-atePronunciation: suffix Forming nouns: 1Denoting status or office: doctorate episcopate 1.1A state or function: curate mandate 2Denoting a group: electorate 3 Chemistry Denoting a salt or ester, especially of an acid with a corresponding name ending in -ic: chlorate nitrate 4Denoting a product (of a chemical process): condensate filtrateOriginRepresenting Old French -at or -??(e), or from Latin