mate
要点片方、配偶者、仲間、友達
意味
- (対をなすものの)片方《+to(of)+名》
- 配偶者[の一方],連れ合い
- (動物の)つがいの片方
- 《英》《しばしば複合語を作って》仲間,友達
- (商船の船長を補佐する各階級の)航海士
- …の助手
- 〈動物〉をつがわせる
- 〈二つのもの〉を結ぶ;(…に)…を調和させる《+名+with+名》
- 〈人・動物が〉(…と)仲間になる,交わる《+with+名》
- 〈動物が〉交尾する
- =checkmate
- =checkmate
- マテ茶;マテ茶の木
例文
They want to choose their mates by their own will.
相手は自分の意志で選びたいと思っている。
If you mate a horse with an ass you will get a mule.
馬とロバを交配させるとラバが生まれる。
He was dropped because of his running mate.
彼は組んだ下位候補者が悪かったので落選しました。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English mate, a borrowing from Middle Low German mate (“messmate”) (replacing Middle English mett, mette (“table companion, mate, partner”), from Old English ġemetta (“sharer of food, table-guest”)), from Old Saxon gimato, derived from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) (related to German and Dutch ge-) + *matjô (from *matiz (“food”)), related to Old English mete (“food”)). From the same Middle Low German source stems German Low German Maat (“journeyman, companion”), German Maat (“naval non-commissioned officer”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Moat (“friend, buddy, comrade, mate”), Dutch maat (“mate, partner, colleague, friend”).
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