1. (Kirundi) saliva
    Synonym: (Rwanda) amacandwe

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmate/ [aˈma.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl āmatl.

Noun

amate m (plural amates)

  1. fig tree (Ficus sp.)
    1. (Guerrero) Ficus obtusifolia
      Synonym: amate blanco
    2. (Oaxaca) petiolate fig (Ficus petiolaris)
      Synonym: amate amarillo
    3. (Chiapas, Tabasco) Ficus segoviae
    4. (Oaxaca) Florida strangler fig (Ficus aurea)
      Synonym: amate prieto
  2. creeping fig (Ficus pumila)
  3. amate paper
    Synonym: papel amate
  4. amate (art form)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: amate

Etymology 2

Verb

amate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of amar combined with te
  2. inflection of amatar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  • Catalogo alfabético de nombres vulgares y científicos de plantas que existen en México, México: Imprenta de la Dirección de Estudios Biológicos, 1923, page 42
  • Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 16

Further reading

  • “amate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org