mates

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɪts/

• Audio (US):

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• 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

Asturian

Verb

mates

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

mates f pl (plural only)

1. (informal) maths

Etymology 2

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present indicative of matar

French

Verb

mates

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

Anagrams

• semât

Galician

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of matar

Middle English

Noun

mates

1. plural of mate

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mates

1. passive form of mate

Portuguese

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of matar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmates/ [ˈma.t̪es]
• Rhymes: -ates
• Syllabification: ma‧tes

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. second-person singular present subjunctive of matar

Further reading

• “mates”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28