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— English words —

• mate n. A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
• mate n. (Especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
• mate n. (Colloquial, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend…
• mate n. (Colloquial, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly…
• mate n. (Nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain’s Mate, Gunner’s…
• mate n. (Nautical) A ship’s officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
• mate n. (Nautical) A first mate.
• mate n. A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter’s mate, plumber’s mate); sometimes an apprentice.
• mate n. The other member of a matched pair of objects.
• mate n. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
• mate v. (Intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
• mate v. (Intransitive) To copulate.
• mate v. (Intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
• mate v. (Transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
• mate v. (Transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
• mate v. (Transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
• mate v. (Transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
• mate v. (Transitive) To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
• mate v. (Transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
• mate v. (Intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
• mate v. (Transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
• mate n. (Chess) Clipping of checkmate.
• mate v. (Chess) Clipping of checkmate.
• mate v. (Obsolete) To confuse; to confound.
• mate n. Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
• mate n. The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea.
• maté n. (Countable) An evergreen tree, Ilex paraguariensis, native to South America, cultivated for its leaves.
• maté n. (Uncountable) A beverage, resembling tea, made from the dried leaves of this plant.
• maté n. (Countable) A cup of this drink.
• maté n. (Countable, uncommon) The container used to prepare this drink, traditionally a small calabash.
• -mate suff. Used to form nouns having the sense of "a comrade or fellow with whom what is denoted by the noun is shared".

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Asturian
  • maté v. First-person singular indefinite preterite indicative of matar.
• Asturian - Galician
  • mate v. First/third-person singular present subjunctive of matar.
• Cebuano
  • mate n. (Chess) a checkmate.
  • mate v. (Chess) to checkmate; to put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
  • mate interj. (Chess) checkmate.
• Czech
  • mate v. Third-person singular present of mást.
  • máte v. Second-person plural present indicative of mít.
  • mátě n. Dative/locative singular of máta.
• Fijian - Maori - Tetum - Tongan
  • mate n. Death.
• Fijian - Rapa nui - Tahitian - Tetum
  • mate adj. Dead (no longer alive).
• Galician
  • mate adj. Matte (not reflective of light).
  • mate n. (Chess) mate, checkmate.
  • mate n. Maté (the drink prepared from yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
  • mate n. Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté.
  • mate n. (Basketball) dunk (the act of dunking, particularly in basketball).
• Gothic
  • mate rom. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌴.
• Greenlandic
  • Mate prop.n. A male given name from Danish.
• Hungarian
  • Máté prop.n. A male given name, equivalent to English Matthew.
  • Máté prop.n. (Biblical) Matthew, the Gospel of Matthew.
• Japanese
  • mate rom. Rōmaji transcription of まて.
• Laboya - Rapa nui - Tahitian - Tetum - Uneapa
  • mate v. To die.
• Latvian
  • māte n. Mother (female parent).
  • māte n. Female individual of some animal species.
  • māte n. (Endearing) an older woman.
  • mātē n. Locative singular form of māte.
• Lithuanian
  • matė v. Third-person singular past of matyti.
  • matė v. Third-person plural past of matyti.
• Maori
  • mate n. Sickness, illness, disease.
  • mate n. Misfortune, calamity, defect.
  • mate n. Desire, need, want.
  • mate v. (Stative) to be dead, deceased, killed.
  • mate v. (Stative) to be sick, ill, unwell, diseased.
  • mate v. (Stative) to be defeated, conquered, beaten, overcome.
  • mate v. (Stative) to be in want of, deeply in love.
• Mapudungun
  • mate n. The drink maté, prepared of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis).
• Middle english
  • mate n. Mate (companion, comrade).
  • mate n. Mate (shipmate).
  • mate n. (Rare) person, human.
  • mate interj. Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”).
  • mate n. Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”).
  • mate adj. Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”).
  • mate adj. Alternative form of mat (“tired”).
  • mate adj. Weak singular of mat, strong/weak plural of mat.
  • mate v. Alternative form of maten (“to checkmate”).
  • mate v. Alternative form of maten (“to overpower”).
• Norwegian bokmål
  • mate v. To feed.
• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • måte n. Manner, way.
  • måte n. Moderation.
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • måte v. Alternative form of måta.
• Old czech
  • mátě n. Mother.
• Pali
  • mate adj. Masculine/neuter locative singular of mata, masculine accusative plural of mata, feminine vocative singular…
  • mate n. Locative singular of mata (“opinion”).
• Polish
  • mate n. Maté, yerba mate (shrub that produces the beverage maté).
  • mate n. Maté, yerba mate (beverage maté).
  • matę n. Accusative singular of mata.
• Romanian
  • mate n. (Colloquial) maths.
  • mațe n. Plural of maț (“intestines, guts, entrails”).
• Russian
  • мате n. Prepositional singular of мат.
  • мате n. Maté (plant, herb, beverage, but unlike in Spanish usually not the vessel from which the beverage is consumed).
• Shona - Swahili
  • mate n. Saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth).
• Slovak
  • máte v. Second-person plural present indicative of mať.
  • mäte n. Dative singular of mäta.
  • mäte n. Locative singular of mäta.
• Swedish
  • mäte v. Subjunctive of mäta.
• Tagalog
  • mate n. (Chess) checkmate.
• Tokelauan
  • mate v. (Intransitive) to die.
  • mate v. (Stative) to be paralysed.
  • mate v. (Intransitive, of fire) to go out.
  • mate v. (Intransitive, of players) to go out.
  • mate v. (Intransitive, of engines) to stop.
  • mate n. Guess.
  • mate v. (Transitive) to guess.
  • mate n. (To a male) sororal nephew.
• Tongan
  • mate n. The dead.
  • mate adj. Dead.

