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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish patache, of uncertain origin. The carriage sense is after French.

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Noun

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patache (plural pataches)

  1. A dispatch-boat; a small vessel used to communicate between the vessels of a fleet.
  2. A horse-drawn carriage with two wheels used in France.

French

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Etymology

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From Spanish patache.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pa.taʃ/
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Noun

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patache f (plural pataches)

  1. patache (carriage)
  2. patache (boat)
    • 1886, “Chevalier's Journal”, in The Guernsey Magazine, volume 14:
      Le vingt-troiseme de Decembre un bateau de Jersey du port de viron sept ou huit tonneaux, s’en allant a Saint Malo chargé de passagers, qui s’en alloient pour acheter des marchandises, chacun selon ses moyens, fut rencontré par une patache du Parlément, laquelle partoit de Guernesey, et s’en alloit à Saint Malo, quérir des barques Angloises qui y étoient pour leur servir de convoi, pour aller en Angleterre.
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  • Italian: petaccio

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Uncertain; perhaps from Arabic بَطَّاش (baṭṭāš).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈtat͡ʃe/ [paˈt̪a.t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -atʃe
  • Syllabification: pa‧ta‧che

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patache m (plural pataches)

  1. patache (boat)

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