prate
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prate
- /pɹeɪt/
Rhymes with -eɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English praten; either inherited from Old English prætt or borrowed via Middle Dutch or Middle Low German praten (from Old Saxon *pratt), all from Proto-West Germanic *prattu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bred- (“to wander, rove”).
Related to Dutch praten (“to talk, chat”), Low German praten, dated German pfrassen, Danish prate, Swedish prata (“to talk, prate”), Faroese práta (“to talk, gossip”), Icelandic prata;; also cognate with Polish bredzić (“to rave, jabber”), Latvian bradāt (“to talk nonsense”).
verb prates · prating · prated
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To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.
Thou ſowre and firme-ſet Earth / Heare not my ſteps, which they may walke, for feare / Thy very ſtones prate of my where-about, / And take the preſent horror from the time, / Which now ſutes with it.
Similar: blabber, babble, bat the breeze, blab, blather, carp, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chit-chat
Translations
Talk about this word "prate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. prate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prate "prate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prate.Cite this
@misc{prate_2026,
title = {prate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prate},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
