mate

  • 61maté — or mate noun Etymology: French & American Spanish; French maté, from American Spanish mate maté, vessel for drinking it, from Quechua mati vessel Date: 1758 1. a tealike beverage drunk especially in South America 2. a South American shrub or tree …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 62Mate — Ma|te 〈m.; ; unz.〉 aus den Blättern des Matestrauches gewonnenes, leicht koffeinhaltiges Getränk; Sy Matetee, Yerba [span. <indian. „Flaschenkürbis“] * * * 1Ma|te, der; [span. mate < Quechua (südamerik. Indianerspr.) mati, eigtl. = Gefäß,… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 63mate — (ma t ) s. f. Lieu à Paris où s assemblaient les filous pour tenir conseil entre eux.    Enfant de la mate, suppôt de la mate, filou.    Filouterie, tromperie. •   Vous descouvrir la mate [des rose croix] et dessiller les yeux, NAUDÉ Rosecroix,… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 64mate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sexual partner ADJECTIVE ▪ potential, prospective ▪ Many matchmaking sites compile lists of potential mates using basic information. ▪ ideal, suitable ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 65mate — [14] Mate ‘friend’ and mate the chess term are two distinct words. The former was borrowed from Middle Low German mate or gemate ‘companion’ (source also of Dutch maat), which goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic *gamaton. This was formed… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 66mate — {{#}}{{LM M25151}}{{〓}} {{SynM25785}} {{[}}mate{{]}} ‹ma·te› {{《}}▍ adj.inv.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Sin brillo o amortiguado. {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} {{<}}2{{>}} {{♂}}En baloncesto,{{♀}} canasta que se consigue introduciendo el balón con fuerza de arriba… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 67mate — paragvajinis bugienis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bugieninių šeimos maistinis, prieskoninis, vaistinis augalas (Ilex paraguariensis), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. Turi psichinę veiklą stimuliuojančių medžiagų. Iš jo gaminami gėrimai… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 68mate — [14] Mate ‘friend’ and mate the chess term are two distinct words. The former was borrowed from Middle Low German mate or gemate ‘companion’ (source also of Dutch maat), which goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic *gamaton. This was formed… …

    Word origins

  • 69mate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. companion, chum, comrade; counterpart; consort, spouse; husband, wife. See friend, marriage, auxiliary. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One of a pair] Syn. complement, analog, counterpart; see match 2 . 2. [A… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 70Mate — 1Ma|te der; <aus gleichbed. span. mate, dies aus Quechua (einer südamerik. Indianersprache) mati, eigtl. »Gefäß, Korb (zur Aufbewahrung von Tee)«> aus den gerösteten, koffeinhaltigen Blättern der Matepflanze zubereiteter Tee (vgl. 2↑Mate).… …

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