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path
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”) (compare West Frisian paad, Dutch pad, German Pfad), Ancient Greek ????? (paté?) / ????? (pátos), from Iranian (compare Avestan ????????????????????? (panta, “way”), ????????????????? (pa?a, genitive), Old Persian [script needed] (pathi-)), from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs (compare Sanskrit ????? (páthin)), from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh?s, from *pent- (“path”) (compare English find). Doublet of panth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [p????]
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): [p?ä??], [p????]
- IPA(key): /pæ?/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [p?æ?], [p????], [p?e??]
- (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): [p?a?], [p?æ?]
- Rhymes: -???, -æ?
Noun
path (plural paths)
- A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
- A course taken.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- (paganism) A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
- A metaphorical course.
- A method or direction of proceeding.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- (computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.
- (graph theory) A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
- (topology) A continuous map from the unit interval to a topological space .
- (rail transport) A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.
Synonyms
- (1): track, trail; see also Thesaurus:way
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
path (third-person singular simple present paths, present participle pathing, simple past and past participle pathed)
- (transitive) To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
- 1597, Michael Drayton, England's Heroical Epistles
- pathing young Henry's unadvised ways
- 1597, Michael Drayton, England's Heroical Epistles
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Noun
path (uncountable)
- (medicine, abbreviation) Pathology.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; June 2005]
- “path”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- Ptah, phat
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English pæþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz, from an Iranian language, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs.
Alternative forms
- paþ, peth, paþþe, paaþ, pathe, paththe, pað, paath
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?/, /pa??/, /p??/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
path (plural pathes)
- An informal or unpaved path or trail; a track.
- A choice or way of living; a doctrine.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A course or route.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A vessel or vein.
Related terms
- pathen
- pathyng
Descendants
- English: path
- Scots: paith
References
- “p??th, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-08.
Etymology 2
From path (noun).
Verb
path
- Alternative form of pathen
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pats
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pæts/
Noun
pats
- plural of pat
Verb
pats
- 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
- clap, crash
Noun
pats m or f (plural patsen)
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French
Noun
pats m
- plural of pat
Latvian
Pronoun
pats m
- self
Declension
Synonyms
- pati f
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master, ruler; husband”).
Noun
pàts m stress pattern 4
- husband
- 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
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