different between mutate vs metate

English

Etymology

1818, back-formation from mutation (compare nutate), ultimately from Latin m?t? (“I move, I change, I vary”). Doublet of moult.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mju??te?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mjute?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

mutate (third-person singular simple present mutates, present participle mutating, simple past and past participle mutated)

1. (intransitive) To undergo mutation.
2. (transitive) To cause mutation.

Related terms

• mutatis mutandis
• mutation
• mutant

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Matute

Italian

Verb

mutate

1. second-person plural present of mutare
2. second-person plural imperative of mutare
3. feminine plural past participle of mutare

Anagrams

• temuta
• umetta

Latin

Verb

m?t?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of m?t?

Participle

m?t?te

1. vocative masculine singular of m?t?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish metate, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *metlatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??t??te?/

Noun

metate (plural metates)

1. A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.

Translations

Esperanto

Adverb

metate

1. present adverbial passive participle of meti

Latin

Participle

m?t?te

1. vocative masculine singular of m?t?tus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *metlatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?tate/, [me?t?a.t?e]

Noun

metate m (plural metates)

1. metate

Descendants

• ? English: metate

See also

• molcajete

Further reading

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