pat
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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)
- The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
- We heard a pat on the door.
- A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
- Give Mary a pat on the shoulder to get her attention.
- A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
- 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 45, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
- It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter.
Derived termsEdit
- asspat
- headpat
- pat on the back (noun)
- patter
- pitter-pat
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
pat (third-person singular simple present pats, present participle patting, simple past and past participle patted)
- 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.
- 1877, Anna Sewell, “Chapter 22”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC:
- He came round to each of us to pat and speak to us for the last time; his voice sounded very sad.
- 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.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) To stroke or fondle (an animal). Compare pet.
- Do you want to pat the cat?
- To gently rain.
Derived termsEdit
- pat down
- pat on the back (verb)
TranslationsEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)
- 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.
- 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.”
- Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hackneyed
- 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)
- Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
- Now might I do it pat
- 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.
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
pat (plural pats)
- Clipping of patent.
- (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
- pat at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “pat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “pat”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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
- participle of kam (present)
- participle of pata (aorist)
Related termsEdit
AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin patior. Compare Daco-Romanian păți.
VerbEdit
pat (past participle pãtsitã)
- 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
BariaiEdit
NounEdit
pat
ReferencesEdit
- Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)
BelaitEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
NumeralEdit
pat
BintuluEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
NumeralEdit
pat
BununEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
NumeralEdit
pat
Central MelanauEdit
< 3 | 4 | 5 > |
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Cardinal : pat | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
NumeralEdit
pat
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
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 坺 (pet6).
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pat
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 噼 (pet1).
ChujEdit
NounEdit
pat
ChuukeseEdit
AdjectiveEdit
pat
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Via German Patt and French pat, from Italian patta.[1]
NounEdit
pat m inan
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
pat f
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "pat" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Further readingEdit
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pat c
- stalemate
- alternative form of patte (“teat”)
VerbEdit
pat
- imperative of patte (“to suck”)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta.
NounEdit
pat n (uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
pat c (plural patten, diminutive patje n)
EskayanEdit
NumeralEdit
pat
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian patta (“tie, draw”), influenced by mat (“mate”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pat m (plural pats)
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “pat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian CreoleEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
pat
Etymology 2Edit
ContractionEdit
pat
ReferencesEdit
- Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pat n (genitive singular pats, no plural)
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
IndonesianEdit
NumeralEdit
pat
- Clipping of empat.
JavaneseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Javanese pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
NumeralEdit
pat
KrioEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
pat
LamaholotEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
NumeralEdit
pat
LatvianEdit
ParticleEdit
pat
LithuanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)[1]
ParticleEdit
pàt (indeclinable)
- very, right (to emphasize location)
- very, right (to emphasize time)
- dabar pat ― right now
- iki pat saulėlydžio ― right until sunset
- very, same (to emphasize sameness)
ReferencesEdit
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
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
MaiaEdit
NounEdit
pat
MalayEdit
< 3 | 4 | 5 > |
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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)
- 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
MaranaoEdit
← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
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Cardinal: pat |
EtymologyEdit
Akin to Maguindanao upat.
NumeralEdit
pat
MarshalleseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Micronesian *pasa, from Proto-Oceanic *basa, an alternate form of Proto-Oceanic *pasa.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pat
ReferencesEdit
Murik (New Guinea)Edit
NumeralEdit
pat
Old JavaneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
NumeralEdit
pat
DescendantsEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta, probably from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pat m anim (diminutive pacik)
- (chess) stalemate
- (figuratively, by extension) stalemate (any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
PuyumaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
NumeralEdit
pat
Rejang KayanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
NumeralEdit
pat
RembongEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
NumeralEdit
pat
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)
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- pat in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pat m (Cyrillic spelling пат)
DeclensionEdit
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pat m inan (genitive singular patu, nominative plural paty, genitive plural patov, declension pattern of dub)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- pat in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Toba BatakEdit
NounEdit
pat
ReferencesEdit
- Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 146.
Tocharian BEdit
NounEdit
pat
VolapükEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French particularité.
NounEdit
pat (nominative plural pats)
DeclensionEdit
Yucatec MayaEdit
NounEdit
pat
ZouEdit
NounEdit
pat