vate

See also: väte and våte

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vātēs (“prophet, poet”). Compare English vates.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈva.te/

Noun

vate m (plural vati)

  1. (literary) prophet, fortune-teller
    Synonyms: divinatore, indovino, profeta
  2. (figuratively) an inspired or prophetic poet or other writer; vates
    • 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XIII, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 82:
      Fu un grande poeta Gabriele D'Annunzio, il cui vero nome per inciso era Rapagnetta? […] Innazitutto fu un vate. Amò il lusso, la mondanità, la magniloquenza, l'azione.
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Further reading
  • vate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

vāte

  1. ablative singular of vātes

Latvian

Noun

vate f (5th declension)

  1. cotton wool

Declension
Declension of vate (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) vate —
accusative (akuzatīvs) vati —
genitive (ģenitīvs) vates —
dative (datīvs) vatei —
instrumental (instrumentālis) vati —
locative (lokatīvs) vatē —
vocative (vokatīvs) vate —

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vātēs.

Noun

vate m, f (plural vates)

  1. vates (divinely inspired poet)

Spanish

Noun

vate m (plural vates)

  1. vates

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vaat'eh.

Noun

vate

  1. coarse fabric

Volapük

Noun

vate

  1. dative singular of vat
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