patte
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
patte (plural pattes)
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably baby-talk. Compare Norwegian patte, Swedish patt.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
patte or pat c (singular definite patten, plural indefinite patter)
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
- falde til patten (“to come to heel”)
- hængepatte
- kopatte
- pattevorte
References edit
- “patte,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
Derived from the noun. Compare Norwegian patte, Swedish patta.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
patte (past tense pattede, past participle pattet)
- to suck (to drink milk from the breast)
- (informal) to suck (to have something in the mouth, with the preposition på)
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “patte,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Estonian edit
Noun edit
patte
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French, from Old French pade, pate (“paw, foot of an animal”), from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), borrowed from Frankish *patta (“paw, sole of the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *pat-, *paþa- (“to walk, tread, go, step”), of uncertain origin and relation. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-, *(s)pat- (“path; to walk”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *pent-, *pat- (“path; to go”).
Cognate with Dutch poot (“paw”), Low German pedden (“to step, tread”). Related to English pad, path.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
patte f (plural pattes)
- paw (of animal)
- leg (of animal)
- (anatomy, informal) leg (of a human)
- (anatomy, informal) hand (of a human)
Derived terms edit
- à quatre pattes
- bas les pattes
- coup de patte
- court sur pattes
- estomac à pattes
- estomac sur pattes
- fausse patte
- graisser la patte
- marcher à quatre pattes
- montrer patte blanche
- mouton à cinq pattes
- ne pas casser trois pattes à un canard
- pattes de mouche
- pattes d’éléphant
- pattes d’eph
- retomber sur ses pattes
- traîner la patte
- ventre à pattes
- ventre sur pattes
Further reading edit
- “patte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Noun edit
patte f pl
Norman edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
patte f (plural pattes)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic (lydord)
Noun edit
patte m (definite singular patten, indefinite plural patter, definite plural pattene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic (lydord)
Noun edit
patte m (definite singular patten, indefinite plural pattar, definite plural pattane)
patte f (definite singular patta, indefinite plural patter, definite plural pattene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “patte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
patte
Adjective edit
patte
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Of imitative origin, similar to Danish patte.
Noun edit
patte c
Declension edit
Declension of patte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | patte | patten | pattar | pattarna |
Genitive | pattes | pattens | pattars | pattarnas |
Synonyms edit
- (formal) kvinnobröst
- bröst
- (slang) tutte
Derived terms edit
References edit
- patte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- patte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- patte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)