amate

See also: ámate

English

a codex page written on amate

Etymology 1

From Spanish (papel) amate (“amate paper”), from Classical Nahuatl āmatl (“paper”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈmɑːteɪ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈmɑteɪ/

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Noun

amate (plural amates)

1. Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.
2. An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.

Translations

paper produced from Ficus bark

• Portuguese: papel amate m
• Spanish: amate (es) m, papel amate m

Etymology 2

From Old French amater, amatir.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /əˈmeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

amate (third-person singular simple present amates, present participle amating, simple past and past participle amated)

1. (obsolete) To dishearten, dismay.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Shall I accuse the hidden cruell fate, / And mightie causes wrought in heauen aboue, / Or the blind God, that doth me thus amate, / For hoped loue to winne me certaine hate?

   • 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), Jerusalem Delivered, Tasso, XI, xii:

     Upon the walls the pagans old and young / Stood hush'd and still, amated and amazed.

   • 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:

     The Silures, to amate the new general, rumoured the overthrow greater than was true.

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.230:

     For the last […], he will be much amazed, he will be much amated.

   • c. 1815, John Keats, To Chatterton:

     Thou didst die / A half-blown flow'ret which cold blasts amate.

Etymology 3

From a- +‎ mate.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /əˈmeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

amate (third-person singular simple present amates, present participle amating, simple past and past participle amated)

1. (obsolete) To be a mate to; to match.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     More lucklesse disadventures did amate

Anagrams

• A team, A-team

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈate/

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Adverb

amate

1. present adverbial passive participle of ami

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈma.te/

Participle

amate

1. past participle of amar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈma.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: a‧mà‧te

Etymology 1

Adjective

amate

1. feminine plural of amato

Participle

amate f pl

1. feminine plural of amato

Etymology 2

Noun

amate f

1. plural of amata

Etymology 3

Verb

amate

1. inflection of amare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• a tema

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈmaː.te/, [äˈmäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈma.te/, [äˈmäːt̪e]

Verb

amāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of amō

Participle

amāte

1. vocative masculine singular of amātus

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀫𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• अमते (Devanagari script)
• অমতে (Bengali script)
• අමතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• အမတေ or ဢမတေ (Burmese script)
• อมเต or อะมะเต (Thai script)
• ᩋᨾᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ອມເຕ or ອະມະເຕ (Lao script)
• អមតេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄟𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

Adjective

amate

2. inflection of amata (“everlasting”):
   1. locative singular masculine/neuter
   2. accusative plural masculine
   3. vocative singular feminine

Noun

amate

2. locative singular of amata (“immortality”)

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màtáì. Doublet of amata.

Noun

amaté class 6

1. (Kirundi) saliva

   Synonym: (Rwanda) amacandwe

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmate/ [aˈma.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl āmatl.

Noun

amate m (plural amates)

1. fig tree (Ficus sp.)
   1. (Guerrero) Ficus obtusifolia

      Synonym: amate blanco

   2. (Oaxaca) petiolate fig (Ficus petiolaris)

      Synonym: amate amarillo

   3. (Chiapas, Tabasco) Ficus segoviae
   4. (Oaxaca) Florida strangler fig (Ficus aurea)

      Synonym: amate prieto

2. creeping fig (Ficus pumila)
3. amate paper

   Synonym: papel amate

4. amate (art form)

Derived terms

• amate amarillo
• amate blanco
• amate prieto
• amatillo
• amatito

 

Descendants

• → English: amate

Etymology 2

Verb

amate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of amar combined with te
2. inflection of amatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

• Catalogo alfabético de nombres vulgares y científicos de plantas que existen en México, México: Imprenta de la Dirección de Estudios Biológicos, 1923, page 42
• Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎^[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 16

Further reading

• “amate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10