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Definition: Mate |
MateNoun1. The officer below the master on a commercial ship. 2. A fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates". 3. The partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates". 4. A person's partner in marriage. 5. An exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook". 6. South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea. 7. Informal term (Australian or British) for a friend of the same sex. 8. South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. 9. A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king. Verb1. Make love; "Birds mate in the Spring". 2. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project". 3. Copulate, of animals. 4. Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; in a game of chess; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | To fit together two major components of a system. Also called marry. (references) |
| Modular automatic test equipment.Abbreviation. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | If you mate an albino cat with a coloured cat the gene for colour development becomes re-activated. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | One of the rails forming a component part of a turnout, lying on the opposite side of the track from the tongue. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Mate A man does not get his hands out of the tar by becoming second mate. A second mate is expected to put his hands into the tar bucket for tarring the rigging, like the men below him. The first mate is exempt from this dirty work. The rigging is tarred by the hands, and not by brushes. Mate (2 syl.). Paraguay tea is so called from maté, the vessel in which the herb is in Paraguay infused. These vessels are generally hollow gourds, and the herb is called yerba de maté. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | A gear wheel which meshes with another given gear(wheel or rack). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Disambiguate:
- Maté or yerba maté is a South American herb, as well as the popular caffeineated beveraged prepared therefrom.
- Mahte is a term from Latvian mythology.
- Mating; see also Spouse
- Mate is a Britishism and Australianism for friend or pal: "My mate Bill"; also often used to address strangers: "Excuse me mate".
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mate."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MATE | English | Ministry of Agriculture,Trade and Environment | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MateSynonyms: better half (n), checkmate (n), first mate (n), married person (n), partner (n), spouse (n), teammate (n), copulate (v), couple (v), match (v), pair (v), twin (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accompaniment | Verb: pair, couple, bracket, yoke; conduplicate; mate, span. |
Concomitant, accessory, coefficient; companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague; consort, spouse, mate; partner, co-partner; satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow; escort, cortege; attribute. | |
Auxiliary | Noun: auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant; ayudante, coaid; adjunct; help, helper, help mate, helping hand; midwife; colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator; coadjutor, coadjutrix; collaborator. |
Equality | Match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent. |
Failure | Repulse, rebuff, defeat, rout, overthrow, discomfiture; beating, drubbing; quietus, nonsuit, subjugation; checkmate, stalemate, fool's mate. |
Food | Wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail; gin; (intoxicating liquor); coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep; near beer. beer, non-alcoholic beverage. |
Friend | Comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade, confidante, intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy; playfellow, playmate, childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow. |
Government | Politician, activist; candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front-runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in; supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker; lobbyist, contributor; party hack, ward heeler; regional candidate, favorite son; running mate, stalking horse; perpetual candidate, political animal. |
Marriage | Bridesmaid, bridesman, best man; bride, bridegroom. married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife. |
Master | Admiral, admiralty; rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral; commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD; navarch. |
Sexuality | Verb: mate, copulate; make love, have intercourse, fornicate, have sex, do it, sleep together, sleep around, play the field. |
