-ate

Signification (Anglais)

1. forms adjectives with meaning "having the specified thing"
2. forms adjectives with meaning "characterized by the specified thing"
3. forms adjectives with meaning "resembling the specified thing"

Concepts

-âtre

-ate

Synonymes

ate

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ət/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From the Latin perfect passive participle suffixes of first conjugation verbs -ātus, -āta, and -ātum. In Middle English, it was written -at (then desolat for current desolate). Doublet of -ee and -ed.