— English words, defined in German —

• mate S. Das zur Fortpflanzung genehme zweite Tier.
• mate S. Britisch umgangssprachlich: die befreundete Person.
• mate S. Besonders britisch: die beim Handwerk helfende Person.
• mate S. Handelsmarine: die Person im höchsten Offiziersrang.
• mate S. Kriegsmarine: die Person im niedrigsten Offiziersrang.

— English words, defined in French —

• mate n. (Royaume-Uni) Ami, pote, compagnon.
• mate n. Membre d’une paire.
• mate v. (Intransitif) S’accoupler.
• mate v. (Transitif) Ranger par paires, apparier.
• mate n. (Populaire) (Échecs) Mat.
• mate v. (Échecs) Faire échec et mat, faire mat.
• maté n. Maté (arbre).
• maté n. (Boisson) Maté.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• mate s. Pareja (miembro de un par; compañero sexual).
• mate s. Náutica. Oficial de rango inferior al capitán.
• mate s. Oficial, aprendiz (de un oficio).
• mate s. Amigo, colega, compañero.
• mate v. Encajar, calzar.
• mate v. Copular.
• mate v. Emparejar.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• mate s. Uno dei due membri di una coppia (specialmente di oggetti).
• mate s. Ufficiale di una nave di grado subordinato rispetto al capitano.
• mate s. (Biologia) termine scientifico per indicare il partner sessuale, specialmente tra gli animali.
• mate s. (Popolare) amico, compagno (anche di scuola), termine utilizzato anche per rivolgersi amichevolmente agli estranei.
• mate s. Accoppiare, mettere insieme, a stretto contatto.
• mate s. Accoppiarsi (anche in senso sessuale).

— In German —

• Mate S. Maté.
• Mate S. Südamerikanischer Tee, der aus dem Mate-Strauch gewonnen wird.
• Mate S. Maté.
• Mate S. Kurz für: Mate-Strauch, Matepflanze.

— In Dutch —

• mate n. Graad, een hoeveelheid van iets abstracts, maat.
• mate n. (Plantkunde) Ilex paraguariensis , de mateplant.
• mate n. (Drinken) een drank die van bovengenoemde plant wordt gemaakt…
• maté n. (Plantkunde) (kruid) Ilex paraguariensis hulstachtige heester…
• maté n. (Drinken) aftreksel van maté.

— In French —

• mate n.f. (Histoire) Endroit, dans Paris, où se tenait le conseil de filous.
• mate adj. Féminin singulier de mat.
• mate v. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de mater.
• mate v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de mater.
• mate v. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de mater.
• mate v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de mater.
• mate v. Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de mater.
• maté n.m. Arbuste de l’Amérique méridionale, du genre houx, dont…
• maté n.m. (Boisson) Infusion des feuilles séchées de cette plante.
• maté v. Participe passé masculin singulier de mater.
• mâte v. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de mâter.
• mâte v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de mâter.
• mâte v. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de mâter.
• mâte v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de mâter.
• mâte v. Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de mâter.
• mâté v. Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe mâter.

— In Spanish —

• mate s. Gastronomía. Infusión de yerba mate consumida como bebida…
• mate s. Gastronomía. Por extensión, bebida obtenida de remojar en…
• mate s. Recipiente elaborado a partir de una calabaza, de asta, metal…
• mate s. Botánica. (Lagenaria siceraria) Planta de la familia de las…
• mate s. Anatomía. Cabeza (parte corporal).
• mate s. Por metonimia, capacidad de pensamiento y de juicio.
• mate s. Semilla o poroto con que juegan los muchachos.^{cita requerida]}.
• mate s. Ajedrez. Jugada de ajedrez que coloca al rey de uno de los…
• mate adj. Que no tiene brillo.
• mate v. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de matar.
• mate v. Tercera persona del singular (ella, él, ello; usted, 2.ª…
• mate v. Tercera persona del singular (ella, él, ello; usted, 2.ª…
• Mate s. Apellido.
• maté v. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto…

— In Portuguese —

• mate adj. Sem brilho.
• mate adj. Fosco; pálido; embaciado.
• mate s. Lance final no jogo do xadrez em que o rei sofre ataque indefensável…
• mate s. Ponto de meia em que se apanham duas malhas de uma só vez.
• mate s. (Botânica) arbusto da América do Sul cujas folhas servem…
• mate v. Primeira pessoa do singular do presente do modo subjuntivo do verbo matar.
• mate v. Terceira pessoa do singular do presente do modo subjuntivo do verbo matar.
• mate v. Terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo matar.
• mate v. Terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo matar.

