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pate

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English pate, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortened form of Old French patene or Medieval Latin patena, both from Latin patina (“pan, dish”). Alternatively, perhaps akin to Old Frisian pote (“skull”).

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pate (plural pates)

  1. (somewhat archaic) The head, particularly the top or crown.
    He had a shiny, bald pate.
    • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Psalm vij:[16], folio xiij, recto, column 2:
      For his vnhappynes ſhall come vpon his owne heade, ⁊ his wickednes ſhall fall vpon his owne pate.
    • 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 167:
      The whole benighted, blooming crew,
      The Puddin'-thieves, the Usher too,
      Are being beaten black and blue
      With bottles on the pate.
  2. (archaic) Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
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Etymology 2

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Attested since circa 1700, from French pâté, from Old French paste, pastée. Doublet of pâté and patty.

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pate (plural pates)

  1. Alternative spelling of pâté (finely-ground paste of meat, fish, etc.)
  2. The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color.
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Czech

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pate

  1. vocative singular of pat

Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French pâté.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pate/, [pʰaˈtˢe]
  • Rhymes: -e

Noun

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pate c (singular definite pateen, plural indefinite pateer)

  1. pâté

Inflection

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Declension of pate
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pate pateen pateer pateerne
genitive pates pateens pateers pateernes

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: pà‧te

Noun

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pate m (plural pati)

  1. (obsolete) father
    Synonym: padre

Further reading

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  • pate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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pate

  1. Rōmaji transcription of パテ

Latin

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Verb

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patē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pateō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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pate m (definite singular pateen, indefinite plural pateer, definite plural pateene)

  1. alternative spelling of paté

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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pate m (definite singular pateen, indefinite plural patear, definite plural pateane)

  1. alternative spelling of paté

Pali

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Verb

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pate

  1. singular optative active of patati (“to fall”)

Romanian

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Noun

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pate n (plural pateuri)

  1. Alternative form of pateu

Declension

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Declension of pate
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pate pateul (niște) pateuri pateurile
genitive/dative (unui) pate pateului (unor) pateuri pateurilor
vocative pateule pateurilor

Walloon

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pate f (plural pates)

  1. paw, leg
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