different between pate vs pats

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English pate, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortened form of Old French patene or Medieval Latin patena, both from Latin patina (“pan, dish”). Alternatively, perhaps akin to Old Frisian pote (“skull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Noun

pate (plural pates)

1. (somewhat archaic) The head, particularly the top or crown.

   • His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

2. (archaic) Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
   • 1598, Love's Labour's Lost, by Shakespeare

     I am resolved; 'tis but a three years' fast:

     The mind shall banquet, though the body pine:

     Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits

     Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits.

   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1

     I thank thee for that jest: here's a garment

     for't: wit shall not go unrewarded while I am king of

     this country: 'Steal by line and level,' is an excellent

     pass of pate: there's another garment for't.

Derived terms

• pated

Translations

See also

• capital

Etymology 2

Attested since circa 1700, from French pâté, from Old French paste, pastée. Doublet of pâté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæt.e?/, /pæ?te?/
• Rhymes: -æte?, -e?

Noun

pate (plural pates)

1. Alternative spelling of pâté (finely-ground paste of meat, fish, etc.)
2. The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color.

Related terms

• pasta
• paste
• patty

Anagrams

• PETA, Paet, Peat, Peta, epta-, peat, peta-, tape, tepa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pat?/

Noun

pate

1. vocative singular of pat

Danish

Alternative forms

• paté

Etymology

From French pâté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pate/, [p?a?t?e]
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

pate c (singular definite pateen, plural indefinite pateer)

1. pâté

Inflection

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pater, from Proto-Italic *pat?r, from Proto-Indo-European *ph?t?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: pà?te

Noun

pate m (plural pati)

1. (obsolete) father

   Synonym: padre

References

• pate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

pate

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Verb

pat?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pate?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pate m (definite singular pateen, indefinite plural pateer, definite plural pateene)

1. alternative spelling of paté

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pate m (definite singular pateen, indefinite plural patear, definite plural pateane)

1. alternative spelling of paté

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

pate

1. singular optative active of patati (“to fall”)

Walloon

Noun

pate f (plural pates)

1. paw, leg

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæts/

Noun

pats

1. plural of pat

Verb

pats

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pat

Anagrams

• APTS, APTs, ATSP, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, TAPs, TPAs, Taps, ap'ts, apts, past, spat, stap, taps

Dutch

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Interjection

pats

1. clap, crash

Noun

pats m or f (plural patsen)

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French

Noun

pats m

1. plural of pat

Latvian

Pronoun

pats m

1. self

Declension

Synonyms

• pati f

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master, ruler; husband”).

Noun

pàts m stress pattern 4

1. husband
2. oneself/himself/myself/yourself only singular masculine

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 346