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alate

US/ˈeɪˌleɪt/

alate adjective: having wings or winglike extensions or parts; winged.

Adjective

alate (comparative more alate, superlative most alate)

  1. Having wings or winglike extensions or parts; winged.
    • Beetles fly, many ants send forth massive swarms of reproductive alate females and males, arachnids and insect predators emerge from their hidden refugia, and termite swarm.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 113
    Synonyms:
    alated

Noun

alate (plural alates)

  1. A winged, reproductive form of several social insects.

Adverb

alate (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) recently; lately; of late.
    • There hathe bene alate ſuche tales ſpreade abroade, and moſt vntruly, ſuch falſe taletellers ſhal haue a greuous puniſhement of the Lord whan he ſhall come to rewarde euerye one according vnto his deſertes.1552, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[The First Sermon]”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562...

alate meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

alate in Tamil

சிறகுடைய, சிறகு வடிவ எலும்பமைப்புடைய

alate in Malayalam

alate; The winged reproductive form of termites
ഈയൽ īyal

Synonyms of alate

Forms of alate

Adjective
comparativemore alate
superlativemost alate
Noun
pluralalates

Origin of alate

From Latin ālātus, from āla (“wing”).

From a- + late.

Words formed from alate

Questions about alate

What does alate mean?
Alate means having wings or winglike extensions or parts; winged.
What is alate in Tamil?
Alate in Tamil is சிறகுடைய, சிறகு வடிவ எலும்பமைப்புடைய. See Alate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alate?
Alate can be an adjective, a noun or an adverb.
How do you pronounce alate?
Alate is pronounced /ˈeɪˌleɪt/ (US).

Words near alate in the dictionary

  1. alastors
  2. alastrim
  3. alatae
  4. alataes
  5. Alatau
  6. alate
  7. alated
  8. alately
  9. alatern
  10. alaterns
  11. alaternus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alate (page history and authors); alate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഈയൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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