Definitions for alates

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alates a·late

Spelling: [ey-leyt]

IPA: /ˈeɪ leɪt/

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

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in alates (aaelst).

Definitions for alates

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 alates

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

Examples for alates

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.