-ate1
/ət/ /eɪt/suffix
Forming nouns:
1Denoting status or office: doctorate episcopate
1.1Denoting a state or function: curate mandate
2Denoting a group: electorate
3 Chemistry Denoting a salt or ester, especially of an acid with a corresponding name ending in -ic: chlorate nitrate
4Denoting a product of a chemical process: condensate filtrate
Origin
From Old French -at or Latin -atus, -ata, -atum.
-ate2
/ət/ /eɪt/suffix
1Forming adjectives and nouns such as associate, duplicate, separate.
2Forming adjectives from Latin: caudate
Origin
From Latin -atus, -ata, -atum.
-ate3
/eɪt/suffix
Forming verbs such as fascinate, hyphenate.
Origin
From -ate2; originally forms were based on existing past participial adjectives ending in -atus, but were later extended to any Latin verb ending in -are and to French verbs ending in -er.
- pinch-runner
- pinch waist
- pinch wheel
- pinché
- pincie
- Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
- pincloth
- pin clover
- PIN code
- pin-connected
- pin connection
- pincord
- pinc-pinc
- pin curl
- pin curler
- pincushion
- pincushion cactus
- pincushion distortion
- pincushion doll
- pincushioned
- pincushion hakea
- pincushioning
- pincushion protea
- pincushiony
- pincé