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kate

/keɪt/

kate noun: the brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.

kate: the brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla
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Noun

kate (plural kates)

  1. (Kent, UK, dialectal) The brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.

Proper noun capitalized: Kate

Kate (plural Kates)

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related names, also used as a formal given name.
    • Pet[ruchio]. […] Enter Katerina. / Good morrow Kate, for thats your name I heare.
    • Kate. Well haue you heard, but ſomething hard of hearing: / They call me Katerine, that do talke of me.
    • Pet. You lye infaith, for you are call'd plaine Kate, / And bony Kate, and ſometimes Kate the curſt: / But Kate, the prettieſt Kate in Chriſtendome, / Kate of Kate-hall, my ſuper-daintie Kate, / For dainties are all Kates, and therefore Kate / Take this of me, Kate of my conſolation, / Hearing thy...c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

kate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

kate in Hindi

केट

kate in Tamil

கேட்

kate in Marathi

केट

kate in Urdu

کیٹ
More languagesFewer languages
kate in Bengali
কেট
kate in Telugu
కేట్, కెట్
kate in Malayalam
കേറ്റ്, കെയ്റ്റ്
kate in Kannada
ಕೇಟ್, ಕೆಟ್
kate in Punjabi
ਕੇਟ
kate in Gujarati
કેટે
kate in Odia
କେଟ୍, କେଟ
kate in Nepali
केट

Examples of kate in a sentence

  • Kate is the lead guitarist, Luna is the drummer, and Izzy is the bass guitarist.
  • Kate is dating a boy named Jim.
  • Kate looked extremely smug this morning.

All 25 example sentences with kate

Forms of kate

Noun
pluralkates
Proper noun
pluralKates

Words formed from kate

Phrases with kate

Words that rhyme with kate

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Questions about kate

What does kate mean?
Kate means the brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.
What is kate in Hindi?
Kate in Hindi is केट. See Kate meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kate?
Kate can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kate?
Kate is pronounced /keɪt/.
What is the plural of kate?
The plural of kate is kates.

Words near kate in the dictionary

  1. katchung
  2. katchuri
  3. katchuris
  4. katcina
  5. katcinas
  6. kate
  7. Kate and Sidney pie
  8. Kate and Sidney pies
  9. Kate and Sydney pie
  10. Kate and Sydney pies
  11. Kate Greenaway

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kate (page history and authors); Kate (page history and authors); kate (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kate (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kate (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kate (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kate (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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