Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cates

/kˈeɪts/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: cates
IPA: /kˈeɪts/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.

Archaic

name

Example Sentences

"I had rather live / With cheese and garlic in a windmill, far, / Than feed on cates and have him talk to me / In any summer house in Christendom."
"Hath any rival glutton got the start, / And beat him in his own luxurious art; / Bought cates for which Apicius could not pay, / Or drest old dainties in a newer way?"
"I tempted his blood and his flesh, / Hid in roses my mesh, / Choicest cates and the flagon's best spilth— / Still he kept to his filth!"

Etymology

Compare acates, and see cater.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

Cateses (plural)

Homonyms

kates

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce cates?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈeɪts/.
What does cates mean?: Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.
Where does cates come from?: Compare acates, and see cater.

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