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pat

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pæt/, [p?æt], [p?æt?], [p?æ?t?], enPR: p?t
  • Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

From Middle English *patten, alteration (with loss of medial l) of platten, pletten (to pat), from Old English plættan (to buffet, strike, slap, smack, give a sounding blow), from Proto-Germanic *plat- (to strike, beat), from Proto-Indo-European *b(e)lad-, *b(e)led- (to strike, beat). Cognate with Middle Dutch platten, pletten (to strike, bruise, crush, rub), German platzen (to split, burst, break up), Bavarian patzen (to pat), Swedish plätta, pjätta (to pat, tap). For loss of l, compare patch for platch; pate for plate, etc. See plat.

Noun

pat (plural pats)

  1. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
  2. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
  3. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
    • It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter.
Derived terms
  • pat on the back (n.)
  • patter
  • pitter-pat: a diminutive of footfalls. "the pitter-pat of little feet running around the house."
Translations
See also
  • one one's pat

Verb

pat (third-person singular simple present pats, present participle patting, simple past and past participle patted)

  1. To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
    To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.
    • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22[1]
      He came round to each of us to pat and speak to us for the last time; his voice sounded very sad.
  2. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
    • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
      Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
  3. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
  4. To gently rain.
Derived terms
  • pat down
  • pat on the back (v.)
Translations

Adjective

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

  1. Timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
    • 1788, Cowper, Pity for Africans, p 18
      A story so pat, you may think it is coined.
  2. Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
    • 2010, New York Times, Editorial: Jobs and the Class of 2010, May 23.
      The pat answer is that college students should consider graduate school as a way to delay a job search until things turn around, and that more high school students should go to college to improve their prospects.
Derived terms
  • pat hand

Adverb

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

  1. Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
    • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet III.iii
      Now might I do it pat
  2. Perfectly.
    • 1922, "At the Wauwatosa Table" (1922 Sept 22), City Club News, Milwaukee, vol viii no. 2 p. 7
      Wauwa Pease says of the strategic position of the Pirates in the dining room: “They have taken the table near the upper doorway so they can make a speedy exit in case their lair is raided.” Of course, the Wauwas stand pat in the middle of the dining room, having nothing to fear.
    • 1962, Newsweek
      Candidates in gubernatorial campaigns must stand pat in the middle, trying to push their rivals off the center line, charging the opponent with either left or right extremism.
    • 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa, A Month and a Day, p. 112
      In Ogoni[land], Shell locations lie pat in the middle of villages, in front and back gardens – and that should lay a particular responsibility on Shell to be absolutely cautious in its operations.
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

pat (plural pats)

  1. Patent.
  2. (knitting) Pattern.
    • 2012, Kari Cornell, Knitting Sweaters from around the World (page 52)
      Work in pat to next underarm marker, sm, place next st on holder []

Anagrams

  • APT, ATP, PTA, TAP, TPA, ap't, apt, apt., tap

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • patur
  • pasë
  • pasur

Etymology

Alternative variant of participles patur, pasë, pasur. See pata (I had) (aorist form of kam (I have)) for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pat/ (Gheg, Arbëreshë)

Participle

  1. participle of kam (present)
  2. participle of pata (aorist)

Related terms

  • pasuri
  • kam
  • pata

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • patu
  • pãtsãscu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pat(i)?, from Latin patior. Compare Daco-Romanian p??i.

Verb

pat (past participle pãtsitã)

  1. I experience, undergo (something bad, unpleasant, unexpected, etc.)

Related terms

  • pãtsiri / pãtsire
  • pãtsit

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Bariai

Noun

pat

  1. stone

References

  • Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

Bintulu

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Bunun

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Chinese


Chuukese

Adjective

pat

  1. cold

Czech

Etymology

Via German Patt and French pat, from Italian patta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pat/

Noun

pat m

  1. (chess) stalemate
  2. stalemate (blocked situation)

Declension

Noun

pat f

  1. genitive plural of pata

Further reading

  • pat in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
  • pat in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pat/, [?p?ad?]

Noun

pat c

  1. alternative form of patte (teat)

Verb

pat

  1. imperative of patte (to suck)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p?t/
  • Hyphenation: pat
  • Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta.

Noun

pat n (uncountable)

  1. (chess) tie, draw, stalemate
Derived terms
  • patstelling

Etymology 2

Noun

pat c (plural patten, diminutive patje n)

  1. (cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout.

