Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amate

/əˈmɑteɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: am-ate
IPA: /əˈmɑteɪ/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.

noun

An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.

verb

To dishearten, dismay.

Obsolete

verb

To be a mate to; to match.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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?"
"Upon the walls the pagans old and young / Stood hush'd and still, amated and amazed."
"The Silures, to amate the new general, rumoured the overthrow greater than was true."
"For the last […], he will be much amazed, he will be much amated."
"Thou didst die / A half-blown flow'ret which cold blasts amate."
"More lucklesse disadventures did amate"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: (papel) amate, āmatl, amater

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈmɑteɪ/
British English: /əˈmɑːteɪ/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

amates (plural) amates (present, singular) amating (participle, present) amated (participle, past) amated (past)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce amate?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈmɑteɪ/.
What does amate mean?: Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.
Where does amate come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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