maté

• mate

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæteɪ/
• Rhymes: -æteɪ

maté (countable and uncountable, plural matés)

1. (countable) An evergreen tree, Ilex paraguariensis, native to South America, cultivated for its leaves.

   Synonyms: yerba mate, yerba

2. (uncountable) A beverage, resembling tea, made from the dried leaves of this plant.

   Synonym: maté tea

3. (countable) A cup of this drink.
4. (countable, uncommon) The container used to prepare this drink, traditionally a small calabash.

   Synonym: gourd

   Coordinate term: bombilla

   • 1856 July–October, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume IV, A. and C. Black, page 194:

     The maté is then filled with yerva, after the bombilla has been placed in position.

• mate (beverage) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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maté

1. first-person singular indefinite preterite indicative of matar

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.

• IPA^(key): /ma.te/

maté m (plural matés)

1. maté

maté (feminine matée, masculine plural matés, feminine plural matées)

1. past participle of mater

• “maté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• méat

maté

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of matar