patt

See also: Patt

English

Noun

patt

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of pattern.
   • 2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 305)

     Cont in patt until work measures 10cm (4in). Break off B and join in C.

Anagrams

• TATP, attP, tapt

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *patto. Cognate to Votic pattu (“sin”), dialectal Finnish patto (“crime”) and Karelian patto (“evil, mad”).

Noun

patt (genitive patu, partitive pattu)

1. sin

Declension

Declension of patt (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	patt	patud
genitive	patu	pattude
partitive	pattu	patte / pattusid
illative	pattu / patusse	pattudesse / patesse
inessive	patus	pattudes / pates
elative	patust	pattudest / patest
allative	patule	pattudele / patele
adessive	patul	pattudel / patel
ablative	patult	pattudelt / patelt
translative	patuks	pattudeks / pateks
terminative	patuni	pattudeni
essive	patuna	pattudena
abessive	patuta	pattudeta
comitative	patuga	pattudega

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Italian patta (“stalemate [in chess]”).

Noun

patt (genitive pati, partitive patti)

1. (chess) stalemate - position where a player has no legal moves, but the king is not mate, resulting in a remis (draw)

Declension

Declension of patt (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	patt	patid
genitive	pati	pattide
partitive	patti	patte / pattisid
illative	patti / patisse	pattidesse / patesse
inessive	patis	pattides / pates
elative	patist	pattidest / patest
allative	patile	pattidele / patele
adessive	patil	pattidel / patel
ablative	patilt	pattidelt / patelt
translative	patiks	pattideks / pateks
terminative	patini	pattideni
essive	patina	pattidena
abessive	patita	pattideta
comitative	patiga	pattidega

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French pat.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

patt (strong nominative masculine singular patter, not comparable)

1. (chess) in stalemate (said of a situation where one player is not in check but still has no legal move)
2. deadlocked

Derived terms

• patt setzen

Related terms

• Patt

Further reading

• “patt” in Duden online
• “patt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish pat, from German patt, from Italian patto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰaht/
• Rhymes: -aht

Adjective

patt (indeclinable)

1. (chess) in a state of stalemate; not able to move any piece without compromising the king

Noun

patt n (genitive singular patts, no plural)

1. (chess) stalemate

Declension

declension of patt

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	patt	pattið
accusative	patt	pattið
dative	patti	pattinu
genitive	patts	pattsins

Synonyms

• (stalemate): pattstaða

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian pattu and/or Italian patto, from Latin pactum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/

Noun

patt m (plural pattijiet)

1. pact, agreement

Swedish

Noun

patt c

1. (chess) stalemate