tate

Borrowed from Japanese 縦 (tate).

• IPA^(key): /tɔːteɪ/, /teɪt/ (The second is Anglicized and as if the etymology was from rotate; the first is closer to the Japanese original.)
• Rhymes: -ɔːteɪ, -eɪt

tate (uncountable)

1. (video games, attributive) Of video games, a vertical mode.
   • 2002 September 20, JigsawMan, “What television are you using with your console?”, in uk.games.video.dreamcast‎ (Usenet):

     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.

   • 2003 August 4, Dan, “Good 4:3 TV for Gaming?”, in uk.games.video.misc‎ (Usenet):

     Shiki is good, haven;t played that in tate mode yet. I though^[sic] Psyvariar was boring to begin with - but that was because I just didn;t 'get' the game. Now I love it. Haven;t played that in Tate yet either. Hence the need for a whizz bang TV!

   • 2003 December 4, EssenceK, “Midway arcade classics”, in alt.games.video.xbox‎ (Usenet):

     Perhaps the next generation of consoles, with more RAM, will finally give us some worthy collections. All vertical games should have 'tate' capability, Menus should be slick, with full-screen detailed adverts, commercials, interviews w/developer, etc.

   • 2005 September 21, crymad, “What size TV do you use to play classic games?”, in rec.games.video.classic‎ (Usenet):

     I think the small size of the screen allows the eye to take in the entire playfield, lessening the chances of dying from some unseen projectile catching your vision off guard. Plus, it's a snap to flip the monitor vertically to play in "tate" mode.

   • 2009 October 17, Daniel W. Rouse Jr., “Aspect ratio 16:9”, in alt.tv.tech.hdtv‎ (Usenet):

     Many would likely not orient their screen in a vertical or tate orientation (i.e, turned sideways as a vertical monitor) and many of these games do not have a rotation feature to support vertical/tate monitor orientation (although some do support it but then it means rotating the monitor to play and then rotating back afterward).

• Etta, Teat, Teta, aett, teat

tate

1. sir.

• nane

Cognate with Xhosa utata (“father”), Nambya tate (“father”), Rwanda-Rundi date (“father”), Kabwa taata.

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.té/

taté class 1a (plural ataté class 2)

1. father

• bambo

• Atate

tate

1. wind

tate

1. sir.

• nane

tate (plural ootate)

1. father

tate f

1. plural of tata

• -etta, Teta, atte, etta-, teta

tate

1. Rōmaji transcription of たて

tate

1. Alternative spelling of tait

tate (Cyrillic spelling тате)

1. vocative singular of tat

tate (Cyrillic spelling тате)

1. inflection of tata:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• IPA^(key): /taˈteʔ/, [tɐˈtɛʔ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧te

tatê (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆᜒ)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Tate (“slang: United States”)