Similarity | Analogue; the like; match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister; one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne; gens de meme famille. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mate |
| English words defined with "mate": Amate ♦ backcross ♦ copulate, couple, Cuckoo maid ♦ drone ♦ Fere, First officer ♦ Knights companions ♦ Makeless, Matross, mismate, monogamous ♦ nick ♦ pair, polygamous ♦ serve, service ♦ tread, Trencher-man, Turtledove ♦ Yokefellow. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mate": BOATSWAIN, OTTER TRAWLER ♦ CADET, DECK, Catch a Tartar ♦ HELPMATE ♦ INAUSPICIOUSLY, inter-cell links ♦ Liver, Log-book ♦ Mate's Receipt ♦ Ox ♦ sex attractant ♦ VALENTINE. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "mate": Steersmate. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Mate" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (degree, grade, measure, measurement), French (mat), Norwegian (feed), Portuguese (dull, dullness, matt, matte), Spanish (checkmate, dull, dummy, gourd, mat, mate, Matt, matted). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You know women, mate. Like monkeys, they are -- won't let go of one branch until they've got hold of the next (Mission: Impossible II; writing credit: Bruce Geller; Ronald D. Moore) Meet me halfway, mate. (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman) Nice mate. (East Is East; writing credit: Ayub Khan-Din) Blackpool, mate - and don't spare the horses (Rex the Runt; writing credit: Ben Caudell; Peter Holmes) | |
Lyrics | The mate that fate had me created for ("That Old Black Magic"; performing artist: Louis Prima & Keely Smith) A candidate for a soul mate bled (Otherside; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers) In the interaction of a lover and a mate, (I Want You; performing artist: Savage Garden) I got a couple of them and I'm gettin' ready to mate (Dance & Shout; performing artist: Shaggy) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Jaque mate (1969) Kiss Me Mate (1969) The Devil's Mate (1966) Mate doma lva? (1964) The Second Mate (1950) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Apollo 103/Saturn 503 Mate. Credit: NASA. |  | Drag tester - Mate Franz Okeson on right Wiredrag party of B. H. Rigg. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | C&GS Launch 66 - wiredrag tender in Long Island Sound Mate Franz Okeson facing camera on right. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Mate R. P. Bush in the uniform of the day. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Mate Overton at camp with a hydro shore crew. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Mate filleting a bluefin tuna after a day trip to Stellwagen Bank. Aboard the charter vessel MARIDEE II out of Point Judith, RI. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Personnel Transfer Capsule (PTC) can mate with habitats and evacuate aquanauts. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Commander Arodes, to his left is First Mate Peron. Plate VII, print 3. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | First mate of the WESTWARD viewing copra drying operation. Credit: Small World. |  | American soldiers disembark from a Coast Guard landing craft off Normandy under heavy Nazi machine gun fire on June 6, 1944. (P.; photo by Coast Guard Chief Photographer's Mate Robert F. Sargent).. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Bird in the sunset" by Denis R. Commentary: "Bird flying in the sunset, I frozed my hands in that winter day for 2 hours but... I'm happy!!!! I sent this pic to a my good mate in italy with the title "I'm flying home" :)." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Emily Dickinson | Of Consciousness, her awful Mate. The Soul cannot be rid -- as easy the secreting her behind the Eyes of God. |
Hesiod | Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Cosette had come forth to find in the azure her mate, her lover, her husband, her celestial male |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The adult worms mate and release millions of microscopic worms into your blood. (references) | |
The ticks most commonly infected with B. burgdorferi usually feed and mate on deer during the adult part of their life cycle. (references) | ||
The larvae then penetrate into the intestine where they mature and mate. Female worms then pass larvae into the blood stream where they make their way through the capillaries (tiny blood vessels) into the muscle fibers. (references) | ||
Business | The estimates and forecasts indicated are based on interviews, information from trade sources, and reports from the trade associations ASSINFORM, ASSINTEL, AIIP and EITO, and from the market research organizations Net Consulting, Gartner Group, Databank Consulting, IDC, SIRMI, MATE, and Osservatorio Bocconi. (references) | |
Economic History | Paraguay | Trade (2000): Exports--$869 million*: soybeans, cotton, grains, meat and meat products, lumber, vegetable oil, and yerba mate. (references) |
