patina

See also Patina, patína, and pátina

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin patina (“dish, pan”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpætɪnə/
• (US) IPA: /pəˈtɪn.ə/

Noun

patina (countable and uncountable; plural patinas)

1. (originally) A paten, flat type of dish
2. The color or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.
3. A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.

   patina colour:

4. (figuratively) A gloss or superficial layer.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Alison Winter to this entry?)

     It demonstrates how scientific authority could be constructed on the fly, as it were, by someone with no connections and no psychological credentials who offered a technique that had the patina of modern science […]

Hyponyms

• (color or incrustation which age and wear give to objects): verdigris

Derived terms

• patinaed

Related terms

• patella

Translations

receptacle

• Dutch: pateen (nl)
• French: patène (fr) f

• Italian: patina (it) f

color or incrustation which age and wear give to objects

• Dutch: patina (nl)
• Finnish: patina (fi)
• French: patine (fr) f
• German: Patina (de) f
• Japanese: 緑青 (ja) (ろくしょう (ja) rokushō)

• Polish: patyna (pl) f
• Russian: патина (ru) (patina)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏тина (sh) f

  Roman: pȁtina (sh) f

Colour

Adjective

patina (not comparable)

1. Of a green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.

Derived terms

• patinate, to coat with a patina

See also

• Appendix:Colors
• verdigris

Anagrams

• pinata, piñata, taipan

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Dutch

Etymology

From Italian patina, itself from Latin patina 'dish, pan'

Noun

patina n (^??? please provide the plural!, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green oxidation which covers aging coppers bronzes, coins and medals.

Derived terms

• patineren, to apply this color or a similar 'aged' effect

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Finnish

Noun

patina

1. patina (color or incrustation)

Declension

Declension of patina (type kulkija) singular plural nominative patina patinat genitive patinan patinoiden patinoitten patinain1 partitive patinaa patinoita accusative patina patinan patinat inessive patinassa patinoissa elative patinasta patinoista illative patinaan patinoihin adessive patinalla patinoilla ablative patinalta patinoilta allative patinalle patinoille essive patinana patinoina translative patinaksi patinoiksi instructive – patinoin abessive patinatta patinoitta comitative – patinoineen 1) Rare.

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French

Verb

patina

1. third-person singular past historic of patiner

Anagrams

• panait

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Italian

Noun

patina f (plural patine)

1. A patina (of age)
2. A coat, film, glaze, size, patina

Related terms

• patinare (verb)
• patinoso (adjective)

Verb

patina

1. third-person singular present indicative of patinare
2. second-person singular imperative of patinare

Anagrams

• panati, pianta, tapina

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian patina, from Latin patina (“dish, pan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pâtina/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧na

Noun

pȁtina f (Cyrillic spelling па̏тина)

1. patina (color or incrustation)
2. layer of sediments (usually on a facade or monuments)
3. (regional) shoe polish
4. a type of wine

Declension

    declension of patina

	singular	plural
nominative	patina	patine
genitive	patine	patina
dative	patini	patinama
accusative	patinu	patine
vocative	patino	patine
locative	patini	patinama
instrumental	patinom	patinama

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Spanish

Verb

patina (infinitive patinar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of patinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of patinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of patinar.