Meaning

2 senses

  1. Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.

  2. An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Spanish (papel) amate (“amate paper”), from Classical Nahuatl āmatl (“paper”).

From Spanish (papel) amate (“amate paper”), from Classical Nahuatl āmatl (“paper”).

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Forms

plural: amates
Singularamate
Pluralamates

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
amalgamateamaranthamassamateurC1amazeB2

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