kate
See also: Kate, katė, kåte, Käte, katę, kɑte, and кате
English
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Two kates
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keɪt/
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Noun
kate (plural kates)
- (UK, dialect, Kent) The brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.
Anagrams
- keta, take, teak
Basque
Etymology
From older katea, with the final -a reinterpreted as being the definite article, from Proto-Basque *katena, from Latin catēna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kate/, [ka.t̪e̞]
Noun
kate inan
- chain (series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal)
Declension
| Declension of kate (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | kate | katea | kateak |
| ergative | katek | kateak | kateek |
| dative | kateri | kateari | kateei |
| genitive | kateren | katearen | kateen |
| comitative | katerekin | katearekin | kateekin |
| causative | katerengatik | katearengatik | kateengatik |
| benefactive | katerentzat | katearentzat | kateentzat |
| instrumental | katez | kateaz | kateez |
| inessive | katetan | katean | kateetan |
| locative | katetako | kateko | kateetako |
| allative | katetara | katera | kateetara |
| terminative | katetaraino | kateraino | kateetaraino |
| directive | katetarantz | katerantz | kateetarantz |
| destinative | katetarako | katerako | kateetarako |
| ablative | katetatik | katetik | kateetatik |
| partitive | katerik | — | — |
| prolative | katetzat | — | — |
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkatɛ]
Noun
kate
- vocative singular of kat
Anagrams
- teka
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kat'ek, equivalent to kattaa + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑteˣ/, [ˈkɑt̪e̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑte
- Syllabification(key): ka‧te
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)
- Synonyms: kattamus, kattaus, kuvertti
Declension
| Inflection of kate (Kotus type 48*C/hame, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kate | katteet | |
| genitive | katteen | katteiden katteitten | |
| partitive | katetta | katteita | |
| illative | katteeseen | katteisiin katteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kate | katteet | |
| accusative | nom. | kate | katteet |
| gen. | katteen | ||
| genitive | katteen | katteiden katteitten | |
| partitive | katetta | katteita | |
| inessive | katteessa | katteissa | |
| elative | katteesta | katteista | |
| illative | katteeseen | katteisiin katteihin | |
| adessive | katteella | katteilla | |
| ablative | katteelta | katteilta | |
| allative | katteelle | katteille | |
| essive | katteena | katteina | |
| translative | katteeksi | katteiksi | |
| instructive | — | kattein | |
| abessive | katteetta | katteitta | |
| comitative | — | katteineen | |
| Possessive forms of kate (type hame) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | katteeni | katteemme |
| 2nd person | katteesi | katteenne |
| 3rd person | katteensa | |
Derived terms
- adjectives: katteeton
Compounds
- aluskate
- harjakate
- harsokate
- huopakate
- kateaine
- katealunen
- katehuopa
- katelaatta
- katelautanen
- kateleipä
- kateliina
- katemuovi
- katepelti
- katepisto
- katepäre
- katesauma
- katetiili
- katetuotto
- katevaade
- kateviljely
- kultakate
- käyttökate
- lautakate
- myyntikate
- peltikate
- rakennuskate
- setelinkate
- suojakate
- tiilikate
- turvekate
- viljelykate
Anagrams
- ekat, keat, teak
Ingrian
Noun
kate
- cover
Karelian
Noun
kate
- cover
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐˈtʲɛ] (instrumental singular)
- IPA(key): [ˈkaːtʲɛ] (vocative singular)
Noun
katè f
- instrumental singular of katė
Noun
kãte f
- vocative singular of katė
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 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
- locative singular masculine/neuter of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)
- accusative plural masculine of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)
- vocative singular feminine of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)
Volapük
Noun
kate
- dative singular of kat