date

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /deɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus (likely via Old Provençal datil), from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably a folk-etymological alteration of a word from a Semitic source such as Arabic دَقَل (daqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel, “date palm”). Doublet of dactyl and dactylus. ==== Noun ==== date (plural dates) The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. [from 14th c.] The date palm. [from 14th c.] (Australia, New Zealand) The anus. [from 20th c.] ===== Hypernyms ===== fruit ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English date, from Old French date, from Late Latin data, from Latin datus (“given”), past participle of dare (“to give”); from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”). Doublet of data. ==== Noun ==== date (plural dates) The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made. A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time. The start date for the festival is September 2. A point in time. (rare) An assigned end; a conclusion. (obsolete) A given or assigned length of life; duration. 1611-15, George Chapman (translator), Homer (author), The Odysseys of Homer, Volume 1, Book IV,[1] lines 282–5, As now Saturnius, through his life's whole date, Hath Nestor's bliss raised to as steep a state, Both in his age to keep in peace his house, And to have children wise and valorous. A pre-arranged meeting. One's companion for social activities or occasions, especially a romantic partner. A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met. ===== Hypernyms ===== time ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → German: Date → Hebrew: דייט (deyt) → Hindi: डेट (ḍeṭ) → Japanese: デート (dēto) → Kashubian: dejta (Canada, United States) → Korean: 데이트 (deiteu) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== date (third-person singular simple present dates, present participle dating, simple past and past participle dated) (transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution. (transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of. (transitive) To determine the age of something. (transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates. (transitive, by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with. Synonyms: go out, see; see also Thesaurus:date (reciprocal, by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other. Synonyms: go out, see; see also Thesaurus:date (ambitransitive) To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc. Synonyms: age, elden, obsolesce; see also Thesaurus:to age (intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned. ===== Usage notes ===== To note the time of writing one may say dated at or from a place. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also === Sabbath calendar === Anagrams === Daet, AEDT, TAED, Teda, tea'd, TA'ed, TAed, -ated, ated, tead, EDTA == Aromanian == === Numeral === date alternative form of dzatse == Danish == === Etymology === From English date. === Pronunciation 1 === IPA(key): /deɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt ==== Noun ==== date c (singular definite daten, plural indefinite dates) a date (meeting with a lover or potential lover) Synonyms: rendezvous, stævnemøde === Pronunciation 2 === IPA(key): /deɪte/ Rhymes: -eɪte ==== Verb ==== date (imperative date, infinitive at date, present tense dater, past tense datede, perfect tense har datet) to date (someone) === References === “date” in Den Danske Ordbog “date,2” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English date. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /deːt/ Hyphenation: date Rhymes: -eːt ==== Noun ==== date m (plural dates, no diminutive) a date (romantic outing) ===== Derived terms ===== blind date ===== Related terms ===== daten === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (1st and 2nd person singular, imperative) IPA(key): /deːt/ Hyphenation: date Rhymes: -eːt (subjunctive) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.tə/ Hyphenation: da‧te Rhymes: -eːtə ==== Verb ==== date inflection of daten: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive == French == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French date, a borrowing from Late Latin data, from the feminine of Latin datus. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /dat/ ==== Noun ==== date f (plural dates) date (point in time) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== date inflection of dater: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative ==== Further reading ==== “date”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English date. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /dɛjt/ ==== Noun ==== date f (plural dates) (slang, anglicism) date (romantic meeting) ==== Noun ==== date m (plural dates) (slang, anglicism) date (person you go on a romantic meeting with) ==== Further reading ==== https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/clefsfp/index-fra.html?lang=fra&lettr=indx_catlog_d&page=9iwGrR_cgy6U.html == Interlingua == === Participle === date past participle of dar == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈda.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: dà‧te === Noun === date f plural of data === Verb === date inflection of dare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Participle === date feminine plural of dato === References === === Anagrams === teda == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈda.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdaː.te] === Verb === date second-person plural present active imperative of dō === Participle === date vocative masculine singular of datus == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === deit (noun) deite (verb) === Etymology === Borrowed from English date. Doublet of dato and datum. === Pronunciation === (noun): IPA(key): /dæɪ̯t/, /dɛɪ̯t/ (verb): IPA(key): /²dæɪ̯.tə/, /²dɛɪ̯.tə/ === Noun === date m (definite singular daten, indefinite plural dater, definite plural datene) a (romantic) date (pre-arranged meeting between two people) Synonyms: (romantic meeting) stevnemøte, (meeting) møte a person in relation to the other person on a date === Verb === date (present tense dater, past tense data or datet, past participle data or datet, imperative date) (transitive, reciprocal) to date === References === “date” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “date” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === deit (noun) data, deita, deite (verb) === Etymology === Borrowed from English date. Doublet of dato and datum. === Pronunciation === (noun): IPA(key): /dæɪ̯t/, /dɛɪ̯t/ (verb): IPA(key): /²dæɪ̯.tə/, /²dɛɪ̯.tə/ === Noun === date m (definite singular daten, indefinite plural datar, definite plural datane) a (romantic) date (pre-arranged meeting between two people) Synonyms: (romantic meeting) stemnemøte, (meeting) møte a person in relation to the other person on a date === Verb === date (present tense datar, past tense data, past participle data, imperative date) (transitive, reciprocal) to date === References === “date” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈda.tə/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Late Latin data, from the feminine of Latin datus (“given”). ==== Noun ==== date oblique singular, f (oblique plural dates, nominative singular date, nominative plural dates) date (point in time) ===== Descendants ===== French: date → Irish: dáta → Middle English: date English: date === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old Provençal datil, from Latin dactylus. ==== Alternative forms ==== datil datille f ==== Noun ==== date oblique singular, f (oblique plural dates, nominative singular date, nominative plural dates) date (fruit) ===== Descendants ===== French: datte → Irish: dáta → Middle English: date English: date ⇒ Cornish: dates ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: deit ⇒ Welsh: datys == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Unadapted borrowing from English date. Doublet of dado and data. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ejt͡ʃi Homophone: deite ==== Noun ==== date m (plural dates, diminutive datezinho) (Brazil, informal) date (romantic meeting) Synonym: encontro === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ati Hyphenation: da‧te ==== Verb ==== date inflection of datar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Noun === date inflection of dată: indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural indefinite genitive/dative singular == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdate/ [ˈd̪a.t̪e] Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: da‧te === Verb === date inflection of dar: second-person singular imperative combined with te second-person singular voseo imperative combined with te inflection of datar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English date === Noun === date c alternative form of dejt (“romantic date”) ==== Declension ==== === References === “date”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) == Tunggare == === Noun === date man === References === Bill Palmer, editor (2018), The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 517