Dictionary

maté en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɑteɪ/ (UK, US)
• /ˈmæteɪ/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati. Here, as well as in the matë variant, the unetymologically accented e serves the purpose in English of marking that vowel as pronounced, as in latte, rather than silent as in mate.

Meanings

1. (countable) An evergreen tree, Ilex paraguariensis, native to South America, cultivated for its leaves.
2. (uncountable) A beverage, resembling tea, made from the dried leaves of this plant.
   • We spent a month in Buenos Aires drinking nothing but maté and Fernet with soda.
3. (countable) A cup of this drink.
4. (countable, uncommon) The container used to prepare this drink, traditionally a small calabash.
   • The maté is then filled with yerva, after the bombilla has been placed in position. 1856 July–October, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume IV, A. and C. Black, page 194:

Forms

Coordinates

bombilla

Deriveds

mateine

Synonyms

yerba · maté tea · yerba mate · gourd

Translations (46)

es yerba mate (the beverage maté) · ga maité (the beverage maté) · cmn 馬黛茶 /马黛茶 (the beverage maté) · tr mate yaprağı (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · eu mate (the beverage maté) · ja マテ茶 (the beverage maté) · de Matestrauch (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · ay ka'ay (the beverage maté) · az Paraqvay pirkalı (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · eo mateo (the beverage maté) · hy մատե (the beverage maté) · fi matee (the beverage maté) · pl yerba mate (the beverage maté) · pt chimarrão (the beverage maté) · my ကွငျဖျော (the beverage maté) · qu mati (the beverage maté) · pl mate (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · ru ма́те (the beverage maté) · es yerba (the beverage maté) · cmn 瑪黛茶 /玛黛茶 (the beverage maté) · bg мате́ (the beverage maté) · es mate (the beverage maté) · ru парагва́йский чай (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · pt mate (the beverage maté) · it mate (the beverage maté) · ar مَتَّة (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · fi matee (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · pt erva-mate (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · eu mate (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · bn মাতে (the beverage maté) · de Mate (the beverage maté) · tr mate çayı (the beverage maté) · sv paraguayte (the beverage maté) · pl yerba mate (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · es yerba (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · fi mate (the beverage maté) · scn mati (the beverage maté) · ru ма́те (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · ru па́дуб парагва́йский (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · sv mate (the beverage maté) · pl mate (the beverage maté) · el ματέ (the beverage maté) · fa ماته (the beverage maté) · ar مَتَة (the beverage maté) · qu mati wayusa (shrub that produces the beverage maté) · es yerba mate (shrub that produces the beverage maté)