vate
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== Champenois ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /vat/
=== Noun ===
vate f
alternative form of vaiche
== Falam Chin ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *waʔ.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Sun Thla) IPA(key): [vààtéé]
=== Noun ===
vate
bird
=== References ===
Amanda Bohnert, Emily Hanink, Em Em, Kelly Berkson (2026), “Sun Thla Falam Chin Swadesh List”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures[1], volume 4, number 1
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin vātēs (“prophet, poet”). Compare Italian vate, Spanish vate, Portuguese vate, Catalan vate, English vates. Doublet of ovate and vaticiner.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /vat/
=== Noun ===
vate m (plural vates)
(history) vates, especially a Gaulish priest
Synonym: ovate
=== Anagrams ===
avet, EVAT, Tave, Teva, Téva
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin vātēs (“prophet, poet”). Compare English vates.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈva.te/
Rhymes: -ate
Hyphenation: và‧te
=== Noun ===
vate m (plural vati)
(literary) prophet, fortune-teller
Synonyms: divinatore, indovino, profeta
(figurative) an inspired or prophetic poet or other writer; vates
=== Further reading ===
vate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
== Ladino ==
=== Etymology ===
va + te
=== Interjection ===
vate (Hebrew spelling ב׳אטי)
get out of here!
Synonym: sal de aki
== Latin ==
=== Noun ===
vāte
ablative singular of vātēs
== Latvian ==
=== Noun ===
vate f (5th declension)
cotton wool
==== Declension ====
== Pali ==
=== Alternative forms ===
=== Noun ===
vate
inflection of vata (“religious duty”):
locative singular
accusative plural
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin vātēs.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: va‧te
=== Noun ===
vate m or f by sense (plural vates)
vates (divinely inspired poet)
=== Further reading ===
“vate”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“vate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin vātēs.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbate/ [ˈba.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ate
Syllabification: va‧te
Homophone: bate
=== Noun ===
vate m or f by sense (plural vates)
prophetic poet, vates
Synonym: poeta
=== Further reading ===
“vate”, 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
== Talysh ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate to Zazaki vetene (“to bring out”). Almost out of use nowadays, but present in derived prefixed verbs evate, pevate.
=== Verb ===
vate
(obsolete, very rare) to bring out, to take out
Synonym: bekarde
to skin, to flay
== Veps ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *vaat'ëk.
=== Noun ===
vate
broadcloth
==== Declension ====
== Volapük ==
=== Noun ===
vate
dative singular of vat