kate

• IPA^(key): /keɪt/
• 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.t̪e̞]

kate inan

1. chain (series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatɛ]

kate

1. vocative singular of kat

• teka

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑteˣ/, [ˈkɑt̪e̞(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

• adjectives: katteeton

• ekat, keat, teak

kate

1. cover

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