Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cate

/keɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: cate
IPA: /keɪt/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A delicacy or item of food.

name

A diminutive of the female given name Catherine.

Example Sentences

"Kate of Kate-hall, my super-daintie Kate, / For dainties are all Kates, and therefore Kate / Take this of me, Kate of my consolation […]"
"Have we not heard of divers most fertile regions, plenteously yeelding al maner of necessary victuals, where neverthelesse the most ordinary cates [translating méz] and daintiest dishes, were but bread, water-cresses, and water?"
"All cates and dainties shall be stored there / Quickly on this feast-night: [...]"
"He did not at first produce the cates and vintages they expected; they looked, most of them, puzzled at the lack of materials of revelry."
"Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory. It was named in honour of his colleague Cate Lemann, by Bry the Fly Guy (aka Dr Bryan Lessard), an entomologist at our insect collection."

Etymology

Aphetized from acate, from Old Northern French acat (“purchase”).

Word Breakdown

Root: acat

Inflected Forms

cates (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cater

Homonyms

Cait Cate Kait Kate

Rhymes With

great state wait late date rate hate first-rate straight eight create weight

Questions

How do you pronounce cate?: The recorded pronunciation is /keɪt/.
What does cate mean?: A delicacy or item of food.
Where does cate come from?: Aphetized from acate, from Old Northern French acat (“purchase”).

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