pete
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pete"
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
pete (plural petes)
- (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
Galician
Verb
pete
- inflection of petar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pete/
Verb
pete
- (transitive) to break
- (transitive) to flatter, to fool
- (intransitive) to burst, explode, break
- (intransitive) to start (doing something)
- (intransitive) to fart
- Synonym: pèpèt
References
- Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)
Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1778. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the proper noun Pete, the diminutive form of the male given name Péter.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛtɛ]
- Hyphenation: pe‧te
- Rhymes: -tɛ
Noun
pete (plural peték)
Declension
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 |
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
Compound words
References
- ^ 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
- pete in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Latin
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛ.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.t̪e]
Verb
pete
- second-person singular present active imperative of petō
Middle English
Adjective
pete
- alternative form of pety
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Spanish patear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛtɛ]
- Hyphenation: pe‧te
Verb
pete
- (transitive) to kick
Conjugation
Conjugation of pete
Nonfuture indicative | Future indicative | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
affirmative | negative | affirmative | negative | ||||||
m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | ||
1st sg | petɨkue | peñedɨkue | 1st sg | peitɨkue | peñeitɨkue | ||||
2nd sg | peto | peñedo | 2nd sg | peito | peñeito | ||||
3rd sg anim1) | petɨmɨe | petɨñaiño | peñedɨmɨe | peñedɨñaiño | 3rd sg anim1) | peitɨmɨe | peitɨñaiño | peñeitɨmɨe | peñeitɨñaiño |
1st du | petɨkoko | petɨkaɨñaɨ | peñedɨkoko | peñedɨkaɨñaɨ | 1st du | peitɨkoko | peitɨkaɨñaɨ | peñeitɨkoko | peñeitɨkaɨñaɨ |
2nd du | petomɨko | petomɨñoɨ | peñedomɨko | peñedomɨñoɨ | 2nd du | peitomɨko | peitomɨñoɨ | peñeitomɨko | peñeitomɨñoɨ |
3rd du anim1) | petaɨmaiaɨ | petaɨñuaɨ | peñedaɨmaiaɨ | peñedaɨñuaɨ | 3rd du anim1) | peitaɨmaiaɨ | peitaɨñuaɨ | peñeitaɨmaiaɨ | peñeitaɨñuaɨ |
1st pl | petɨkaɨ | peñedɨkaɨ | 1st pl | peitɨkaɨ | peñeitɨkaɨ | ||||
2nd pl | petomoɨ | peñedomoɨ | 2nd pl | peitomoɨ | peñeitomoɨ | ||||
3rd pl anim1) | petɨmakɨ | peñedɨmakɨ | 3rd pl anim1) | peitɨmakɨ | peñeitɨmakɨ | ||||
3rd neut | pete | peñede | 3rd neut | peite | peñeite | ||||
Imperative | Apprehensive | Future event | Passive | Negative passive | Overlap | ||||
simple | immediate | prohibitive | nonfuture | future | nonfuture | future | |||
peno! | penokai! | peñeno! | peiza! | peye | pega | peyɨ | peñega | peñeyɨ | pekana |
Conditional | 1) The animate 3rd person inflections are only used when the animacy of the subject needs to be emphasised. Otherwise, the neutral 3rd singular is used. *) Same-time forms may be formed from any indicative form by adding the ending -mo directly to the inflected form. **) The evidentiality markers -dɨ, -za and -ta may be added to any indicative form. | ||||||||
real | hypothetical | immediate | |||||||
peia | pena | pekaina |
References
- 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
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀧𑁂𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- पेते (Devanagari script)
- পেতে (Bengali script)
- පෙතෙ (Sinhalese script)
- ပေတေ (Burmese script)
- เปเต (Thai script)
- ᨷᩮᨲᩮ or ᨸᩮᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ເປເຕ (Lao script)
- បេតេ (Khmer script)
- 𑄛𑄬𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)
Noun
pete
- inflection of peta (“ghost”):
- locative singular
- accusative plural
Romanian
Noun
pete f
- inflection of pată:
- indefinite genitive/dative singular
- indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
pete (Cyrillic spelling пете)
- inflection of peta:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Verb
pete (Cyrillic spelling пете)
Slovene
Noun
pete
- inflection of peta:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpete/ [ˈpe.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: pe‧te
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Lunfardo chupete (“pacifier”).
Noun
pete m (plural petes)
- (Latin America, slang) blowjob
- Synonym: mamada
Etymology 2
Clipping of chupete (“pacifier”).
Noun
pete m (plural petes)
Etymology 3
Noun
pete m (plural petes)
- (Latin America, slang) noob, unskilled player
Etymology 4
Verb
pete
- inflection of petar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swahili
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
pete class IX (plural pete class X)
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpe.te]
Noun
pete
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Yoruba
Etymology
From pa (“to tell”) + ète (“strategy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pè.tē/
Verb
pète
Derived terms
- ìpète (“shcemes”)