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spate

/ˈspate/

Where it comes from

An originally popular (now standard language) alternative of dos (“back”). From Romanian spată (“shoulder blade”), in particular the phrase în spate (“backwards, behind”), having developed in the sense of: through / across the shoulder blades > backwards, before developing into a concrete noun (without the în) to express the back of objects in general.

noun spate · spatele

neuter back (anatomy)
neuter back (part, side) of something
neuter shoulder
Similar: umăr

Similar: dos, spinare

Thesaurus

noun

Similar: dos, spinare

In English

back the rear of body
reverse side of something facing away; opposite of front
behind rear, back-end

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"spate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/spate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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spate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/spate

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"spate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/spate.

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@misc{spate_2026,
  title = {spate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/spate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}