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Tate

//tɔːteɪ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the given name.

    "While watching the VOD later, xQc insinuated that Fortnite pro Bucke was an "NPC" who was only there to defend Tate and not give Piker a fair shot – and what resulted afterward has caused quite a stir in its own right."

  2. 2
    A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname.
  3. 3
    A female given name.
  4. 4
    The Tate, a series of art galleries.
Noun
  1. 1
    Of video games, a vertical mode. attributive, uncountable

    "This is a monitor, not a TV - but I LOVE it for gaming purposes as I can easily rotate the screen. I had to unscrew the rotation mechanism and flip it around so that Tate mode games play the right way up."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 縦 (tate).

Etymology 2

From Middle English *Tate, partially from Old English Tāta, from Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”); and partially from Old Norse Táta, a personal name of unknown meaning. Doublet of Tait and Zeiss.

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