Definitions for alate

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alate a·late

Spelling: [ey-leyt]

IPA: /ˈeɪ leɪt/

Alate is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in alate (aaelt).

Definitions for alate

noun

1. the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.

adjective

1. having wings; winged.
2. having membranous expansions like wings.

Origin of alate

1660-70; Latin ālātus, equivalent to āl(a) ala + -ātus -ate¹

Examples for alate

alate -us: winged; with lobes similar to wings in appearance though not necessarily in function.

Cells more or less pyriform, alate, narrow below, bulging or ventricose upwards.