Paraguay | His former running mate, Raul Cubas Grau, became the Colorado Party's candidate and was elected in May in elections deemed by international observers to be free and fair. (references) | |
Human Rights | Congo | There were no reported developments in any of the following 2000 arrest cases: The October rearrest and subsequent execution of Commandant Masasu and 35 suspected collaborators; the July arrest and subsequent detention of Faustin Kamala, Deogratias Bihaira, and Thomas Kataala; the June arrest of Reverend Placide Tshisumpa Tshiakatumba, president of the International Society for Human Rights; the May arrest and continued detention of Kinshasa University student Jean-Pierre Mofila Mbomb; the January arrest and detention of Jose Malika; and the January arrest and torture of Albert Angbana Mate. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. Among the Romans it was customary before undertaking any important action or enterprise to obtain from the augurs, or state prophets, some hint of its probable outcome; and one of their favorite and most trustworthy modes of divination consisted in observing the flight of birds -- the omens thence derived being called auspices. Newspaper reporters and certain miscreant lexicographers have decided that the word -- always in the plural -- shall mean "patronage" or "management"; as, "The festivities were under the auspices of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Body-Snatchers"; or, "The hilarities were auspicated by the Knights of Hunger." A Roman slave appeared one day Before the Augur. "Tell me, pray, If --" here the Augur, smiling, made A checking gesture and displayed His open palm, which plainly itched, For visibly its surface twitched. A denarius (the Latin nickel) Successfully allayed the tickle, And then the slave proceeded: "Please Inform me whether Fate decrees Success or failure in what I To-night (if it be dark) shall try. Its nature? Never mind -- I think 'Tis writ on this" -- and with a wink Which darkened half the earth, he drew Another denarius to view, Its shining face attentive scanned, Then slipped it into the good man's hand, Who with great gravity said: "Wait While I retire to question Fate." That holy person then withdrew His scared clay and, passing through The temple's rearward gate, cried "Shoo!" Waving his robe of office. Straight Each sacred peacock and its mate (Maintained for Juno's favor) fled With clamor from the trees o'erhead, Where they were perching for the night. The temple's roof received their flight, For thither they would always go, When danger threatened them below. Back to the slave the Augur went: "My son, forecasting the event By flight of birds, I must confess The auspices deny success." That slave retired, a sadder man, Abandoning his secret plan -- Which was (as well the craft seer Had from the first divined) to clear The wall and fraudulently seize On Juno's poultry in the trees. G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Mate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.88% of the time. "Mate" is used about 1,499 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.88% | 1,288 | 6,132 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 9.86% | 148 | 25,903 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.13% | 62 | 42,755 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,499 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "mate" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Mate | Last name | 170 | 42,942 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Japan | Car Mate Mfg. Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "mate": boatswain's mate ♦ cause to mate ♦ chief mate ♦ class mate ♦ cuckoo mate ♦ cuckoo's mate ♦ female mate ♦ first mate ♦ fool's mate ♦ master's mate ♦ mate cell ♦ mate with ♦ room mate ♦ running mate ♦ school mate ♦ second mate ♦ ship's mate ♦ smothered mate ♦ soul mate ♦ sparring mate ♦ team mate ♦ to mate ♦ Trencher mate ♦ workman's mate ♦ yoke mate. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "mate": mate-guarding, mate-hunting, mate-selection, mate-swapping. | |
Ending with "mate": bed-mate, cell-mate, club-mate, room-mate, running-mate, soul-mate, stable-mate, stale-mate, team-mate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
soul mate | 631 | finding a soul mate | 31 |
mate | 475 | mate patio | 31 |
yerba mate | 397 | mate feed kill repeat | 30 |
hoover floor mate | 241 | fish mate | 29 |
mate and date | 168 | mate swapping | 29 |
cd mate | 154 | class mate | 28 |
kazaa mate | 116 | message mate | 28 |
find a soul mate | 111 | closet mate | 27 |
floor mate | 83 | soul mate definition | 26 |
misty mate | 81 | dog mate | 26 |
find a mate | 76 | coffee mate | 24 |
play mate | 62 | la mate | 24 |
broil mate | 52 | play mate of the ape | 24 |
mate poem soul | 50 | car mate trailer | 23 |
cyber mate soul | 42 | soul mate quote | 23 |
