patina
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian patina, from Latin patina (“dish, pan”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē), either from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread”) or from Pre-Greek. Doublet of paten, patena, and patine.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpætɪnə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /pəˈtiː.nə/, /ˈpæ.tɪ.nə/
- Rhymes: -ætɪnə, -iːnə
Noun edit
patina (countable and uncountable, plural patinas or patinae)
- (originally) A paten, flat type of dish.
- The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.
- Hyponym: verdigris
- (color) A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.
- patina:
- (figurative) A gloss or superficial layer.
- he enjoys a patina of respect by the police, despite being an ex-criminal
- 2012, Alison Winter, Memory: Fragments of a Modern History:
- It demonstrates how scientific authority could be constructed on the fly, as it were, by someone with no connections and no psychological credentials who offered a technique that had the patina of modern science […]
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Adjective edit
patina (not comparable)
- Of a green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “patina”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “patina”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Italian patina, itself from Latin patina 'dish, pan'.
Noun edit
patina c (singular definite patinaen, not used in plural form)
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | patina | patinaen |
genitive | patinas | patinaens |
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Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Italian patina, itself from Latin patina 'dish, pan'.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧na
Noun edit
patina n (uncountable)
- The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green oxidation which covers aging coppers, bronzes, coins and medals.
Derived terms edit
- patineren, to apply this color or a similar 'aged' effect.
Estonian edit
Noun edit
patina
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
patina
- patina (color or incrustation)
Declension edit
Inflection of patina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | patina | patinat | ||
genitive | patinan | patinoiden patinoitten | ||
partitive | patinaa | patinoita | ||
illative | patinaan | patinoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | patina | patinat | ||
accusative | nom. | patina | patinat | |
gen. | patinan | |||
genitive | patinan | patinoiden patinoitten patinainrare | ||
partitive | patinaa | patinoita | ||
inessive | patinassa | patinoissa | ||
elative | patinasta | patinoista | ||
illative | patinaan | patinoihin | ||
adessive | patinalla | patinoilla | ||
ablative | patinalta | patinoilta | ||
allative | patinalle | patinoille | ||
essive | patinana | patinoina | ||
translative | patinaksi | patinoiksi | ||
abessive | patinatta | patinoitta | ||
instructive | — | patinoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “patina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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Verb edit
patina
- third-person singular past historic of patiner
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
patina f (plural patine)
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Descendants edit
- → Catalan: pàtina
- → Dutch: patina
- → Danish: patina
- → English: patina
- → Finnish: patina
- → French: patine
- → German: Patina
- → Icelandic: patína
- → Persian: پتینه (patine)
- → Polish: patyna
- → Portuguese: pátina
- → Romanian: patină
- → Russian: патина (patina)
- → Serbo-Croatian: patina / патина
- → Spanish: pátina
- → Ukrainian: патина (patyna)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
patina
- inflection of patinare:
Further reading edit
- patina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē). This must be an early borrowing, because it displays vowel reduction of a to i.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ti.na/, [ˈpät̪ɪnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ti.na/, [ˈpäːt̪inä]
Noun edit
patina f (genitive patinae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | patina | patinae |
Genitive | patinae | patinārum |
Dative | patinae | patinīs |
Accusative | patinam | patinās |
Ablative | patinā | patinīs |
Vocative | patina | patinae |
Descendants edit
- Galician: padia
- Medieval Latin: patena
- ⇒? Medieval Latin: panna
- → German: Patine
- → Italian: patina (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- “patina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “patina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- patina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- patina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “patina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “patina”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
patina
- inflection of patinar:
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
a patina (third-person singular present patinează, past participle patinat) 1st conj.
- to skate
Conjugation edit
infinitive | a patina | ||||||
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gerund | patinând | ||||||
past participle | patinat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | patinez | patinezi | patinează | patinăm | patinați | patinează | |
imperfect | patinam | patinai | patina | patinam | patinați | patinau | |
simple perfect | patinai | patinași | patină | patinarăm | patinarăți | patinară | |
pluperfect | patinasem | patinaseși | patinase | patinaserăm | patinaserăți | patinaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să patinez | să patinezi | să patineze | să patinăm | să patinați | să patineze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | patinează | patinați | |||||
negative | nu patina | nu patinați |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian patina, from Latin patina (“dish, pan”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pȁtina f (Cyrillic spelling па̏тина)
- patina (color or incrustation)
- layer of sediments (usually on a façade or monuments)
- (regional) shoe polish
- A type of wine.
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Verb edit
patina
- inflection of patinar: