vate

See also: väte, våte, and -vate

French

Etymology

From Latin vātēs (“prophet, poet”). Compare Italian vate, Spanish vate, Portuguese vate, Catalan vate, English vates. Doublet of ovate and vaticiner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vat/

Noun

vate m (plural vates)

1. (history) vates, especially a Gaulish priest

   Synonym: ovate

Anagrams

• avet, EVAT, Tave, Teva, Téva

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vātēs (“prophet, poet”). Compare English vates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: và‧te

Noun

vate m (plural vati)

1. (literary) prophet, fortune-teller

   Synonyms: divinatore, indovino, profeta

2. (figurative) an inspired or prophetic poet or other writer; vates
   • 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XIII, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 82:

     Fu un grande poeta Gabriele D'Annunzio, il cui vero nome per inciso era Rapagnetta? […] Innazitutto fu un vate. Amò il lusso, la mondanità, la magniloquenza, l'azione.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

vāte

1. ablative singular of vātēs

Latvian

Noun

vate f (5th declension)

1. cotton wool

Declension

Declension of vate (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	vate	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	vati	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	vates	—
dative (datīvs)	vatei	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	vati	—
locative (lokatīvs)	vatē	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	vate	—

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• वते (Devanagari script)
• ৰতে (Bengali script)
• වතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ဝတေ (Burmese script)
• วเต or วะเต (Thai script)
• ᩅᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ວເຕ or ວະເຕ (Lao script)
• វតេ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

vate

1. inflection of vata (“religious duty”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vātēs.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: va‧te

Noun

vate m or f by sense (plural vates)

1. vates (divinely inspired poet)

Spanish

Noun

vate m or f by sense (plural vates)

1. prophetic poet, vates

   Synonym: poeta

Further reading

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

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vaat'ëk.

Noun

vate

1. broadcloth

Declension

Inflection of vate (inflection type 36/kaste)
nominative sing.	vate
genitive sing.	vatken
partitive sing.	vatet
partitive plur.	vatkid
	singular	plural
nominative	vate	vatked
accusative	vatken	vatked
genitive	vatken	vatkiden
partitive	vatet	vatkid
essive-instructive	vatken	vatkin
translative	vatkeks	vatkikš
inessive	vatkes	vatkiš
elative	vatkespäi	vatkišpäi
illative	vatkehe	vatkihe
adessive	vatkel	vatkil
ablative	vatkelpäi	vatkilpäi
allative	vatkele	vatkile
abessive	vatketa	vatkita
comitative	vatkenke	vatkidenke
prolative	vatetme	vatkidme
approximative I	vatkenno	vatkidenno
approximative II	vatkennoks	vatkidennoks
egressive	vatkennopäi	vatkidennopäi
terminative I	vatkehesai	vatkihesai
terminative II	vatkelesai	vatkilesai
terminative III	vatkessai	—
additive I	vatkehepäi	vatkihepäi
additive II	vatkelepäi	vatkilepäi

Volapük

Noun

vate

1. dative singular of vat