different between pate vs yate

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English pate, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortened form of Old French patene or Medieval Latin patena, both from Latin patina (“pan, dish”). Alternatively, perhaps akin to Old Frisian pote (“skull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Noun

pate (plural pates)

1. (somewhat archaic) The head, particularly the top or crown.

   • His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

2. (archaic) Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
   • 1598, Love's Labour's Lost, by Shakespeare

     I am resolved; 'tis but a three years' fast:

     The mind shall banquet, though the body pine:

     Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits

     Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits.

   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1

     I thank thee for that jest: here's a garment

     for't: wit shall not go unrewarded while I am king of

     this country: 'Steal by line and level,' is an excellent

     pass of pate: there's another garment for't.

Derived terms

• pated

Translations

See also

• capital

Etymology 2

Attested since circa 1700, from French pâté, from Old French paste, pastée. Doublet of pâté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæt.e?/, /pæ?te?/
• Rhymes: -æte?, -e?

Noun

pate (plural pates)

1. Alternative spelling of pâté (finely-ground paste of meat, fish, etc.)
2. The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color.

Related terms

• pasta
• paste
• patty

Anagrams

• PETA, Paet, Peat, Peta, epta-, peat, peta-, tape, tepa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pat?/

Noun

pate

1. vocative singular of pat

Danish

Alternative forms

• paté

Etymology

From French pâté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pate/, [p?a?t?e]
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

pate c (singular definite pateen, plural indefinite pateer)

1. pâté

Inflection

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pater, from Proto-Italic *pat?r, from Proto-Indo-European *ph?t?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: pà?te

Noun

pate m (plural pati)

1. (obsolete) father

   Synonym: padre

References

• pate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

pate

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Verb

pat?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pate?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pate m (definite singular pateen, indefinite plural pateer, definite plural pateene)

1. alternative spelling of paté

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pate m (definite singular pateen, indefinite plural patear, definite plural pateane)

1. alternative spelling of paté

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

pate

1. singular optative active of patati (“to fall”)

Walloon

Noun

pate f (plural pates)

1. paw, leg

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?ate, yate, ?eat, alternative forms of gate, gat, from Old English ?eat (“a gate, door”), from Proto-Germanic *gat? (“hole, opening”).

Noun

yate (plural yates)

1. Obsolete form of gate.

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

yate (plural yates)

1. Any of several species of Eucalyptus.

Anagrams

• Taye, yeat

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish yate (“yacht”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ja.te/

Noun

yate

1. yacht

Derived terms

• magyate

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ya?te

Noun

yate

1. a yacht; a slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:yate.

Fijian

Etymology

From ate, from Proto-Central-Pacific *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

yate

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

Middle English

Noun

yate (plural yatis)

1. Alternative form of gate (“gate”)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yacht, from Dutch jacht.

Pronunciation

Noun

yate m (plural yates)

1. yacht

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish yate (“yacht”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ja.te/

Noun

yate

1. yacht

Derived terms

• yatihan