kate

• IPA^(key): /keɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

kate (plural kates)

1. (UK, dialect, Kent) The brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.

• keta, take, teak

From older katea, with the final -a reinterpreted as being the definite article, from Proto-Basque *katena, from Latin catēna.

• IPA^(key): /kate/ [ka.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: ka‧te

kate inan

1. chain (all senses)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• "kate" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “kate” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatɛ]

kate

1. vocative singular of kat

• teka

From Proto-Finnic *kat'ëk, equivalent to kattaa +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑteˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑte
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧te

kate

1. covering, roofing

   Synonym: peite

2. (finance) funds (of a check), backing (of a banknote)
3. (finance) contribution margin, coverage, margin
4. (figuratively) reliability, trustworthiness (e.g. of a promise)

   Hänen lupauksillaan ei yleensä ole katetta.

   It's normal that he does not keep his promises.

5. place setting, table setting (items of cutlery, crockery and glassware etc., arranged for a person at a dining table)

   Synonyms: kattamus, kattaus, kuvertti

6. (medicine) plaque
7. (agriculture) mulch (any material used to cover the top layer of soil)

• adjectives: katteeton

• “kate”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• ekat, keat, teak

From Proto-Finnic *kat'ëk, equivalent to kattaa (“to cover”) +‎ -e. Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑte/, [ˈkɑte̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑte/, [ˈkɑd̥e̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑte
• Hyphenation: ka‧te

kate

1. cover, covering

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 119

kate

1. cover

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈtʲɛ] (instrumental singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈkaːtʲɛ] (vocative singular)

katè f

1. instrumental singular of katė

kãte f

1. vocative singular of katė

kate

1. locative singular masculine/neuter of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)
2. accusative plural masculine of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)
3. vocative singular feminine of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)

kate

1. dative singular of kat