different between motes vs mates

English

Noun

motes

1. plural of mote

Anagrams

• -stome, Tomes, mesto, moste, o-stem, smote, tomes

Latin

Verb

m?t?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of m?t?

Spanish

Noun

motes

1. plural of mote

Volapük

Noun

motes

1. dative plural of mot

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?ts/

Noun

mates

1. plural of mate

Verb

mates

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mate

Adjective

mates (not comparable)

1. Friendly; having a friendship (with).

   He is mates with my brother.

Usage notes

• Only used as a predicate.

Synonyms

• chummy (British), chums (British), friendly, friends, pally (British), pals (British)

Anagrams

• AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, STEAM, Satem, a-stem, matse, meats, metas, satem, stame, steam, tames, teams

Asturian

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of matar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.t?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.tes/

Noun

mates f pl (plural only)

1. (informal) maths

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present indicative form of matar

French

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mater

Anagrams

• semât

Galician

Verb

mates

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of matar

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mates

1. passive form of mate

Portuguese

Verb

mates

1. inflection of matar:
   1. second-person singular present subjunctive
   2. second-person singular negative imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mates/, [?ma.t?es]

Etymology 1

Clipping of matemáticas..

Noun

mates f pl (plural only)

1. (colloquial) maths, math (study)

Etymology 2

Verb

mates

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of matar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of matar.

Further reading

• “mates” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.