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English

Noun

patt

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of pattern.
   • 2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 305)

     Cont in patt until work measures 10cm (4in). Break off B and join in C.

Anagrams

• TATP, attP, tapt

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *patto. Cognate to Votic pattu (“sin”), dialectal Finnish patto (“crime”) and Karelian patto (“evil, mad”).

Noun

patt (genitive patu, partitive pattu)

1. sin

Declension

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Italian patta (“stalemate [in chess]”).

Noun

patt (genitive pati, partitive patti)

1. (chess) stalemate - position where a player has no legal moves, but the king is not mate, resulting in a remis (draw)

Declension

German

Etymology

From French pat.

Pronunciation

Adjective

patt (not comparable)

1. (chess) in stalemate (said of a situation where one player is not in check but still has no legal move)
2. deadlocked

Derived terms

• patt setzen

Related terms

• Patt

Further reading

• “patt” in Duden online

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish pat, from Italian patta (“draw, tie”), from Old High German pfeit, from Proto-Germanic *paid? (“coat, smock, shirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?aht/
• Rhymes: -aht

Adjective

patt (indeclinable)

1. (chess) in a state of stalemate; not able to move any piece without compromising the king

Noun

patt n (genitive singular patts, no plural)

1. (chess) stalemate

Declension

Synonyms

• (stalemate): pattstaða

Maltese

Etymology

From Sicilian pattu and/or Italian patto, from Latin pactum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/

Noun

patt m (plural pattijiet)

1. pact, agreement

Swedish

Noun

patt c

1. (chess) stalemate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pâté. Doublet of pasta and paste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæti/
• Homophones: paddy, Paddy (in accents with flapping)
• Rhymes: -æti

Noun

patty (plural patties)

1. (US, Australia, New Zealand) A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.

2. (Jamaican) A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.

Derived terms

• cow patty
• Jamaican patty
• patty case
• patty shell
• Peppermint Patty
• York Peppermint Pattie

Translations

See also

• meatball
• rissole

Anagrams

• Pyatt

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pat?/
• Hyphenation: pa?tty

Noun

patty (plural: patty dem, quantified: patty)

1. a Jamaican patty; a pastry that contains various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric. (Jamaican pastry)

See also

• coco bread

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 433