different between pato vs pate

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)

1. 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

1. 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

1. duck

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish pato (“duck”).

Noun

pato

1. duck

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pato]

Noun

pato f

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. 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

1. dam

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”).

Noun

pato

1. 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)

1. duck

Related terms

• patinho

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: patu
• Tok Pisin: pato

Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian pat (“bed”).

Noun

pato m (plural patura)

1. 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)

1. duck, drake

   Synonym: ánade

   Hypernym: anseriforme

   Coordinate terms: ánsar, barnacla, cisne, ganso, oca, porrón, serreta

2. (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)

1. acquisition
2. achievement
3. earning

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?.t?/

Noun

pato

1. duck (animal)

Related terms

• bibe

Tahitian

Verb

pato

1. break out

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Portuguese pato.

Noun

pato

1. duck

Derived terms

• pato man

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