date
Meaning
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- The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
- The date palm.
Synonyms
day of the month
date stamp
particular date
date-palm
till now
trace back
its fruit
make an appointment with
number of days
go on a date
fixed period
assign a date to
have an appointment
put a date on
mark with a date
date of reference
courtship
make an appointment
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/deɪt/
Etymology
table From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably a folk-etymological alteration of a word from a Semitic source such as Arabic دَقَل (daqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel, “date palm”).
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