amate

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Spanish (papel) amate (“amate paper”), from Classical Nahuatl āmatl (“paper”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /əˈmɑːteɪ/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈmɑteɪ/ ==== Noun ==== amate (plural amates) Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees. An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old French amater, amatir. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈmeɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt ==== Verb ==== amate (third-person singular simple present amates, present participle amating, simple past and past participle amated) (obsolete) To dishearten, dismay. 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), Jerusalem Delivered, Tasso, XI, xii: Upon the walls the pagans old and young / Stood hush'd and still, amated and amazed. , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.230: For the last […], he will be much amazed, he will be much amated. === Etymology 3 === From a- +‎ mate. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈmeɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt ==== Verb ==== amate (third-person singular simple present amates, present participle amating, simple past and past participle amated) (obsolete) To be a mate to; to match. === Anagrams === A team, A-team == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈmate/ Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: a‧ma‧te === Adverb === amate present adverbial passive participle of ami == Interlingua == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈma.te/ === Participle === amate past participle of amar == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈma.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: a‧mà‧te === Verb === amate inflection of amare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Participle === amate feminine plural of amato === Adjective === amate feminine plural of amato === Noun === amate f plural of amata === References === === Anagrams === a tema == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈmaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmaː.te] === Verb === amāte second-person plural present active imperative of amō === Participle === amāte vocative masculine singular of amātus === Noun === amāte vocative singular of amātus == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Adjective === amate inflection of amata (“everlasting”): locative singular masculine/neuter accusative plural masculine vocative singular feminine === Noun === amate locative singular of amata (“immortality”) == Rwanda-Rundi == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *màtáì. Doublet of amata. === Noun === amaté class 6 (Kirundi) saliva Synonym: (Rwanda) amacandwe == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈmate/ [aˈma.t̪e] Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: a‧ma‧te === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl āmatl. ==== Noun ==== amate m (plural amates) fig tree (Ficus sp.) (Guerrero) Ficus obtusifolia Synonym: amate blanco (Oaxaca) petiolate fig (Ficus petiolaris) Synonym: amate amarillo (Chiapas, Tabasco) Ficus segoviae (Oaxaca) Florida strangler fig (Ficus aurea) Synonym: amate prieto creeping fig (Ficus pumila) amate paper Synonym: papel amate amate (art form) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: amate === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== amate second-person singular voseo imperative of amar combined with te inflection of amatar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === References === Catalogo alfabético de nombres vulgares y científicos de plantas que existen en México, México: Imprenta de la Dirección de Estudios Biológicos, 1923, page 42 Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988), A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 16 === Further reading === “amate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025