patté
See also: patte
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrench patté, from patte (“paw, foot”). Compare English patten.
Adjective
editpatté (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Narrow at the inner end, and very broad at the other end, or having its arms of that shape; said of a cross.
- Synonym: formée
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “patté”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom patte (“paw, foot”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
editpatté (feminine pattée, masculine plural pattés, feminine plural pattées)
- (heraldry) (in feminine form) Narrow at the inner end, and very broad at the other end, or having its arms of that shape; said of a cross
Further reading
edit- “patté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.