cargo mate trailer | 36 | car mate | 23 |
dream mate | 34 | desk mate | 22 |
match mate | 33 | pack mate | 22 |
cargo mate | 32 | dating dating dating love marriage matchmaking mate online online personals romance single soul | 21 |
boatswain mate | 32 | display mate | 21 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "mate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mik (boy, boyfriend, buddy, buddy buddy, chap, crony, friend, friendly, pal), mashkull (buck, bull, dog, he, male, stag, Tom), martohem (espouse, get married, make a match, marry, match, noose, splice), makinist (carman, driver, engine driver, machinist, manipulator, mechanic, operator, runner), shok (bedfellow, brother, buddy, buddy buddy, chap, companion, companion in arms, Comrade, fellow, friend, guy, pal, pard, partner, peer), ndihmës (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutant, coadjutor, first mate, gillie, help, helper, henchman, paramedical, second, secondary, servo, sidekick, subsidiary, tutor), krahasoj (check, compare, confront, contrast, equalize, like, liken, sample, weigh up), kapiten i dytë, femër (dam, distaff, doe, female, fertile, hen, Jenny, jilt, Judy, lady, piece, pistil, woman), burrë (chap, fellow, husband, Jack, lad, Lord, male, man, men, Mister, my better half), bashkëshortor (conjugal, wedded). (various references) | |
Arabic | موت الشاه شطرنج, وكيل الربان, تزاوج (intermarriage, intermarry, mating), تعشق (engagement), زميل (associate, buddy, bully, chum, compatriot, fellow, friend), زوج قرين (companion, duo, hubby, husband, man, pair, partner, team, twosome), زاوج (link, orchestrate, twin), صديق (associate, brother, friend, pal, veracious), ذكر (admonish, citation, invoke, masculine, mention, recall, recollect, remember, remind, rod, son), أمات الشاه, رفيق (associate, billyboy, boy friend, brush, buddy, bully, chum, companion, compatriot, comrade, comradely, consort, escort, familiar, fellow, friend, helpmate, lenient, pal, pard, partner, playfellow, stool, vis a vis, yokefellow). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | оженвам (give in marriage, hitch, marry, marry off, pair, splice, turn off), помощник (acolyte, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, aid, aide, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutor, confederate, help, helper, lieutenant, pander, second, secondary, subsidiary), правя мат, еш (companion, fellow, pair, pendant, tally, twin), женско животно, мат, матирам (flatten, frost, mat), мате, мъжко животно (dog), другар (butty, chum, companion, compeer, fellow, helpmate, helpmeet, marrow, pal, pard, pendant), общувам (associate, assort, consort, converse, fraternize, intercommunicate, intermingle, know, mingle, mix, mix up, socialize, sort), съчетавам (blend, match, mix, unite, yoke), колега (associate, colleague, compatriot, fellow, fellow worker, friend), чифтосвам (couple, pair, twin), свързвам (ally, articulate, associate, bandage, bond, brace, bracket, catenate, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, conjugate, construe, couple, gather, interconnect, join, knot, lash, link, marry, pack, piece out, piece together, put through, run on, truss, weld), съпруг (companion, consort, helpmate, hub, husband, man, partner, spouse), съпруга (better half, companion, consort, lady, spouse, uxor, wife, woman), съединявам (aggregate, band, butt, clutch, compound, concatenate, conjoin, couple, impale, incorporate, inosculate, interlock, join, join up, knee, knit, link, marry, piece, piece together, rejoin, splice, tag, tie, tie in, unite), съешавам (couple), съвъкупявам се (couple), настойка от мате. (various references) | |
Chinese | 耦 (pair, ploughshare), 配偶 (consort, spouse), 匹 (one of a pair, ordinary person), 伴侶 (companion, partner), 偶 (accidental, image, pair), 夥伴 (mates), 仇 (a rival, an enemy, animosity, enmity, feud, hatred, match). (various references) | |
Czech | matovat (frost), mat (checkmate, stalemate), spolužák (class mate, classfellow, classmate, fellow student, messmate, schoolfellow, schoolmate), spářit, sameèek, lodní dùstojník (supercargo), kolega (brother, colleague, co-worker, pal), kamarád (boyfriend, buddy, chum, Comrade, crony, fellow, friend, lad, old boy, pal, sport), druh (companion, Comrade, description, fellow, genus, kind, nature, peer, race, species, strain, style, type, variety, yokefellow, yokemate), asistent (assistant). (various references) | |
Danish | parre sig. (various references) | |
Dutch | paren (couple, have sexual intercourse, match, pair, unite). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sekskuniĝi (have sexual intercourse), pariĝi. (various references) | |