299 English words from 106 English definitions

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80 English words from 74 foreign definitions

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4 foreign words from 106 English definitions

a␣commercial mata matar maten

185 foreign words from 74 foreign definitions

accoupler afirmativo aftreksel agli ajedrez América América␣do␣Sul Amérique Ami amichevolmente amico Anatomía anche animali apanham a␣partir␣de Apellido apparier aprendiz arbre Arbuste arbusto asta ataque aus bebida befreundete beim Besonders Biologia Boisson Botânica brilho britisch calzar capacidad capitán cette cita colega coloca como compagno compagnon compañero conseil consumida contatto coppia cujas dei de␣la Deuxième Deuxième␣personne échec échec␣et␣mat Échecs elaborado ella embaciado Emparejar Encajar Endroit estranei extensión Féminin feuilles filous folhas Fortpflanzung Fosco für Gastronomía gemaakt genehme gewonnen gli Graad grado Handelsmarine heester helfende Histoire höchsten hoeveelheid houx iets impératif imperativo indefensável indicare indicatif Infusión insieme Intransitif jogo juegan Jugada juicio kruid los malhas matar mâter meia membri méridionale metonimia miembro modo modo␣subjuntivo Náutica negativo niedrigsten obtenida Oficial oficio oggetti pálido Participe Participe␣passé partir pensamiento personne pessoa plante Plantkunde Popolare Populaire Por poroto Première␣personne présent présent␣du␣subjonctif presente pretérito pretérito␣perfecto Primeira Primeira␣pessoa Primera Primera␣persona Recipiente requerida rey Royaume Royaume-Uni scientifico scuola séchées Semilla senso sessuale singulier sofre specialmente Strauch subjonctif subjuntivo subordinato Südamerikanischer tenait Terceira Terceira␣pessoa Tercera Tercera␣persona tiene Transitif Troisième Troisième␣personne Ufficiale uma umgangssprachlich una une uno usted utilizzato verbe verbo vez wird wordt xadrez zur zweite

195 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

mated Matei Mateo mater 'mater mates Mates matés matey Matey Mateen Mateer Mateja Matera Matern maters 'maters matess mateys Mateys Mateens Mateers mateine Matejas Matejka matelot Matengo materno- Materns Mateses MATESOL mateable matehood Matejkas mateless matelote matelots Matelski material materiel matériel maternal mateship MATESOLs matesses matelassé matelotes Matelskis mateology materials +145 words

970 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

amated amates amateur cumates demated demates hamated hamates humates inmates No-Mates ommatea osmates remated remates shmates tomater ulmates unmated unmates agemates age-mates amateurs amateuse animated animater animates bedmates bromated bromates brumated brumates busmates carmates climates cremated cremates cupmates elimated elimates formated formates gemmated gemmates hematein imamates Imamates jobmates labmates mamateek +920 words

581 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

amate -bamate comate cumate demate hamate humate inmate osmate remate shmate ulmate unmate agemate age-mate animate atomate barmate bedmate bromate brumate busmate cadmate carmate climate cremate cupmate elimate fermate formate fromate gemmate holmate imamate Imamate jobmate labmate mammate mismate nonmate old␣mate outmate oxamate oximate palmate pewmate podmate premate primate pubmate +531 words

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ate Até Atë -ate mat Mat MAT mat. Mat.

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eta ETA tam TAM

13 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

AEMT Atem ATEM meat meta Meta META meta- tame Tame team Team Tema

85 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

ADMET AEMTs amate ament Amite a␣mite antem ant'em armet a-stem A-team A␣team autem B␣team DATEM demat etyma Gamet Hatem hemat- MACTE Mamet manet Manet Marte mated Matei Mateo mater 'mater mates Mates matés matey Matey matie Matie maᵗⁱᵉ matje matse matte meant meath Meath MEATI meato- meats meaty Mehta menat +35 words

48 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

AEM aet AET aet. æt. a.e.t. AmE AME amt AMT amt. ate Até Atë -ate atm ATM eam EAM eat ema EMA EMT eta ETA Mae MAE mat Mat MAT mat. Mat. MEA met Met MET met- met. MTA MTE tam TAM tea Tea TEA TEM TMA TME

77 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bate Bate cate Cate date Date eate fate Fate gate Gate GATE -gate hate Jate kate Kate late LATE mabe Mabe mace Mace Mače made mafe mage Mahé make male Male Malé male- mane Mane -mane mare Maré mase math math. matl Mat'l Mato matr- mats Mats MATs MATS matt Matt Matt. maty Matz maye Maye maze Maze mete mite mote Mote mute Nate -oate pate Pate paté pâté rate sate saté tate Tate yate Yate zate

12 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ate Até Atë -ate Mae MAE mat Mat MAT mat. Mat. MTE

8 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

MACTE Marte matie Matie maᵗⁱᵉ matje matse matte

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