pete

pete

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

pete (plural petes)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of peter (a safe)

Anagrams

  • Peet, Tepe, teep, tepe

Galician

Verb

pete

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French péter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pete/

Verb

pete

  1. (transitive) to break
  2. (transitive) to flatter, to fool
  3. (intransitive) to burst, explode, break
  4. (intransitive) to start (doing something)
  5. (intransitive) to fart
    Synonym: pèpèt

References

  • Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1778. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the proper noun Pete, the diminutive form of the male given name Péter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛtɛ]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧te
  • Rhymes: -tɛ

Noun

pete (plural peték)

  1. (cytology) ovum

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • pete in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.te/, [ˈpɛt̪ɛ]

  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.te/, [ˈpɛːt̪e]

Verb

pete

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of petō

Middle English

Adjective

pete

  1. Alternative form of pety

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish patear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛtɛ]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧te

Verb

pete

  1. (transitive) to kick

Conjugation

References

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 77

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

pete

  1. inflection of peta (ghost):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

Romanian

Noun

pete f

  1. inflection of pată:
    1. indefinite genitive/dative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pete (Cyrillic spelling пете)

  1. inflection of peta:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

pete (Cyrillic spelling пете)

  1. (Kajkavian) second-person plural future of iti

Slovene

Noun

pete

  1. inflection of peta:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpete/ [ˈpe.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: pe‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lunfardo chupete (pacifier).

Noun

pete m (plural petes)

  1. (Latin America, slang) blowjob
    Synonym: mamada

Etymology 2

Clipping of chupete (pacifier).

Noun

pete m (plural petes)

  1. (Latin America, childish) binky, pacifier

Etymology 3

Noun

pete m (plural petes)

  1. (Latin America, slang) noob, unskilled player

Etymology 4

Verb

pete

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

pete (n class, plural pete)

  1. ring

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpe.te]

Noun

pete

  1. eye mucus, sleep, gound, rheum

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

Etymology

From pa (to tell) +‎ ète (strategy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k͡pè.tē/

Verb

pète

  1. to scheme, to plot
  2. to intend

Derived terms

  • ìpète (shcemes)

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