Farsi | همسر (Associate, Consort, Fere, Helpmate, Match, Partner, Spouse), همدم (Billy, Cahoot, Comate, Jo), کمک (Adjutant, Aid, Ancillary, Assist, Assistance, Avail, Hand, Help, Helper, Helpmeet, Relief, Second, Service, Subservience, Succor, Support), لنگه (Bale, Doublet, Leaf, Match, Pendant), جفت گیری یاعمل جنسی کردن , جفت (Couple, Double, Geminate, Jugate, Match, Pair, Peer, Tandem, Team, Twin), رفیق (Associate, Billy, Boyfriend, Buddy, Comate, Comrade, Fere, Friend, Peer, Tenuous, Yokefellow), شاه مات کردن , شاگرد (Apprentice, Disciple, Protege, Pupil, Student, Votary). (various references) | |
Finnish | veikko (brother, fellow, guy), vaihteen vastakisko (stock rail), vaihteen tukikisko (stock rail), toveri (companion, comrade), shakkimatti, perämies (co-pilot, helmsman, second pilot), pariutua (pair), paritella (copulate), paritaa (procure). (various references) | |
French | accoupler. (various references) | |
German | verbinden (affiliate, ally, associate, bandage, bandaging, bind, bind up, chaine, combine, communicate, compound, concatenate, conjoin, connect, connecting, contact, couple, dress, interconnect, intertwine, join, join on, join up, joint, link, merge, put through, report, splice, splicing, synthesize, tie, tie up, to affiliate, to agglutinate, to ally, to bandage, to chain, to combine, to compound, to concatenate, to conjoin, to contact, to couple, to interconnect, to splice, unite), schachmatt (checkmate, checkmated, exhausted, mated, shattered), Partner (associate, companion, copartner, co-star, mates, pard, pards, partner). (various references) | |
Greek | ζευγαρώνω (couple, pair), ταίρι (companion, counterpart, match, partner, peer). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשדך (arrange a marriage, make a match), לזוג (couple, marry, match), להתאים (adjust, compose, conform, fit, match, meet, modify, peer, suit, tailor, tally), להזדוג (copulate), להרביע (fertilize), להצטמד (agglutinate), עמית (associate, colleague, companion, counterpart, fellow, friend), זוג (brace, couple, dyad, pair, twosome), חובל (sailor), בן זוג (companion, counterpart, match, partner, spouse), בת זוג (consort, partner, spouse, wife). (various references) | |
Hungarian | társ (adjunct, associate, beaupere, button, cobber, companion, compeer, fellow, marrow, partner). (various references) | |
Indonesian | teman (bedfellow, buddy, comrade, counterpart, pal), sahabat (companion, friend, pal), pasangan (counterpart, couple, duo, pair, partner), konco (buddy, crony, friend), kawan (companion, comrade, friend, pal, swarm), jodoh (be a match, marriage partner, match). (various references) | |
Italian | accoppiare (couple, join, match, pair). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 詰め (an end, appointment, checkmate, keep doing for period of time, packing, stuffing, the foot), 運転士 (officer), 航海士 (navigation officer), メール交換 (10^6, correspondence, exchange of letters, mace, mail, mail order, mailer, mailing, mailing list, main, main amp, main bank, main course, main culture, main event, main gate, main pole, main stand, main street, main table, main title, mainframe, main-memory, make, make-up, mechanic, mechanical, mechanical automation, mechanics, mechanism, mechatronics, mega-, mega trend, megacycle, megaton, MT), メーカー物 (gauge, Major, Major League, make, make love, make over, make up, makeup, make-up, May Day, Mayday, meter, meter stamp, metre, name-brand item), 仲間 (associate, circle of friends, colleague, company, comrade, fellow, footman, group, partner, samurai's attendant). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | メート , メイト , なかま (associate, circle of friends, colleague, company, comrade, fellow, group, partner), うんてんし (officer), つめ (an end, appointment, checkmate, claw, fingernail or toenail, hoof, keep doing for period of time, packing, stuffing, talon, the foot), こうかいし (navigation officer). (various references) | |
Korean | 동료 (Associate, Colleague, Fellow, Fellows, mates, peer). (various references) | |
Manx | sheshey (cohort, colleague, companion, consort, fellow, husband, match, partner, spouse), lheimmey (embrace, hop, leap, long jump, spring), jannoo colleeys, cur cooidjagh (join, marshal, reunite), cumraag (ally, companion, comrade, escort, escort to a lady, fellow, pal), cubblaghey (human copulation, marry, pair), aavainshter. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atemay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mulher (a bit of skirt, cummer, dona, female, jade, lady, ladylove, old lady, person, petticoat, she, wife, woman), marido (helpmate, helpmeet, hub, hubby, husband, lord, man), macho (buck, cock-a-doodle-doo, flute, he, macho, malaria, male, masculine, mule, tenon, virile), dar xeque-mate (checkmate), camarada (associate, bud, buddy, chimney-pot hat, cobber, companion, compeer, comrade, downstage, fellow, friendly, nice, pal, pally, playmate, stable companion, topper), casar (get married, husband, marry, match, pair, pair off, settle, tie the knot, wed, yoke), chapa (cliché, guy, list, pane, pattern, slab, stencil, template, templet), colega (classmate, colleague, companion, dick, fellow, friend, playmate), companheiro (accompanist, associate, brother, buddy, chap, chum, companian, companion, compeer, comrade, concomitant, co-participant, cove, fellow, friend, helpmate, helpmeet, inmate, matey, maty, pal, partner, stable companion), acasalar (pair), contralança (stock rail), unir (adjoin, ally, attach, band, cement, compact, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, dowel, fasten, fay, fish, fuse, gather, hold together, incorporate, inosculate, join, knit, link, marry, put together, splice, team up, unite, wed, yoke), erva-mate, fêmea (feminine, she), roda conjugada (mating gear), companheiro de trabalho (fellow worker, yokefellow, yokemate). (various references) | |
