different between mates vs mares

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?ts/

Noun

mates

1. plural of mate

Verb

mates

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mate

Adjective

mates (not comparable)

1. Friendly; having a friendship (with).

   He is mates with my brother.

Usage notes

• Only used as a predicate.

Synonyms

• chummy (British), chums (British), friendly, friends, pally (British), pals (British)

Anagrams

• AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, STEAM, Satem, a-stem, matse, meats, metas, satem, stame, steam, tames, teams

Asturian

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of matar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.t?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.tes/

Noun

mates f pl (plural only)

1. (informal) maths

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present indicative form of matar

French

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mater

Anagrams

• semât

Galician

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of matar

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mates

1. passive form of mate

Portuguese

Verb

mates

1. inflection of matar:
   1. second-person singular present subjunctive
   2. second-person singular negative imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mates/, [?ma.t?es]

Etymology 1

Clipping of matemáticas..

Noun

mates f pl (plural only)

1. (colloquial) maths, math (study)

Etymology 2

Verb

mates

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of matar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of matar.

Further reading

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

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /m???z/

Noun

mares

1. plural of mare

Anagrams

• MASER, Marse, marse, maser, mears, rames, reams, smear

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.??s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.?es/
• Rhymes: -a?es

Noun

mares

1. plural of mare

Danish

Noun

mares c

1. indefinite genitive singular of mare

French

Noun

mares f

1. plural of mare

Anagrams

• amers, armes, armés, rames, ramés

Galician

Noun

mares m pl

1. plural of mar

Interlingua

Noun

mares m pl

1. plural of mar

Latin

Noun

mar?s

1. nominative plural of m?s
2. accusative plural of m?s
3. vocative plural of m?s

References

• mares in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mares in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• mares in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mares in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Noun

mares m pl

1. plural of mar

Spanish

Noun

mares m pl

1. plural of mar