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5-letter words (3 found)

OATER,ORATE,ROATE,

4-letter words (12 found)

AERO,ARET,RATE,RATO,ROTA,ROTE,TARE,TARO,TEAR,TOEA,TORA,TORE,

3-letter words (23 found)

ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,OAR,OAT,ORA,ORE,ORT,RAT,REO,RET,ROE,ROT,TAE,TAO,TAR,TEA,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,OE,OR,RE,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 51 words from orate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of orate

orate roate oarte aorte raote arote ortae rotae otrae torae rtoae troae oatre aotre otare toare atore taore ratoe artoe rtaoe traoe atroe taroe oraet roaet oaret aoret raoet aroet oreat roeat oerat eorat reoat eroat oaert aoert oeart eoart aeort eaort raeot areot reaot eraot aerot earot ortea rotea otrea torea rtoea troea oreta roeta oerta eorta reota erota otera toera oetra eotra teora etora rteoa treoa retoa ertoa teroa etroa oater aoter otaer toaer atoer taoer oaetr aoetr oeatr eoatr aeotr eaotr otear toear oetar eotar teoar etoar ateor taeor aetor eator teaor etaor rateo arteo rtaeo traeo atreo tareo raeto areto reato erato aerto earto rteao treao retao ertao terao etrao atero taero aetro eatro tearo etaro

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Definitions and meaning of orate

orate

Etymology

Back formation from oration, from Latin ōrātiō (“speech, discourse, oration”), from ōrātus (“spoken, orated”), from ōrō (“speak, pray”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːˈɹeɪt/, /ɒɹˈeɪt/, /əˈɹeɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.eɪt/, /ɔˈɹeɪt/
  • ,
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

orate (third-person singular simple present orates, present participle orating, simple past and past participle orated)

  1. To speak formally; to give a speech.
  2. To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.

Synonyms

  • (to speak formally): speak
  • (to speak passionately): harangue, preach

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

orate (comparative more orate, superlative most orate)

  1. Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.

Anagrams

  • Erato, oater

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

orate f pl

  1. plural of orata

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

orate f pl

  1. feminine plural of orato

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

orate f pl

  1. feminine plural of orato

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

orate

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

Anagrams

  • Erato, aorte, rateo, rateò, reato, rotea, torea

Latin

Participle

ōrāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ōrātus

Verb

ōrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ōrō

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈɾate/ [oˈɾa.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: o‧ra‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan orat, from a derivative of Latin aura, in the sense of an ill or unhealthy air or aura.

Noun

orate m or f by sense (plural orates)

  1. (derogatory) a crazy person
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

orate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of orar combined with te

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org