Quechua | matita (mate herbtea). (various references) | |
Romanian | mat (dead, dull, lustreless, mat, opaque), împreuna (couple, feather, fold, gather, pair, unite), însoţitor (accompanying, attendant, companion, concomitant, conductor, consort, porter, squire), ajutor (abettor, accommodation, accomplice, adjoint, adjunct, adjutancy, adjutant, adjuvant, adminicle, aid, ancillary, assistance, assistant, auxiliary, backer, backing, collaboration, contribution, co-operation, deputy, easement, fire, friend, furtherance, help, helper, helpfulness, helping, means, ministrant, office, redress, refuge, relief, remedy, rescue, salvation, saver, second, service, sos, staff, stand by, stead, succor, succour, support, supporter, sustainer, upholder), asistent (assistant, bystander, demonstrator, helper, lecturer), bãrbãtuş (buck, male), cãsãtori (marry, match, pair, settle, splice, Wed), coleg (colleague, fellow, friend), împerechea (couple, geminate, match, pair, unite), lega (associate, attach, band, bend, bequeath, bind, bind up, brace, charm, coagulate, conjoin, connect, cord, couple, encircle, express, fasten, fetter, hitch, insert, interlink, interlock, join, joint, knit, knot, link, pack, relate, shackle, sheave, start, tackle, tether, tie, unite), uni (agree, amalgamate, bind, combine, conjoin, connect, couple, focus, join, knit, knot, link, merge, put together, unite, Wed), ofiţer (officer, official), ofiţer secund, pereche (brace, companion, counterpart, couple, double, equal, fellow, like, match, pair, peer), prieten (chum, Cully, fellow, friend, man, pal, young, young man), se cãsãtori (couple, espouse, get married, intermarry, marry, settle, splice, Wed), tovarãş (associate, brother, chum, companion, compeer, Comrade, Cully, fellow, friend, helpmate, member, pal, partner), tovarãş de viaţã (partner), femelã (bitch, cow, dam, female, she). (various references) | |
Russian | супруга (consort, spouse, wife), сочетаться браком, сочетать браком (pair), соединять пара;супруг;мат, сопряженная деталь, самка (doe, female), самец (male, male beast, sire), товарищ (associate, butty, chum, companion, compeer, comrade, cully, fellow, pal, stable companion, yokefellow, yokemate), напарник, мат (check mate, mat, mat 1), помощник капитана, помощник (acolyte, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, aide, aider, assistant, assistant secretaries, auxiliary, candle holder, farm hand, farmhand, help, helper, helpmate, second, troubleshooter). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | matirati, mat (checkmate, dim, misted), suprug (helpmate, husband, old man, spouse), spariti (couple, match, pair), prijatelj (buddy, chum, companion, friend), pomoćnik (adjunct, adjuvant, aid, aide, associate, auxiliary, call-boy, coadjutor, contributor, deputy, famulus, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, potman, subsidiary), parnjak (partner), pariti se (steam), pariti (steam), šah mat (checkmate). (various references) | |
Spanish | compañero (associate, brother, buddy, chum, colleague, companion, compeer, Comrade, fellow, friend at court, pal, partner, schoolfellow, sidekick, stooge). (various references) | |
Swedish | styrman (cockswain, coxswain, navigating officer, quartermaster), para (associate, come together, join, pair, pool), kompis (buddy, chum, Cocker, companion, comrade, friend, Mac, pal, pard, sidekick). (various references) | |
Thai | แต่งงาน (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) (splice), เพื่อน (fellow, homie), เชื่อมต่อกัน (ankylose), ผู้ช่วยผู้บังคับการเรือ, ผู้ช่วย (coadjutant, coadjutor), ส่วนหนึ่งในจำนวนคู่, คำเรียกแทนคนแปลกหน้า, คู่สมรส (match), จับคู่ผสมพันธุ์, จับคู่กัน. (various references) | |
