Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A piece of such stone, usually cut into a rectangular shape, used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; (uncountable) such tiles collectively, or the material from which they are made. · A piece of other material used as a roofing tile. · A generally rectangular piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on with a thin rod of the same or another stone (a slate pencil) or with chalk; a small chalkboard. · Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).
Having the bluish-grey colour of slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 4).
To cover (a building, or part of a building such as a floor or roof) with slates (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1). · To appoint or designate (someone or something); also, to nominate or propose (someone or something); specifically (politics), to nominate or propose (a candidate) for an office. · To expect (something) with a (strong) degree of certainty; to anticipate, to predict. · To plan or schedule (something).
The noun is derived from Middle English sclate, slat, slate (“type of rock; roofing slate; writing slate”), from Old French esclate, a feminine form of esclat (“broken piece, shard”) (modern French éclat), from Old French esclater (“to break, shatter”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, the causative of *slītaną (“to cut up, split”); further etymology unknown (see the Proto-Germanic entry for a discussion). Doublet of éclat and slat. The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.
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This page abbreviates 12 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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