From en.wiktionary.org:
[Spate]
** English
[2024]
*** Etymology
[en] The [noun] is derived from [en], [enm],[1] influenced by [sco].[2] The
further etymology of the Middle English and Scots words is uncertain;[3] they
are possibly related to [en] and [nl],<ref name="DSL"/> possibly ultimately
from [ine-pro], [ine-pro] (whence [en]),[4] which is [imitative] of spitting.
The [verb] is derived from the noun,[5] probably influenced by [sco].[6]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~] [en]
1. [en] A ( sudden ) flood or inundation of water ; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow ; [en] flooding , inundation.
2. * [part=2]
3. * [edition=2nd]
4. * [edition=cabinet]
5. * [volume=III]
6. * [en]
7. * [edition=revised]
8. * [chapter=XXIII]
9. * [chapter=The Man on the Kirkcaple Shore]
10. * {{ quote-journal
|en |date=March 15, 1968 |title=Liang Chen-yu, a Good Cadre Reared on Mao
Tse-tung's Thought |journal=w:Peking Review
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129062345/https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1968/PR1968-11.pdf
|archivedate=January 29, 2013
|url=https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1968/PR1968-11.pdf
|issue=11 |oclc=1115877 |page=19 |column=1 |year2=1973 |title2=Confucianism
|isbn2=0-8120-0303-9 |lccn2=73-3977 |oclc2=814501
|url2=https://archive.org/details/confucianism0000chai/ |page2=172
|pageurl2=https://archive.org/details/confucianism0000chai/page/172/
|text=After a rainstorm on July 29, 1966, the Shihtouyu River in Lonan County
was in full SPATE. Mountain torrents poured into it carrying silt and rocks
down with them.}}
1. [en] A sudden heavy downpour of rain.
2. * [poem=The Blast—1875]
3. [en] A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst , an outpouring .
4. * [volume=III]
5. * [date=6 September 1826]
6. * [page=156]
7. * [chapter=A Twosome]
8. * [en]
9. * [en]
10. * [title=A brazen heist in Paris]
11. * [author=Michael M. Grynbaum; Tiffany Hsu]
**** Alternative forms
- [en] [obsolete]
**** Translations
[(_countable_ ) (sudden) flood or inundation of water; ( _uncountable_ )
flooding, inundation]
- Afrikaans: [af] , [af]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] [ріки]
[trans-bottom]
[sudden heavy downpour of rain]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[sudden increase or rush of something]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Irish: [ga]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb] [en]
1. [en] To ( suddenly ) flood or inundate (a river or other watercourse ) with water .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
8. * [en]
9. [en] To (suddenly) rain heavily ; to pour .
**** Translations
[to (suddenly) flood or inundate (a river or other watercourse) with water]
[to (suddenly) rain heavily]
*** References
References:
[1]. [entry=spāte]
[2]. [pos=n]
[3]. [pos=n] ; [pos=n]
[4]. [en] .
[5]. [pos=v]
[6]. [pos=v]
*** Further reading
- [pos=sb. _and _ v]
- [R:Online Etymology Dictionary]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Italian
*** Noun
[it]
1. [it]
*** Anagrams
- [it]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro], plural of [la], from [ro].
*** Pronunciation
- [ro]
- [ro]
- [ro]
*** Noun
[n]
1. back (anatomy)
2. back (part, side) of something
3. shoulder
**** Declension
[pl=spate]
**** Synonyms
- [back] [ro] , [ro]
- [shoulder] [ro]
**** Derived terms
- [ro]
**** Related terms
- [ro]
[ro]