orate

Partly borrowed from Latin ōrātus, perfect passive participle of ōrō (“to speak; to pray”) and/or partly back-formation from oration, from Latin ōrātiō (“speech, discourse, oration”); either way, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɔːˈɹeɪt/, /ɒɹˈeɪt/, /əˈɹeɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.eɪt/, /ɔˈɹeɪt/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ɵˈɾeʈ/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

orate (third-person singular simple present orates, present participle orating, simple past and past participle orated)

1. To speak formally; to give a speech. [from 1669]
2. To speak passionately; to preach for or against something. [from 1600]

   Synonyms: harangue, preach

orate (comparative more orate, superlative most orate)

1. Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.

• Erato, oater

• IPA^(key): /oˈra.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: o‧rà‧te

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

orate f pl

1. plural of orata

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

orate f pl

1. feminine plural of orato

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

orate f pl

1. feminine plural of orato

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

orate

1. inflection of orare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

• Erato, aorte, rateo, rateò, reato, rotea, torea

ōrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ōrātus

ōrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ōrō

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾate/ [oˈɾa.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: o‧ra‧te

Borrowed from Catalan orat, from a derivative of Latin aura, in the sense of an ill or unhealthy air or aura.

orate m or f by sense (plural orates)

1. (derogatory) a crazy person

orate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of orar combined with te

• “orate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025