Eskayan

Numeral

pat

  1. four

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian patta (tie, draw), influenced by mat (mate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pat/

Noun

pat m (plural pats)

  1. (chess) stalemate

Descendants

  • ? German: Patt
  • ? Greek: ??? (pat)
  • ? Serbo-Croatian: pat
  • ? Slovak: pat

Further reading

  • “pat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p?a?t/
  • Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

pat n (genitive singular pats, no plural)

  1. gesticulation, gesture

Declension

Related terms

  • pata

Anagrams

  • apt
  • tap

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pat, shortened form of empat, from Proto-Malayic *?mpat, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *?mpat, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *?mpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. Alternative form of empat

Javanese

Alternative forms

  • papat

Etymology

From Old Javanese pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Lamaholot

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Latvian

Particle

pat

  1. even

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *patto. Cognates include Estonian patt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?t/

Noun

pat

  1. sin

References

  • Lauri Kettunen (1938) Livisches Wörterbuch mit grammatischer Einleitung, Helsinki, page 277

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Maia

Noun

pat

  1. stone

Malay

Alternative forms

  • empat
  • ?mpat
  • ampat
  • ?mpat
  • ?????
  • ???

Etymology

Shortened form of empat, from Proto-Malayic *?mpat, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *?mpat, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *?mpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pat/
  • Rhymes: -pat, -at

Numeral

pat (Jawi spelling ??)

  1. Alternative form of empat

Descendants


Manggarai

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Marshallese

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *pasa, from Proto-Oceanic *basa, an alternate form of Proto-Oceanic *pasa.

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [p??t?]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /p?æt?/
  • Bender phonemes: {pat}

Noun

pat

  1. swamp

References

  • Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Old Javanese

Etymology

From from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Descendants


Polish

Etymology

From French pat, from Italian patta, from Old High German pfeit, from Proto-Germanic *paid?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pat/

Noun

pat m anim

  1. (chess) stalemate

Declension


Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Rejang Kayan

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Rembong

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

pat

  1. four

Romanian

Etymology

Often thought to be from Greek ????? (pátos, path), but also possibly from Latin pactum (fastened, fixed, planted), with the loss of the -p- in the normal result, *papt, explicable through dissimilation from the initial consonant; compare p?ta, boteza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pat/

Noun

pat n (plural paturi)

  1. bed

Declension

Related terms

  • p?tur?

References

References

  • pat in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French pat.

Pronunciation

Noun

pat m (Cyrillic spelling ???)

  1. (chess) stalemate

Declension


Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French pat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?pat/

Noun

pat m (genitive singular patu, nominative plural paty, genitive plural patov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. (chess) stalemate

Declension

Derived terms

  • patový

Further reading

  • pat in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Tocharian B

Noun

pat

  1. stupa

Volapük

Etymology

From French particularité.

Noun

pat (nominative plural pats)

  1. particularity

Declension


Zou

Noun

pat

  1. cotton

References

  • http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf

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  • what pathogen causes malaria
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  • what pathogen causes strep throat
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component

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comp?n?ns, comp?n?ntis, present participle of comp?n? (assemble, put together).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /k?m?po?n?nt/

Noun

component (plural components)

  1. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

Derived terms

  • componentless
  • per-component

Translations

Adjective

component (not comparable)

  1. Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
  2. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.

Catalan

Verb

component

  1. present participle of compondre

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English component or German Komponente, from Latin comp?n?ns, present participle of comp?n? (assemble, put together).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?m.po??n?nt/
  • Hyphenation: com?po?nent
  • Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

component m (plural componenten, diminutive componentje n)

  1. component

Synonyms

  • onderdeel

Derived terms

  • tweecomponentenlijm

Related terms

  • componeren

Descendants

  • ? Indonesian: komponen

Latin

Verb

component

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of compon?

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • (component): component?

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian componente, German Komponente, from Latin comp?n?ns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kom.po?nent/

Noun

component n (plural componente)

  1. component

Declension

Noun

component m (plural componen?i, feminine equivalent component?)

  1. member of a team or other group

Declension

Adjective

component m or n (feminine singular component?, masculine plural componen?i, feminine and neuter plural componente)

  1. component

Declension

component From the web:

  • what component of fitness is push ups
  • what component of fitness is jumping jacks
  • what component of fitness is running
  • what component of fitness is walking
  • what components make up a nucleotide
  • what component of fitness is squats
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  • what components of blood can be examined
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