-ate
French, suffix/at/
-ate is spelled A-T-E (3 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -ate is a French masculine suffix meaning “-ate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe masculin qui indique la formation d’un sel à partir d’un acide, issu d’un élément fortement oxydé…”.
What does -ate mean in English?
suffix
- 1
masculine-ate
benzo- (“benzo-”) + -ate → benzoate (“benzoate”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Folie passagère causée par l’action d’un dieu ou d’un démon ^([1]), pour les Grecs anciens.
suffix: 1. Suffixe masculin qui indique la formation d’un sel à partir d’un acide, issu d’un élément fortement oxydé (qualifié par un adjectif en suffixe -ique).
suffix: 1. Suffixe servant à former des noms d’habitant (gentilés), des noms de peuple, des noms de langue (glottonymes) ainsi que les adjectifs correspondant.
noun: 1. Variante de até.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de até.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of -ate
- Até
- atè
- Atè
- atê
- Atê
- até
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -ate?
- /at/
- \a.te\
- \at\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -ate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is -ate in French?
-ate appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).