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-mate

-mate suffix: used to form nouns having the sense of "a comrade or fellow with whom what is denoted by the noun is shared".

Suffix

-mate (noun-forming suffix, plural -mates)

  1. Used to form nouns having the sense of "a comrade or fellow with whom what is denoted by the noun is shared".
    • classmate, schoolmate

Forms of -mate

plural-mates

Origin of -mate

From the noun mate (“fellow, comrade, partner”).

Questions about -mate

What does -mate mean?
-mate means used to form nouns having the sense of "a comrade or fellow with whom what is denoted by the noun is shared".
What part of speech is -mate?
-mate is a suffix.

Words near -mate in the dictionary

  1. -mantic
  2. -mar-
  3. -mas
  4. -mastia
  5. -mastix
  6. -mate
  7. -mates
  8. -max
  9. -maxx
  10. -maxxed
  11. -maxxes

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