Turkish | mat etmek (checkmate), mat (checkmate, darkish, dull, lackluster, lacklustre, mat, Matt, opaque, sober), uymak (abide by, accommodate oneself, accord, adapt, agree, answer, assort, become, chime, chime in with, coincide, comply, comply with, comport, conform, consist, consort, correlate, correspond, defer, do, do for, fall with, fit, follow, gear, go, go together, go with, harmonize, keep, keep to, match, obey, observe, pertain, quadrate, respect, sort together, Square, square with, string along with, suit, tally, tally with, tone, work in with), paraguay çayı, ortak (agreed, associate, collaborator, collective, common, conjunct, consociate, cooperator, copartner, dormant partner, fellow, identic, joint, mutual, pard, partner, party, privy, shareholder, sidekick, sympathetic), evlenmek (change one's condition, espouse, get married, get spliced, hitch, hitch up, lead to the altar, make a match, marry, pair off, take to wife, unite, Wed), evlendirmek (espouse, marry, marry off, match, pair, pair off, splice, tie, Wed, yoke), eşlemek (match, pair), eş (better half, coequal, companion, compeer, consort, correspondent, corresponding, counterpart, couple, doublet, duplicate, dutch, equal, fellow, helpmate, helpmeet, husband, identic, identical, iso-, lady, like, match, matching, old lady, old man, old woman, one of a pair, pair, Parti, partner, placenta, spousal, spouse, the missis, the old woman, wife), dengini bulmak, arkadaş (associate, bedfellow, brother, bud, buddy, chap, chum, companion, compeer, Comrade, consociate, familiar, feller, fellow, friend, helpmate, helpmeet, pal, sidekick), çiftleşmek (breed, copulate, couple, pair, rut, tread, tup). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | самець (dog, he, macho, male), самиця (doe, female, she), спілкуватися (associate, commune, communicate, company, consort, converse, intercommunicate, intermingle, mingle, socialize), спаровуватися (couple), чоловік (consort, he, him, husband, male, man, masculine, spouse), товариш (butty, chum, companion, compeer, fellow, helpmate), жінка (distaff, she, wife, woman), побратися. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vợ (lady, spouse), người giúp việc, chồng (consort, pile), bạn nghề con đực, bạn đời người phụ việc, bạn (associate, companion, comrade). (various references) | |
Welsh | cychwi%or (equal, like). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | commilitonem, commilitoni, concubitores, concubitoribus, coniuge, coniugem, coniuges, coniugibus, coniugium, coniugum, coniux, conpar, conparis, maritali, mariti, maritis, marito, maritorum, maritos, maritum, maritumque, maritus, maritusque, sodalem, sodales, sodalibus, sodalis, sodalium. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | compaignon. (various references) |
| Middle High German | 1100-1500 | mate, gemate. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 34, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ekei enosseusen ecinoV kai eswsen h gh ta paidia authV meta asfaleiaV ekei elafoi sunhnthsan kai eidon ta proswpa allhlwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ibi habuit foveam ericius et enutrivit catulos et circumfodit et fovit in umbra eius illuc congregati sunt milvi alter ad alterum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | There shal lyn `lamya, that is, a thirs, or a beste hauende the bodi lic a womman and horse feet; and he fyndeth to himself reste; there hadde diches the yrchoun, and nurshede out litle chittes, and aboute dalf, and nurshede in his shadewe; there ben gedered kites, the tother to the tother. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 34, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Didto ang halas magabuhat sa iyang salag, ug mangitlog, ug mamusa, ug mosikop sa iyang landong; oo, didto ang mga ananangkil managtipon, ang tagsatagsa uban sa iyang kauban. |
| Croatian | Ondje æe se gnijezditi guja, odlagati jaja, ležat' na njima, u sjeni ih tvojoj izleæi; onamo æe slijetati jastrebovi jedan za drugim. |
| Danish | der bygger Pilslangen Rede, lægger Æg og samler dem og ruger. Kun der skal Gribbene flokkes, ej savner den ene den anden. |
| Dutch | Daar zal de wilde meerle nestelen en leggen, en haar jongen uitbikken, en onder haar schaduw vergaderen; ook zullen aldaar de gieren met elkaar verzameld worden. |
| Finnish | Siellä nuolikäärme pesii ja laskee munansa, kuorii ne ja kiertyy kerälle pimentoonsa. Sinne haarahaukatkin kokoontuvat yhteen. |
| French | Là le serpent fera son nid, déposera ses oeufs, Les couvera, et recueillera ses petits à son ombre; Là se rassembleront tous les vautours. |
| German | Die Natter wird auch daselbst nisten und legen, brüten und aushecken unter seinem Schatten; auch werden die Weihen daselbst zusammenkommen. |
| Haitian Creole | Se la koulèv pral fè nich yo, se la y'ap ponn. Se la y'ap kouve ze yo, se la y'ap okipe pitit yo. Se la malfini karanklou yo pral sanble. |
| Hungarian | Oda rak fészket a bagoly és tojik és ül tojáson és költ árnyékában, csak ott gyûlnek együvé a sasok! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di tempat itu ular berbisa membuat sarangnya, bertelur, mengeram dan memelihara anak-anaknya. Burung alap-alap pun berkumpul dengan pasangannya masing-masing. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Di sanapun ular babi akan bersarang dan bertelur dan menetas telurnya dan menghimpunkan anak-anaknya di pernaungan; di sanapun berkerumunlah burung nasar bersama-sama. |
| Maori | Ka hanga ano e te ruru nui tona kohanga ki reira, whanau iho, pao iho nga hua, whakamine ano ki raro i tona taumarumarunga iho: ka huihui ano ki reira nga whatura, ratou ko tana tane, ko tana tane. |
