English Online Dictionary. What means kate? What does kate mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keɪt/
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Noun
kate (plural kates)
- (UK, dialect, Kent) The brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.
Anagrams
- keta, take, teak
Basque
Etymology
From older katea, with the final -a reinterpreted as being the definite article, from Latin catēna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kate/ [ka.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ate, -e
- Hyphenation: ka‧te
Noun
kate inan
- chain (all senses)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kate”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “kate”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkatɛ]
Noun
kate
- vocative singular of kat
Anagrams
- teka
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kat'ëk, equivalent to kattaa (“to cover”) + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑteˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪e̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑte
- Hyphenation(key): ka‧te
Noun
kate
- covering, roofing
- Synonym: peite
- (finance) funds (of a check), backing (of a banknote)
- (finance) contribution margin, coverage, margin
- (figuratively) reliability, trustworthiness (e.g. of a promise)
- place setting, table setting (items of cutlery, crockery and glassware etc., arranged for a person at a dining table)
- Synonyms: kattamus, kattaus, kuvertti
- (medicine) plaque
- (agriculture) mulch (any material used to cover the top layer of soil)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kate”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
- ekat, keat, teak
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kat'ëk, equivalent to kattaa (“to cover”) + -e. Cognates include Finnish kate and Estonian kate.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑte/, [ˈkɑte̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑte/, [ˈkɑd̥e̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑte
- Hyphenation: ka‧te
Noun
kate
- cover, covering
Declension
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 119
Karelian
Noun
kate
- cover
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐˈtʲɛ] (instrumental singular)
- IPA(key): [ˈkaːtʲɛ] (vocative singular)
Noun
katè f
- instrumental singular of katė
Noun
kãte f
- vocative singular of katė
Pali
Alternative forms
Adjective
kate
- locative singular masculine/neuter of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)
- accusative plural masculine of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)
- vocative singular feminine of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)
Volapük
Noun
kate
- dative singular of kat