wikipedia|dab=Date
English

rank|fixed|leaves|chair|853|date|summer|simply|terrible

Pronunciation
IPA|/deɪt/
audio|en-us-date.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪt|-eɪt

Etymology 1

1. Botany: French datte, Latin dactylus, from Greek, probably not the same word as finger, but of Semitic origin.

Noun
en-noun

1. context|Botany The fruit of the date palm. This sweet fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
2. context|Botany The date palm itself.

Slovene: datelj m
Spanish: dátil m
Swedish: dadel
Telugu: �ర���ర� (kharjooraM)
Turkish: hurma
Vietnamese: trái chà là
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trans-top|date palm
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Kurdish: KUchar|دار خ�ر�ا
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ttbc|Belarusian: ��н�к (finik) m
ttbc|Bulgarian: ���ма (furma) f
ttbc|Ukrainian: ��н�к (finik) m

Derived terms
date palm or date tree (Botany): the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Phoenix dactylifera
date plum (Botany): the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (Diospyros lotus)
date shell or date fish (Zoölogy): a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas.

Etymology 2

1. French date, Late Latin data, from Latin datus given, past participle of dare to give; akin to Greek, Old Slavonic dati, Sanskrit d�. Compare datum, dose, Dato, Die

Noun
en-noun

1. That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.

#: Quotations
#:* And bonds without a date, they say, are void. - Dryden
#: Derived expressions
#:* To bear date, to have the date named on the face of it; -- said of a writing

1. The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. A specific day.

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#:* He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fixed the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest. - Akenside

1. A point in time, as in You may need that at a later date.
2. rare Assigned end; conclusion.

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#:* What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date. - Pope

1. obsolete Given or assigned length of life; dyration.

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#:* Good luck prolonged hath thy date. - Spenser
#:* Through his life's whole date. - Chapman

1. A pre-arranged social meeting.
2. A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
3. A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
4. context|Australian slang anus.

Translations

trans-top|That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc
German: Datum
Hebrew: ת�ר�� (taarykh) m
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Italian: data f
Russian: да�а (dáta) f
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Slovene: datum m
Telugu: త�ది (taedi)
Turkish: tarih
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trans-top|point in time
Czech: datum#Czech|datum n
Finnish: ajankohta
German: Zeitpunkt m
Italian: data f
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Portuguese: data f
Russian: да�а (dáta) f
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trans-top|assigned end; conclusion
German: Ende n
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Russian: ��ок (srok) m
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trans-top|obsolete: Given or assigned length of life
German: Zeit f
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Russian: ��ок (srok) m, век (vek) m
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trans-top|pre-arranged social meeting
Breton: emgav m, emgavioù p
Dutch: afspraakje n, afspraak f
Finnish: tapaaminen, treffit (the latter only a romantic meeting)
French: rendez-vous m
German: Treffen n, Verabredung f
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Indonesian: kencan
Italian: incontro m, appuntamento m (the latter also as romantic meeting)
Japanese: ��� (deeto)
Portuguese: encontro (romantic meeting)
Russian: в���е�а (vstré�a) f, �видание (svidánije) n
Turkish: randevu, bulu�ma
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trans-top|A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion
Finnish: seuralainen
German: Partner m, Partnerin f, Verabredung f (colloquial, arbitrary gender)
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Portuguese: acompanhante m|f
Romanian: întâlnire
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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb|dat|ing

1. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter
2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids

#: Note: We may say dated at or from a place.
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#:* The letter is dated at Philadephia. - G. T. Curtis
#:* You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois. - Addison
#:* In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them. - w:Matthew Arnold|M. Arnold

1. To determine the age of something
2. To take (someone) on a series of dates

Translations
trans-top|To note the time of writing or executing
Finnish: päivätä
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Hebrew: �ת�ר� (letaarekh)
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trans-top|To note or fix the time of, as of an event
Hebrew: �ת�ר� (letaarekh)
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trans-top|To determine the age of something
Breton: deiziañ
Dutch: dateren
Finnish: ajoittaa, määrittää ikä
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French: dater
German: datieren
Romanian: data
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trans-top|To take (someone) on a series of dates
Dutch: daten
German: ausgehen, daten
Finnish: seurustella, tapailla
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Intransitive verb
en-verb|dat|ing

1. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from

#: Quotations
#:* The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. - w:Edward Everett|E. Everett

1. To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

#: This show hasn't dated well.

Translations
trans-top|To begin
Dutch: dateren (with van or uit)
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Aromanian

Etymology
L.|rup decem

Numeral
infl|rup|number

1. cardinal|lang=rup ten

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/dat/

Noun
fr-noun|f

1. date#English|date (point in time)

Category:Calendar terms
Category:Fruits

Italian

Noun
date f

1. plural of|data|lang=Italian

Verb
date

1. second person plural present tense of dare#Italian|dare
2. second person plural imperative of dare
3. feminine plural of dato, past participle of dare

Category:Italian past participle forms
Category:Italian verb forms

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