| Norwegian | Der bygger pilormen rede og legger egg og klekker ut unger og samler dem i sin skygge; ja, der samler gribbene sig sammen. |
| Portuguese | Ali fará a coruja o seu ninho, e porá os seus ovos, e aninhará os seus filhotes, e os recolherá debaixo da sua sombra; também ali se ajuntarão os abutres, cada fêmea com o seu companheiro. |
| Rumanian | Acolo kwi va face cuibul warpele de noapte, kwi va pune ouqle, le va cloci, wi kwi va strknge puii la umbra lui; acolo se vor strknge toyi ulii: fiecare la tovarqwul lui. |
| Russian | фБН ХЗОЕЪДЙФУС МЕФХЮЙК ЪНЕК, ВХДЕФ ЛМБУФШ СКГБ Й ЧЩЧПДЙФШ ДЕФЕК Й УПВЙТБФШ ЙИ РПД ФЕОШ УЧПА; ФБН Й ЛПТЫХОЩ ВХДХФ УПВЙТБФШУС ПДЙО Л ДТХЗПНХ. |
| Spanish | Allí anidará y ovará el búho; empollará y los cubrirá bajo su sombra. También se reunirán allí los buitres, cada cual con su pareja. |
| Swedish | Där reder pilormen sitt bo och lägger sina ägg och kläcker så ut ynglet och samlar det i sitt skygd; ja, där komma gamarna tillhopa, den ene möter där den andre. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mate": mated, mateless, matelot, matelote, matelotes, matelots, mater, materfamilias, materfamiliases, material, materialise, materialised, materialises, materialising, materialism, materialisms, materialist, materialistic, materialistically, materialists, materialities, materiality, materialization, materializations, materialize, materialized, materializer, materializers, materializes, materializing, materially, materialness, materialnesses, materials, materiel, materiels, maternal, maternalism, maternalisms, maternally, maternities, maternity, maters, mates, mateship, mateships, matey, mateyness, mateynesses, mateys. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "mate": acclimate, acoelomate, amalgamate, animate, antepenultimate, approximate, automate, bedmate, bichromate, bregmate, bromate, bunkmate, carbamate, casemate, cellmate, checkmate, chromate, classmate, climate, coelomate, coinmate, collimate, comate, consummate, copemate, cremate, crewmate, cyclamate, decimate, desquamate, dichromate, diplomate, dithiocarbamate, estimate, exanimate, fermate, flatmate, formate, gemmate, glutamate, guesstimate, hamate, helpmate, housemate, humate, illegitimate, imamate, inanimate, inmate, intimate, legitimate. (additional references) | |
Words containing "mate": acclimated, acclimates, acoelomates, amalgamated, amalgamates, amateur, amateurish, amateurishly, amateurishness, amateurishnesses, amateurism, amateurisms, amateurs, animated, animatedly, animately, animateness, animatenesses, animater, animaters, animates, antepenultimates, antimaterialism, antimaterialisms, antimaterialist, antimaterialists, approximated, approximately, approximates, automated, automates, bedmates, bichromated, bichromates, biomaterial, biomaterials, bromated, bromates, bunkmates, carbamates, casemates, cellmates, checkmated, checkmates, chromates, classmates, climates, coelomates, coinmates, collimated, collimates. (additional references) | |
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"Mate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amate, amati, amete, emate, Gmbatu, imate, mabe, Mactay, Mactec, mae, maet, mafe, mafte, mait, maje, malte, malto, mame, mante, Maoten, marte, Martec, maste, matar, matat, mataw, Mateev, Matei, mateic, Matejko, matel, maten, mateo, Matfen, mathe, mati, matic, mativ, matok, matr, matre, matta, mattew, Matto, Matu, Matvey, matz, Mave, mawe, maxe, mayte, Mayto, Mcatee, meate, Memtek, meste, metae, metce, meten, metey, meti, Meto, metta, Mette, metu, Meute, miet, mihte, mitae, Miteb, mitek, mitex, mitey, miti, mito, mitte, Mitze, mmat, mmta, Motej, Mpta, Mtare, mtn, Mutebi, mutek, mutu, Mwat, Mwatex, myte, Nakte, nate, omate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mate" (pronounced mā"t) |
| 2 | -ā" t | abate, ate, await, bait, Bate, berate, Cate, collate, conflate, conjugate, crate, create, date, debate, deflate, demodulate, desecrate, dictate, dilate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fete, freight, gait, gate, gestate, grate, great, hate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, intrastate, irate, late, lightweight, misstate, multistate, negate, oblate, ornate, overrate, overweight, pate, plate, postdate, predate, procreate, prorate, rate, Recriminate, reflate, reinstate, relate, remunerate, restate, sate, sedate, skate, slate, spate, state, straight, Strait, Tate, trait, translate, underrate, update, upstate, wait, weight. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: meat, meta, tame, team. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-t" | |
-1 letter: ate, eat, eta, mae, mat, met, tae, tam, tea. | |
-2 letters: ae, am, at, em, et, ma, me, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-t" | |
+1 letter: ament, armet, etyma, mated, mater, mates, matey, | |
