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kate
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
kate (plural kates)
- (UK, dialect, Kent) The brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.
Anagrams
Bangka
Alternative forms
- kato (Belinyu dialect)
Etymology
From Malay kata, from Sanskrit कथा (kathā). Cognate of Malay kata.
Pronunciation
Noun
katé or katê
Verb
kate
- to say
Further reading
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Basque
Etymology
From older katea, with the final -a reinterpreted as being the definite article, from Latin catēna.
Pronunciation
Noun
kate inan
- chain (all senses)
Declension
Derived terms
- kate motz
- kate motzean
- kate-maila (“link of a chain”)
- kateamendu (“concatenation”)
- katean (“chained”)
- kateatu (“to chain”)
- kateatze
- katebegi (“link of a chain”)
- kategintza
- kateko txakur
- kateorratz (“safety pin”)
- katetan (“imprisoned”)
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
Noun
kate
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kat'ëk, equivalent to kattaa (“to cover”) + -e.
Pronunciation
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)
- Hänen lupauksillaan ei yleensä ole katetta.
- It's normal that he does not keep his promises.
- place setting, table setting (items of cutlery, crockery and glassware etc., arranged for a person at a dining table)
- (medicine) plaque
- (agriculture) mulch (any material used to cover the top layer of soil)
Declension
Derived terms
adjectives
compounds
- aluskate
- harjakate
- harsokate
- hoitokate
- huopakate
- kateaine
- katealunen
- katehuopa
- katekalvo
- katekivi
- katelaatta
- katelautanen
- kateleipä
- kateliina
- katemuovi
- katepelti
- katepisto
- katepäre
- katesauma
- katetiili
- katetuotto
- katevaade
- katevaatimus
- katevaraus
- kateviljely
- kultakate
- käyttökate
- lautakate
- myyntikate
- olkikate
- paanukate
- peltikate
- pärekate
- rakennuskate
- setelinkate
- suojakate
- tiilikate
- tuohikate
- turvekate
- valokate
- varauskate
- varttikate
- vesikate
- viljelykate
- vuosikate
- yläkate
Further reading
- “kate”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
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Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kat'ëk, equivalent to kattaa (“to cover”) + -e. Cognates include Finnish kate and Estonian kate.
Pronunciation
Noun
kate
Declension
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 119
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Karelian
Noun
kate
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Noun
katè f
Noun
kãte f
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- kato (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- कतो (Devanagari script)
- কতো (Bengali script)
- කතො (Sinhalese script)
- ကတော or ၵတေႃ (Burmese script)
- กโต or กะโต (Thai script)
- ᨠᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ກໂຕ or ກະໂຕ (Lao script)
- កតោ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)
Adjective
kate
Volapük
Noun
kate
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