yate
/ˈjeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several species of Eucalyptus.
name
A town and civil parish with a town council in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7182).
Example Sentences
- "Syn he of helthe hath opned me the yate"
- "For thy my Kiddie, be ruled by me, And never give trust to his trechery: And if he chance come when I am abroad, Spar the yate fast, for fear of fraud."
- "He's left th' yate at t' full swing, and Miss's pony has trodden dahn two rigs o' corn , and plottered through, raight o'er into t' meadow!"
Etymology
From Middle English ȝate, yate, ȝeat, alternative forms of gate, gat, from Old English ġeat (“a gate, door”), from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ȝate, ġeat, *gatą