mate

Etymology 1
From, a borrowing from (replacing 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬), derived from , itself from  (related to 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬) +  (from ), related to 🇨🇬). From the same Middle Low German source stems 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬..

Noun

 * 1) A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
 * 2)  A breeding partner.
 * 3)  A friend, usually of the same sex.
 * 4)  Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
 * 5)  In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g., , Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
 * 6)  A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
 * 7)  A first mate.
 * 8) A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
 * 9) The other member of a matched pair of objects.
 * 10) A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
 * 1)  In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g., , Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
 * 2)  A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
 * 3)  A first mate.
 * 4) A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
 * 5) The other member of a matched pair of objects.
 * 6) A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
 * 1) A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
 * 1) A suitable companion; a match; an equal.

Usage notes

 * In British English, "mate" typically carries more masculine connotations than in Australian English, in which the word is used as a unisex term.

Translations

 * Dutch:, , paringsgezel
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: maka
 * Italian: copulatore,
 * Japanese:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Middle English: make
 * Old English: ġemaca
 * Portuguese:, parceira, , parceiras
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Zazaki: çıt


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Middle English: macche, make
 * Middle English: macche
 * Ottoman Turkish: اش, چفت, زوج
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: помощник-капитан
 * Dutch:, scheepsmaat
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ufficiale in seconda
 * Maori: mete
 * Welsh: mêt, mêts


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: mete
 * Russian: помо́щник капита́на


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Arabic: صَدِيق
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 死黨, 朋友, 老友,
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Dutch: maat(je),, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ამხანაგი, მეგობარი
 * German:,  ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: comrádaí
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Maori: e hoa
 * Ottoman Turkish: گوڭلداش
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Welsh: mêt, mêts
 * Yucatec Maya: láakʼ


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Middle English: mate, make
 * Ottoman Turkish: قولداش, یولداش, رفیق, همراه, آیاقداش
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Welsh: mêt, mêts


 * French: ,
 * German:, (5),
 * Japanese: (2),  (2),  (5)
 * Telugu:, , , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To match, fit together without space between.
 * 2)  To copulate.
 * 3)  To pair in order to raise offspring.
 * 4)  To arrange in matched pairs.
 * 5)  To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
 * 6)  To copulate with.
 * 7)  To marry; to match (a person).
 * 8)  To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
 * 9)  To fit (objects) together without space between.
 * 10)  To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
 * 11)  To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
 * 1)  To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
 * 2)  To fit (objects) together without space between.
 * 3)  To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
 * 4)  To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
 * 1)  To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
 * 2)  To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
 * 1)  To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: съвокуплявам се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * French: s'accoupler
 * German: sich paaren
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὀχεύω
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Latin: coeō
 * Malay:
 * Nepali: चिक्नु
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: para sig


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ὀχεύω
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Malay: awankan
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, párokba rendez,
 * Portuguese:


 * French:
 * Korean:,  ;

Etymology 2
From verb, from , from  noun , from.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: dát šachmat
 * Dutch: schaakmat spelen
 * Finnish: tehdä matti
 * Hungarian:, mattot ad
 * Russian: поста́вить мат

Etymology 3
From, from , from , of unclear origin.

Verb

 * 1)  To confuse; to confound.

Etymology 4
See.

Noun

 * , an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté.
 * 1) The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  a checkmate

Verb

 * 1)  to checkmate; to put the king of an opponent into checkmate

Interjection

 * 1)  checkmate

Etymology
A more archaic form of, in petrified use in various contexts and expressions. From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A measure, degree: quantity or intensity of something abstract

Etymology
From Proto-Central-Pacific *mate, from, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) dead no longer alive

Noun

 * 1) death

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1) matte not reflective of light

Etymology 2
From, from , from.

Noun

 * , checkmate

Etymology 3
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  maté the drink prepared from yerba maté (''
 * , a plant used to make maté

Etymology 4
From.

Noun

 * 1)  dunk the act of dunking, particularly in basketball

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  mother

Etymology 2
, from.

Noun

 * 1) yerba mate
 * 2) maté beverage

Etymology
, from, from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) dead

Verb

 * 1) to die

Verb

 * 1) to die

Noun

 * 1) saliva

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) death
 * 2) sickness, illness, disease
 * 3) misfortune, calamity, defect
 * 4) desire, need, want

Verb

 * 1)  to be dead, deceased, killed
 * 2)  to be sick, ill, unwell, diseased
 * 3)  to be defeated, conquered, beaten, overcome
 * 4)  to be in want of, deeply in love

Noun

 * 1) The drink maté, prepared of yerba mate.

Etymology 1
From, from , from. .

Noun

 * 1)  companion, comrade
 * 2)  shipmate
 * 3)  person, human

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to feed

Synonyms

 * (about animals)

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) maté, yerba mate
 * 2) maté, yerba mate
 * 1) maté, yerba mate

Etymology 1
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  maté  a shrub native to southern South America
 * 2)  maté a beverage prepared from the leaves of this plant
 * 1)  maté a beverage prepared from the leaves of this plant

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) dead no longer alive

Verb

 * 1) to die

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  maths

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth)

Etymology 1
.

Adjective

 * 1) matte not reflective of light

Etymology 2
From, from , from.

Noun

 * , checkmate
 * 1)  a hand gesture
 * 1)  a hand gesture

Etymology 3
.

Noun

 * 1)  maté the drink prepared from yerba maté
 * 2) a hollow gourd or cup in which maté is traditionally served
 * , a plant used to make maté
 * 1)  head top part of the body
 * 1)  head top part of the body
 * 1)  head top part of the body

Etymology 4
Possibly from in the sense of "dull" or "not reflective of light."

Adjective

 * 1)  tan, tanned skin colour

Etymology 5
.

Noun

 * 1)  math / maths

Etymology 6
.

Noun

 * 1)  dunk, slam dunk the act of dunking: put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth)

Etymology
, from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) checkmate

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) dead

Verb

 * 1) to die

Etymology
From, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) dead

Noun

 * 1) death

Verb

 * 1) to die

Etymology 1
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to die
 * 2)  to be paralysed
 * 3)  to go out
 * 4)  to go out
 * 5)  to stop

Usage notes

 * In the sense "to die", mate is normaly used to refer to plants and animals.
 * When used to refer to a human, mate may be perceived as either disrespectful or humorous.

Etymology 2
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) guess

Verb

 * 1)  to guess

Noun

 * 1)  sororal nephew

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) death
 * 2) the dead

Adjective

 * 1) dead

Etymology
From, from , from.

Verb

 * 1) to die