mate

Εννοια (English)

Noun

1. A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
2. A breeding partner.
3. (colloquial) A friend, usually of the same sex.
4. (colloquial) 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. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, 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.

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. (obsolete) 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.

Verb

Clipping of checkmate.

Verb

To confuse; to confound.

Synonyms

friend

copulate

couple

👫

companion

spouse

pair

partner

match

fellow

checkmate

buddy

comrade

pal

associate

husband and wife

husband

🤵

marry

colleague

fellow-thinker

wife

👰‍♀️

officer

consort

tread

helper

counterpart

chum

teammate

mate with

breed

join

Paraguay tea

matey

helpmate

inseminate

matey-boy

first mate

cover

service

better half

crony

dude

cobber

make love

twin

married person

bridal pair

bride and groom

mates

mating

fellow worker

assistant

mount

have sexual intercourse

halt

sexual intercourse

peer

Ilex paraguariensis

paraguay tea

fere

helpmeet

maté

homie

hookup

impregnate

interconnection

interface

John

joint

junction

lad

lieutenant

link

🔗

linkage

linking

lover

❤️

married couple

marrow

mat

matching

mix

mush

accouplement

nightgown

pander

paragon

petty officer

pilot

🧑‍✈️

pimp

playmate

procure

serve

shagger

sharer

shipmate

siamese

sidekick

significant other

sir

sister-in-law

sleep with

sort

spouses

steersman

tie

together

tovarisch

twain

2

twinned

unite

warrant officer

weak

workmate

yokefellow

close friend

Comrade

copulate with

cully

engage in sexual intercourse

get along well

travelling companion

navigation officer

interlinkage

sport

be well-matched

bottle-holder

be friendly

become partners

match up

trusted couple

yerba mate

tovarich

association trail

nexus

acolyte

a couple of

adjuvant

a few

🤏

aid

amigo

analog

articulate

attachment

auxiliary

bedmate

bind

binding

bloke

boatswain

bond

boy

👦

brace

bro

brother

👨‍👦

brother-in-law

buster

butty

catenate

catenation

chaperon

circle of friends

collaborator

collocation

commander

commissioned officer

company

concatenate

concatenation

conjunction

connect

connected

connection

connective

contributor

cooperator

copilot

coupled

couples

co-worker

coxswain

dog

🐕

duad

embody

equal

escort

fastening

fella

feller

fit

fit together

group

guy

have sex

help

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/meɪt/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Inherited from Μέσα Αγγλικά: mate

Cognate with Μέσα Αγγλικά: mette

Cognate with Παλαιά Αγγλικά: ġemetta

Cognate with Γερμανικά: -

Cognate with Ολλανδικά: ge-

Cognate with Παλαιά Αγγλικά: mete

Cognate with Γερμανικά: Maat

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: Moat

Cognate with Ολλανδικά: maat

Cognate with Παλαιά Αγγλικά: ġe-

Cognate with Αγγλικά: co-

Cognate with Αγγλικά: meat

Inherited from Μέσα Αγγλικά: -

In summary

From Middle English mate, a borrowing from Middle Low German mate (“messmate”) (replacing Middle English mette (“table companion, mate, partner”), from Old English ġemetta (“sharer of food, table-guest”)), derived from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) (related to German and Dutch ge-) + *matjô (from *matiz (“food”)), related to Old English mete (“food”)). From the same Middle Low German source stems German Low German Maat (“journeyman, companion”), German Maat (“naval non-commissioned officer”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Moat (“friend, buddy, comrade, mate”), Dutch maat (“mate, partner, colleague, friend”). More at Old English ġe-, English co-, English meat. Doublet of maat.