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pat

See also: Pat, PAT, pAt, p3t, -pat, рат, päť, pa̍t, and pąt

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /pæt/, [pʰæt], [pʰæt̚], [pʰæˀt̚], enPR: pǎt
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English *patten, alteration (with loss of medial l) of platten, pletten (“to pat”), from Old English plættan (“to buffet, strike, slap, smack, give a sounding blow”), from Proto-Germanic *plat- (“to strike, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *blod-, *bled- (“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Middle Dutch platten, pletten (“to strike, bruise, crush, rub”), German platzen (“to split, burst, break up”), Bavarian patzen (“to pat”), Swedish plätta, pjätta (“to pat, tap”). For loss of l, compare patch for platch; pate for plate, etc. See plat.

NounEdit

pat (plural pats)

  1. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
    We heard a pat on the door.
  2. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
    Give Mary a pat on the shoulder to get her attention.
  3. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit

pat (third-person singular simple present pats, present participle patting, simple past and past participle patted)

  1. To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
    To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.
  2. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
    I patted the cookie dough into shape.
    • 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M. Hill Co., →OCLC:
      Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
  3. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) To stroke or fondle (an animal). Compare pet.
    Do you want to pat the cat?
  4. To gently rain.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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AdjectiveEdit

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

  1. Exactly suitable, fitting, apt; timely, convenient, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
    a pat expression
    • 1788, William Cowper, Pity For Poor Africans 17–20:
      Your scruples and arguments bring to my mind a story so pat, you may think it is coin’d, on purpose to answer you, out of my mint; but, I can assure you, I saw it in print.
    • 1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way :
      Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”
      We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o’er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.
  2. Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hackneyed
    • 2010 May 22, “Jobs and the Class of 2010”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      The pat answer is that college students should consider graduate school as a way to delay a job search until things turn around, and that more high school students should go to college to improve their prospects.
    • 2021 July 14, A. A. Dowd, “Space Jam: A New Legacy is one big, witless commercial for Warner Bros properties”, in The A.V. Club‎[2]:
      Space Jam: A New Legacy takes almost nothing but wrong turns, all leading to a glittering CGI trash heap of cameos, pat life lessons, and stale internet catchphrases.
    • 2021, Kate Crawford, chapter 2, in Atlas of AI […] , →ISBN:
      Pat responses from management seemed to be multiple variations on the theme of “We value your feedback.”
Derived termsEdit

AdverbEdit

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

  1. Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
  2. Perfectly.
    He has the routine down pat.
    • 1922, "At the Wauwatosa Table" (1922 Sept 22), City Club News, Milwaukee, vol viii no. 2 p. 7
      Wauwa Pease says of the strategic position of the Pirates in the dining room: “They have taken the table near the upper doorway so they can make a speedy exit in case their lair is raided.” Of course, the Wauwas stand pat in the middle of the dining room, having nothing to fear.
    • 1962, Newsweek:
      Candidates in gubernatorial campaigns must stand pat in the middle, trying to push their rivals off the center line, charging the opponent with either left or right extremism.
    • 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa, A Month and a Day, page 112:
      In Ogoni[land], Shell locations lie pat in the middle of villages, in front and back gardens – and that should lay a particular responsibility on Shell to be absolutely cautious in its operations.
TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

pat (plural pats)

  1. Clipping of patent.
  2. (knitting) Clipping of pattern.
    • 2012, Kari Cornell, Knitting Sweaters from around the World, page 52:
      Work in pat to next underarm marker, sm, place next st on holder […]

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

AlbanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Alternative variant of participles patur, pasë, pasur. See pata (“I had”) (aorist form of kam (“I have”)) for more.

PronunciationEdit

ParticipleEdit

pat

  1. participle of kam (present)
  2. participle of pata (aorist)

Related termsEdit

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin patior. Compare Daco-Romanian păți.

VerbEdit

pat (past participle pãtsitã)

  1. I experience, undergo (something bad, unpleasant, unexpected, etc.)

Related termsEdit

BakungEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

BariaiEdit

NounEdit

pat

  1. stone

ReferencesEdit

BelaitEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

BintuluEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

BununEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

Central MelanauEdit

Central Melanau cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : pat

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

ChineseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of pat – see 捌.
(This character, pat, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 捌.)

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

ClassifierEdit

pat

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 坺 (pet6).

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pat

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 噼 (pet1).

ChujEdit

NounEdit

pat

  1. house

ChuukeseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

pat

  1. cold

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Via German Patt and French pat, from Italian patta.[1]

NounEdit

pat m inan

  1. (chess) stalemate
  2. stalemate (blocked situation)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of pat (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative pat paty
genitive patu patů
dative patu patům
accusative pat paty
vocative pate paty
locative patu patech
instrumental patem paty

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

pat f

  1. genitive plural of pata

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "pat" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further readingEdit

  • pat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pat c

  1. stalemate
  2. alternative form of patte (“teat”)

VerbEdit

pat

  1. imperative of patte (“to suck”)

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta.

