-âtes
French, suffix/at/
-âtes is spelled Â-T-E-S (4 letters). -âtes is a French suffix meaning “forms the second-person plural past historic of -er verbs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe qui forme le passé simple de la 2ᵉ personne du pluriel des verbes du 1ᵉ groupe”.
What does -âtes mean in English?
suffix
- 1
forms the second-person plural past historic of -er verbs
suffix
- 1
plural of -ate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Suffixe qui forme le passé simple de la 2ᵉ personne du pluriel des verbes du 1ᵉ groupe.
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.
How do you pronounce -âtes?
- /at/
- /ɑt/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.