Ate in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Ate

You can make 11 words from 'ate' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'ate'
• 2 letters words from 'ate'

3 letters words from 'ate'

ATE 3	EAT 3
ETA 3	TAE 3
TEA 3

2 letters words from 'ate'

AE 2	AT 2
EA 2	ET 2
TA 2	TE 2

Definitions and meaning of ate

ate

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /eɪt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛt/, /eɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪt
• Homophone: eight

Verb

ate

1. simple past tense of eat

   Synonym: et (colloquial)

2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of eat

Anagrams

• AET, ETA, TEA, Tea, a.e.t., aet, eat, eta, tea, æt.

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Asturian

Verb

ate

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of atar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of atar

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Basque

Noun

ate inan

1. door, entrance
2. pass, gorge
3. goal

Declension

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Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑt̪e/

Verb

ate

1. to know, be knowledgable

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːtə/

Verb

ate

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of eten

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate

1. Obsolete spelling of yate

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Japanese

Romanization

ate

1. Rōmaji transcription of あて

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Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

até

1. (anatomy) liver

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Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate

1. (anatomy) liver
2. (figuratively) heart

Derived terms

• ole ate (“friend”)

References

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “ate”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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Lindu

Noun

ate

1. (anatomy) liver

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Lithuanian

Interjection

ate

1. (informal) goodbye

   Synonyms: iki, viso gero

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Mandinka

Pronoun

ate

1. he, him (personal pronoun)
2. she, her (personal pronoun)
3. it (personal pronoun)

See also

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

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Middle English

Noun

ate

1. Alternative form of ote

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Mori Bawah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔate/

Noun

ate

1. liver

References

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 684

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

ate

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of atar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of atar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of atar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of atar

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ate

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈate/, [ˈat̪e]

Etymology 1

Of Nahuatl origin.

Noun

ate m (plural ates)

1. a kind of Mexican jelly candy made by cooking fruit pulp, usually from guava, quince, peach or prickly pear.

   Synonym: dulce

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ate

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of atar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of atar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of atar.

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 阿姊 (á-chí).

Noun

ate (masculine kuya)

1. a big sister: an elder sister, especially the eldest.

2. (informal) respectful term of address or honorific for a young woman or girl or any female older than oneself; miss; sis

3. (informal) A female upperclasswoman; a female senior

See also

• ditse
• sanse
• sitse

Synonyms

• kuya
• manang
• manong

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Tocharian B

Alternative forms

• at
• atameṃ
• attai

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Tocharian *āté, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Adverb

ate

1. away

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ate”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 10

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Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtɛ/

Interjection

ate

1. ow, ouch (expressing pain in response to heat)

References

• E. Ireland field notes. Need to be checked by native speaker.

Source: wiktionary.org

• reckless ambition that drives one to ruin.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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