Слово англійською: mate
Іменник
Переклад mate українською: друг (ві́рний), това́риш, при́ятель, шах і мат, мат (в ша́хматах), партне́р
Детальний опис
friend
- [countable] (British English, Australian English, informal) a friend
- They've been best mates since school.
- I was with a mate.
Wordfinder- acquaintance
- bond
- buddy
- companion
- comrade
- friend
- mate
- neighbour
- platonic
- playmate
friendly name
- [countable] (British English, Australian English, informal) used as a friendly way of addressing somebody, especially between men
- Sorry mate, you'll have to wait.
- All right, mate?
somebody you share with
- [countable] (in compounds) a person you share an activity or accommodation with
- workmates/teammates/playmates/classmates
- my room-mate/flatmate
see also age-mate, running mate, soulmate bird/animal
- [countable] the sexual partner of a bird or animal
- A male bird sings to attract a mate.
sexual partner
- [countable] (informal) a husband, wife or other sexual partner
- Many matchmaking sites compile lists of potential mates using basic information.
job
- [countable] (British English) a person whose job is to help a worker who has had training in a skill
- a builder’s/plumber’s mate
on ship
- [countable] an officer in a commercial ship below the rank of captain or master see also first mate
in chess
(also checkmate)
[uncountable] (in chess) a position in which one player cannot prevent their king (= the most important piece) being captured and therefore loses the game (also checkmate)
[uncountable] a situation in which somebody has been completely defeated Word Originnoun senses 1 to 7 late Middle English: from Middle Low German māt(e) ‘comrade’, of West Germanic origin; related to meat (the underlying concept was of eating together). noun sense 8 Middle English: the noun from Anglo-Norman French mat (from the phrase eschec mat ‘checkmate’); the verb from Anglo-Norman French mater ‘to checkmate’.