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pato
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pato (literally “duck”), since it was originally played with a live duck inside a basket instead of a ball.
Noun
pato (uncountable)
- The national sport of Argentina, a game played on horseback that combines elements of polo and basketball.
Anagrams
- POTA, atop
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pato.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pat?u/, /?pat??/
- Hyphenation: pa?to
Noun
pátu
- a duck; any member of the ducks form taxon in the family "Anatidae"
Anagrams
- atop, otap, tapo, taop
Chamicuro
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pato.
Noun
pato
- duck
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish pato (“duck”).
Noun
pato
- duck
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pato]
Noun
pato f
- vocative singular of pata
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin patella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pato/
- Hyphenation: pa?to
- Rhymes: -ato
- Audio:
Noun
pato (accusative singular paton, plural patoj, accusative plural patojn)
- pan
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pad?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?to/, [?p?t?o?]
- Rhymes: -?to
- Syllabification: pa?to
Noun
pato
- dam, dike
Declension
Derived terms
Compounds
Anagrams
- paot
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pato (13th century, Alfonso X), of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pat?]
Noun
pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)
- duck; drake
- Synonyms: lavanco, parro, parrulo
References
- “pato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “pato” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “pato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “pato” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pato” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ingrian
Noun
pato
- dam
Karao
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”).
Noun
pato
- duck
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese pato (“duck”), from Andalusian Arabic ????? (pa??), from Arabic ????? (ba??, “duck”), from Persian ??? (bat, “duck”). Cognate with Galician pato, Spanish pato and Swahili bata.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /?pa.tu/
Noun
pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)
- duck
Related terms
- patinho
Descendants
- Kabuverdianu: patu
- Tok Pisin: pato
Romani
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian pat (“bed”).
Noun
pato m (plural patura)
- bed
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (pá??), from Arabic ????? (ba??, “duck”), from Persian ??? (bat, “duck”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)
- duck, drake
- Synonym: ánade
- Hypernym: anseriforme
- Coordinate terms: ánsar, barnacla, cisne, ganso, oca, porrón, serreta
- (vulgar, slang, Antilles, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Puerto Rico) homosexual, faggot
- Synonyms: marica, marico, maricón, puto
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
pato (ma class, plural mapato)
- acquisition
- achievement
- earning
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa?.t?/
Noun
pato
- duck (animal)
Related terms
- bibe
Tahitian
Verb
pato
- break out
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Portuguese pato.
Noun
pato
- duck
Derived terms
- pato man
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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)
- The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
- A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
- To gently rain.
Derived terms
- pat down
- pat on the back (v.)
Translations
Adjective
pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)
- 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.
- 1788, Cowper, Pity for Africans, p 18
- 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.
- 2010, New York Times, Editorial: Jobs and the Class of 2010, May 23.
Derived terms
- pat hand
Adverb
pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)
- Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet III.iii
- Now might I do it pat
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet III.iii
- 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.
- 1922, "At the Wauwatosa Table" (1922 Sept 22), City Club News, Milwaukee, vol viii no. 2 p. 7
Translations
See also
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Noun
pat (plural pats)
- Patent.
- (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 […]
- 2012, Kari Cornell, Knitting Sweaters from around the World (page 52)
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
- participle of kam (present)
- 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)
- 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
- four
Bariai
Noun
pat
- 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
- four
Bunun
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.
Numeral
pat
- four
Central Melanau
Etymology
From Proto-North Sarawak *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.
Numeral
pat
- four
Chinese
Chuukese
Adjective
pat
- cold
Czech
Etymology
Via German Patt and French pat, from Italian patta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pat/
Noun
pat m
- (chess) stalemate
- stalemate (blocked situation)
Declension
Noun
pat f
- 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
- alternative form of patte (“teat”)
Verb
pat
- 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)
- (chess) tie, draw, stalemate
Derived terms
- patstelling
Etymology 2
Noun
pat c (plural patten, diminutive patje n)
- (cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout.
Eskayan
Numeral
pat
- four
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian patta (“tie, draw”), influenced by mat (“mate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pat/
Noun
pat m (plural pats)
- (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)
- 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
- 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
- four
Lamaholot
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.
Numeral
pat
- four
Latvian
Particle
pat
- even
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *patto. Cognates include Estonian patt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?t/
Noun
pat
- 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
- four
Maia
Noun
pat
- 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 ??)
- 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
- four
Maranao
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.
Numeral
pat
- 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
- swamp
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
Old Javanese
Etymology
From from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.
Numeral
pat
- 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
- (chess) stalemate
Declension
Puyuma
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.
Numeral
pat
- four
Rejang Kayan
Etymology
From Proto-North Sarawak *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.
Numeral
pat
- four
Rembong
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.
Numeral
pat
- 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)
- 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 ???)
- (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)
- (chess) stalemate
Declension
Derived terms
- patový
Further reading
- pat in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Tocharian B
Noun
pat
- stupa
Volapük
Etymology
From French particularité.
Noun
pat (nominative plural pats)
- particularity
Declension
Zou
Noun
pat
- cotton
References
- http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf
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