patté

See also: patte

English

Alternative forms

• pattée, pattee, patty, paté, patée

Etymology

French patté, from patte (“paw, foot”). Compare English patten.

Adjective

patté (not comparable)

1. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

• tapet

French

Etymology

From patte (“paw, foot”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

patté (feminine pattée, masculine plural pattés, feminine plural pattées)

1. (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

• “patté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.