Maite

See also: maite, maité, maíte, Maïté, and máite

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

From maite (“love, beloved”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mai̯te/ [mai̯.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ai̯te
  • Hyphenation: Mai‧te

Proper noun

Maite anim

  1. a female given name

Declension
Declension of Maite (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite
absolutive Maite
ergative Maitek
dative Maiteri
genitive Maiteren
comitative Maiterekin
causative Maiterengatik
benefactive Maiterentzat
instrumental Maitez
inessive Maiterengan
locative —
allative Maiterengana
terminative Maiterenganaino
directive Maiterenganantz
destinative Maiterenganako
ablative Maiterengandik
partitive Maiterik
prolative Maitetzat

Descendants
  • → Spanish: Maite

Further reading
  • “Maite” in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], euskaltzaindia.eus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Maite.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaite/ [ˈmai̯.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -aite
  • Syllabification: Mai‧te

Proper noun

Maite f

  1. a female given name
  2. a diminutive of the female given name María Teresa
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