NounEdit

pat n (uncountable)

  1. (chess) tie, draw, stalemate
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

pat c (plural patten, diminutive patje n)

  1. (cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout.

EskayanEdit

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian patta (“tie, draw”), influenced by mat (“mate”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pat m (plural pats)

  1. (chess) stalemate

DescendantsEdit

  • → German: Patt
  • → Greek: πατ (pat)
  • → Polish: pat
  • → Serbo-Croatian: pat
  • → Slovak: pat

Further readingEdit

Haitian CreoleEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From French pâte.

NounEdit

pat

  1. dough
  2. paste
  3. shoe polish
  4. toothpaste

Etymology 2Edit

ContractionEdit

pat

  1. Contraction of pa te.
  2. Li pat di m sa. ― She didn't tell me that.

ReferencesEdit

  • Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pat n (genitive singular pats, no plural)

  1. gesticulation, gesture

DeclensionEdit

declension of pat
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative pat patið
accusative pat patið
dative pati patinu
genitive pats patsins

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

IndonesianEdit

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. Clipping of empat.

JavaneseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Javanese pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

KrioEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English part.

NounEdit

pat

  1. part

LamaholotEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

LatvianEdit

ParticleEdit

pat

  1. even

LithuanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)[1]

ParticleEdit

pàt (indeclinable)

  1. very, right (to emphasize location)
    čia pat ― right here
    iš pat dugno ― from the very bottom
  2. very, right (to emphasize time)
    dabar pat ― right now
    iki pat saulėlydžio ― right until sunset
  3. very, same (to emphasize sameness)
    tas pat žmogus ― the very person
    tokia pat spalva ― the same color (literally, “just such a color”)

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “pat”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further readingEdit

  • “pat”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
  • “pat”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023

LivonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *patto. Cognates include Estonian patt.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pat

  1. sin

ReferencesEdit

  • Lauri Kettunen (1938) Livisches Wörterbuch mit grammatischer Einleitung, Helsinki, page 277

MaguindanaoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Philippine *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

MaiaEdit

NounEdit

pat

  1. stone

MalayEdit

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : pat

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Shortened form of empat, from Proto-Malayic *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

pat (Jawi spelling ڤت)

  1. Alternative form of empat

DescendantsEdit

  • Indonesian: pat

ManggaraiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

MaranaoEdit

Maranao numbers (edit)
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: pat

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Maguindanao upat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

MarshalleseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Micronesian *pasa, from Proto-Oceanic *basa, an alternate form of Proto-Oceanic *pasa.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pat

  1. swamp

ReferencesEdit

Murik (New Guinea)Edit

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

Old JavaneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

DescendantsEdit

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta, probably from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pat m anim (diminutive pacik)

  1. (chess) stalemate
  2. (figuratively, by extension) stalemate (any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pat
singular plural
nominative pat paty
genitive pata patów
dative patowi patom
accusative pata paty
instrumental patem patami
locative pacie patach
vocative pacie paty

Derived termsEdit

adjective
verbs

Further readingEdit

  • pat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PuyumaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

Rejang KayanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

RembongEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

NumeralEdit

pat

  1. four

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Often thought to be from Greek πάτος (pátos, “path”), but also possibly from Latin pactum (“fastened, fixed, planted”), with the loss of the -p- in the normal result, *papt, explicable through dissimilation from the initial consonant; compare păta, boteza. [1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pat n (plural paturi)

  1. bed

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pat
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pat patul (niște) paturi paturile
genitive/dative (unui) pat patului (unor) paturi paturilor
vocative patule paturilor

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary

ReferencesEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French pat.

PronunciationEdit

  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

NounEdit

pat m (Cyrillic spelling пат)

  1. (chess) stalemate

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pat
singular plural
nominative pat patovi
genitive pata patova
dative patu patovima
accusative pat patovi
vocative pat patovi
locative patu patovima
instrumental patom patovima

SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French pat.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pat m inan (genitive singular patu, nominative plural paty, genitive plural patov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. (chess) stalemate

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pat
singular plural
nominative pat paty
genitive patu patov
dative patu patom
accusative pat paty
locative pate patoch
instrumental patom patmi

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • pat in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Toba BatakEdit

NounEdit

pat

  1. foot

ReferencesEdit

  • Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 146.

Tocharian BEdit

NounEdit

pat

  1. stupa

VolapükEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French particularité.

NounEdit

pat (nominative plural pats)

  1. particularity

DeclensionEdit

declension of pat
singular plural
nominative pat pats
genitive pata patas
dative pate pates
accusative pati patis
vocative 1 o pat! o pats!
predicative 2 patu patus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Yucatec MayaEdit

NounEdit

pat

  1. school shark

ZouEdit

NounEdit

pat

  1. cotton

ReferencesEdit

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