pat

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 Adverb 1.2.3.1 Translations 1.2.4 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Noun 4 Indonesian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Min Nan 5.1 Alternative spellings 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 5.4 Usage notes 5.5 Verb 5.6 See also 6 Polish 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Declension 7 Romanian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 Declension 8 Slovak 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Derived terms 9 Volapük 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pæt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -æt

[edit] Etymology 1

Originally probably imitative.

[edit] 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.

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to 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.

   To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.

2. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat

   I patted the cookie dough into shape.

3. To gently rain.

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Finnish: taputtaa fi(fi) French: tapoter

German: tätscheln de(de) Telugu: తట్టు te(te) (taTTu)

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pat

1. opportunely, in a timely or suitable way

   1600: Now might I do it pat — William Shakespeare, Hamlet III.iii

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• Finnish: sopivasti, sattuvasti

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strike hit

feel name

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Abbreviation.

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pat (plural pats)

1. patent

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• apt
• tap

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pat m.

1. stalemate (chess)

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pat m. (plural pats)

1. stalemate (chess)

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Common Oceanian

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pat (a shorter form of empat)

1. four

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[edit] Min Nan

simplified	捌 or 八
traditional	捌 or 八

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• bat to know somebody

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• IPA: [ pat˩˩ ]

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pat (POJ, traditional and simplified 捌 or 八)

1. eight

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• peh/poeh is used when referring to amounts, whereas pat is used for years and telephone numbers, bank account numbers etc.

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pat (POJ, traditional and simplified 捌 or 八)

1. to know somebody; to recognize
2. to be familiar with

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• trad. 認識, simpl. 认识 rènshi to know somebody

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pat m.

1. stalemate

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	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pat	paty
Genitive	patu	patów
Dative	patowi	patom
Accusative	pat	paty
Instrumental	patem	patami
Locative	pacie	patach
Vocative	pacie	paty

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From Greek

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pat n. (plural paturi)

1. bed

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pat m, paty pl

pat stem

patu gensg

1. a stalemate in a game of chess

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• patový -á -é

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[edit] Volapük

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pat	pats
Accusative	pati	patis
Genitive	pata	patas
Dative	pate	pates

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French particularité

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pat

1. particularity