prate

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English praten; either inherited from Old English prætt or borrowed via Middle Dutch or Middle Low German praten (from Old Saxon *pratt), all from Proto-West Germanic *prattu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bred- (“to wander, rove”). Related to Dutch praten (“to talk, chat”), Low German praten, dated German pfrassen, Danish prate, Swedish prata (“to talk, prate”), Faroese práta (“to talk, gossip”), Icelandic prata;; also cognate with Polish bredzić (“to rave, jabber”), Latvian bradāt (“to talk nonsense”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɹeɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt === Noun === prate (countable and uncountable, plural prates) Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity. Synonyms: waffle, babble ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === prate (third-person singular simple present prates, present participle prating, simple past and past participle prated) (ambitransitive) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly. Synonyms: blabber; see also Thesaurus:prattle, Thesaurus:chatter ==== Derived terms ==== prate-roast prattle ==== Translations ==== === References === prate, in Compact Oxford English Dictionary. prate, in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. === Anagrams === Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === prate (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of praten === Anagrams === pater == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Middle Low German praten, compare Swedish prata and Faroese práta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /prɑːtɛ/ === Verb === prate (imperative prat, present tense prater, passive prates, simple past and past participle prata or pratet, present participle pratende) to chat (om / about) ==== Derived terms ==== pratsom === References === “prate” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Serbo-Croatian == === Verb === prate (Cyrillic spelling прате) third-person plural present of pratiti == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian *prat, from Proto-West Germanic *prattu, from or related to Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpraːtə/ === Verb === prate to talk ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== “prate”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011