pat

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæt/, [pʰæt], [pʰæt̚], [pʰæˀt̚], enPR: pǎt
• 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 *blod-, *bled- (“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)

1. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep

2. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands

3. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pat (third-person singular simple present pats, present participle patting, simple past and past participle patted)

1. To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
2. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
3. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) To stroke or fondle (an animal). Compare pet.

4. To gently rain.

Derived terms

• pat down
• pat on the back (verb)

Translations

Adjective

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. Exactly suitable, fitting, apt; timely, convenient, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
2. Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hackneyed

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
2. Perfectly.

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

pat (plural pats)

1. Clipping of patent.
2. (knitting) Clipping of pattern.

Etymology 3

Clipping of patrician.

Adjective

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. (slang) Upper-class, nobby.

See also

Further reading

• “pat”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “pat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “pat”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Jonathon Green (2024) “pat adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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

pat

1. participle of kam (present)
2. participle of pata (aorist)

Related terms

• pasuri
• kam
• pata

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• patu
• pãtsãscu

Etymology

From Latin patior. Compare Daco-Romanian păți.

Verb

pat first-singular present indicative (past participle pãtsitã)

1. to experience, undergo (something bad, unpleasant, unexpected, etc.)

Related terms

• pãtsiri / pãtsire
• pãtsit

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Bariai

Noun

pat

1. stone

References

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

Belait

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Bintulu

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Bunun

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Classifier

pat

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 坺 (pet6)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

pat

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 噼 (pet1)

Chuj

Noun

pat

1. house

Chuukese

Adjective

pat

1. cold

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpat]

Etymology 1

Via German Patt and French pat, from Italian patta.

Noun

pat m inan

1. (chess) stalemate
2. stalemate (blocked situation)

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

pat f

1. genitive plural of pata

References

Further reading

• pat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/, [ˈpʰad̥]

Noun

pat c

1. stalemate
2. alternative form of patte (“teat”)

Verb

pat

1. imperative of patte (“to suck”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑt/
• Hyphenation: pat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta.

Noun

pat n (uncountable)

1. (chess) tie, draw, stalemate

Derived terms

• patstelling

Etymology 2

Noun

pat c (plural patten, diminutive patje n)

1. (cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout.

Eskayan

Numeral

pat

1. four

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian patta (“tie, draw”), influenced by mat (“mate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/

Noun

pat m (plural pats)

1. (chess) stalemate

Descendants

• → German: Patt
• → Greek: πατ (pat)
• → Polish: pat
• → Serbo-Croatian: pat
• → Slovak: pat

Further reading

• “pat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/

Etymology 1

From French pâte.

Noun

pat

1. dough
2. paste
3. shoe polish
4. toothpaste

Etymology 2

Contraction

pat

1. Contraction of pa te.

   Li pat di m sa. ― She didn't tell me that.

References

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Hokkien

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰaːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

pat n (genitive singular pats, no plural)

1. gesticulation, gesture

Declension

Related terms

• pata

Anagrams

• apt
• tap

Indonesian

Numeral

pat

1. Clipping of empat.

Javanese

Alternative forms

• papat

Etymology

From Old Javanese pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Krio

Etymology

From English part.

Noun

pat

1. part

Lamaholot

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Latin

Verb

pāt

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of pāscō

Latvian

Particle

pat

1. even

Lithuanian

Etymology

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

Particle

pàt (indeclinable)

1. very, right (to emphasize location)

   čia pat ― right here

   iš pat dugno ― from the very bottom

2. very, right (to emphasize time)

   dabar pat ― right now

   iki pat saulėlydžio ― right until sunset

3. very, same (to emphasize sameness)

   tas pat žmogus ― the very person

   tokia pat spalva ― the same color (literally, “just such a color”)

References

Further reading

• “pat”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “pat”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *patto. Cognates include Estonian patt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑt/

Noun

pat

1. sin

References

• Lauri Kettunen (1938) Livisches Wörterbuch mit grammatischer Einleitung, Helsinki, page 277

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Maia

Noun

pat

1. stone

Malay

Alternative forms

• empat
• ĕmpat
• ampat
• ămpat
• امڤت
• ڤت

Etymology

Shortened form of empat, from Proto-Malayic *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/
• Rhymes: -pat, -at

Numeral

pat (Jawi spelling ڤت)

1. Alternative form of empat

Descendants

Manggarai

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Maranao

Etymology

Akin to Maguindanao upat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Marshallese

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *pasa, from Proto-Oceanic *basa, an alternative form of Proto-Oceanic *pasa.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲɑtˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲætˠ/
• Bender phonemes:

Noun

pat

1. swamp

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Murik (New Guinea)

Numeral

pat

1. four

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta, probably from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: pat
• Homophone: pad

Noun

pat m animal (diminutive pacik)

1. (chess) stalemate
2. (figuratively, by extension) stalemate (any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• pat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Rejang Kayan

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Rembong

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Romanian

Etymology

Often thought to be from Greek πάτος (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 păta, boteza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat/
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

pat n (plural paturi)

1. bed

Declension

Related terms

• pătură

References

References

• pat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pat.

Pronunciation

Noun

pat m (Cyrillic spelling пат)

1. (chess) stalemate

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French pat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat/

Noun

pat m inan (genitive singular patu, nominative plural paty, genitive plural patov, declension pattern of dub)

1. (chess) stalemate

Declension

Derived terms

• patový

Further reading

• “pat”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Toba Batak

Noun

pat

1. foot

References

• Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 146.

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha)

Noun

pat

1. stupa

Volapük

Etymology

From French particularité.

Noun

pat (nominative plural pats)

1. particularity

Declension

Yucatec Maya

Noun

pat

1. school shark

Zou

Noun

pat

1. cotton

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf