mates

See also: Mates, mateš, matęs, matés, mâtes, mâtés, mātes, mātēs, and mätes

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɪts/
• Rhymes: -eɪts

Noun

mates

1. plural of mate

Verb

mates

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mate

Adjective

mates (not comparable)

1. Friendly; having a friendship (with).

   He is mates with my brother.

Usage notes

• Only used as a predicate.

Synonyms

• chummy (British), chums (British), friendly, friends, pally (British), pals (British)

Anagrams

• AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, STEAM, Satem, a-stem, matse, meats, metas, satem, stame, steam, tames, teams

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Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) mates

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of matar

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.təs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.tes]

Noun

mates f pl (plural only)

1. (informal) maths

Verb

mates

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French

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mater

Anagrams

• semât

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Galician

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of matar

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Middle English

Noun

mates

1. plural of mate

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mates

1. passive form of mate

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Portuguese

Verb

mates

1. inflection of matar:
   1. second-person singular present subjunctive
   2. second-person singular negative imperative

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmates/ [ˈma.t̪es]

Etymology 1

Clipping of matemáticas..

Noun

mates f pl (plural only)

1. (colloquial) maths, math (study)

Etymology 2

Adjective

mates

1. plural of mate

Noun

mates

1. plural of mate

Etymology 3

Verb

mates

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of matar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of matar.

Further reading

• “mates”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16