pete

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See also: Pete, PETE, péte, peté, pète, petë, and pété

English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pete (plural petes)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of peter (a safe)
    • 1929, Outlook and Independent, volume 152, page 640:
      He was on his way to Tyrone, where he intended to blow a “pete” in a general merchandise store []
    • 1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster, page 34:
      He told us that at one time he could blow a pete at one shot and never fail.

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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pete

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French péter.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pete

  1. (transitive) to break
  2. (transitive) to flatter, to fool
  3. (intransitive) to burst, explode, break
  4. (intransitive) to start (doing something)
  5. (intransitive) to fart
    Synonym: pèpèt

References

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  • Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1778. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the proper noun Pete, the diminutive form of the male given name Péter.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛtɛ]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧te
  • Rhymes: -tɛ

Noun

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pete (plural peték)

  1. (cytology) ovum

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative pete peték
accusative petét petéket
dative petének petéknek
instrumental petével petékkel
causal-final petéért petékért
translative petévé petékké
terminative petéig petékig
essive-formal peteként petékként
essive-modal
inessive petében petékben
superessive petén petéken
adessive peténél petéknél
illative petébe petékbe
sublative petére petékre
allative petéhez petékhez
elative petéből petékből
delative petéről petékről
ablative petétől petéktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
petéé petéké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
petééi petékéi
Possessive forms of pete
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. petém petéim
2nd person sing. petéd petéid
3rd person sing. petéje petéi
1st person plural peténk petéink
2nd person plural petétek petéitek
3rd person plural petéjük petéik

Derived terms

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ pete in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • pete in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latin

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Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpe.te/, [ˈpɛt̪ɛ]

Verb

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pete

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of petō

Middle English

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Adjective

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pete

  1. Alternative form of pety

Murui Huitoto

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Spanish patear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛtɛ]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧te

Verb

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pete

  1. (transitive) to kick

Conjugation

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References

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  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 77

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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pete

  1. inflection of peta (ghost):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

Romanian

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Noun

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pete f

  1. inflection of pată:
    1. indefinite genitive/dative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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pete (Cyrillic spelling пете)

  1. inflection of peta:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

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pete (Cyrillic spelling пете)

  1. (Kajkavian) second-person plural future of iti

Slovene

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Noun

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pete

  1. inflection of peta:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpete/ [ˈpe.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: pe‧te

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Lunfardo chupete (pacifier).

Noun

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pete m (plural petes)

  1. (Latin America, slang) blowjob
    Synonym: mamada

Etymology 2

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Clipping of chupete (pacifier).

Noun

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pete m (plural petes)

  1. (Latin America, childish) binky, pacifier

Etymology 3

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Noun

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pete m (plural petes)

  1. (Latin America, slang) noob, unskilled player

Etymology 4

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Verb

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pete

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pete (n class, plural pete)

  1. ring

Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pete

  1. eye mucus, sleep, gound, rheum

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

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Etymology

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From pa (to tell) +‎ ète (strategy).

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Verb

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pète

  1. to scheme, to plot
  2. to intend

Derived terms

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