patty

See also: Patty

English

Etymology 1

From earlier meaning "small pie" from pattipan (“something baked in a small pan”), from French pâté (“liver paste, pâté”), from pâte (“pastry, dough, paste, batter”) + -é. Doublet of pate (“cheese portion”) and pâté (“finely-ground paste”) and related to pasta and paste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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.

   The cook fried the hamburger patty, then put it in a bun.

2. (Jamaica) A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.
3. (England, strictly MLE) A foolish or stupid person.

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent

• Czech: karbanátek (cs) m
• Finnish: pihvi (fi); jauhelihapihvi (fi), kasvispihvi
• German: Frikadelle (de) f, Bratling m
• Greek: μπιφτέκι (el) (biftéki)

  Ancient: ἰσίκιον n (isíkion)

• Hebrew: קְצִיצָה (he) f (qtzitzá)
• Hungarian: fasírt (hu)
• Latin: isicium n
• Polish: kotlet mielony (pl) m, hamburger (pl) m
• Russian: котлета (ru) (kotleta)
• Spanish: empanadilla (es) f, tortita f, hamburguesa (es) f
• Swedish: biff (sv) c (does not connotate beef as in bovine meat)
• Tagalog: masilya

pastry of various fillings

• Bulgarian: баничка f (banička)
• Czech: plněný bochánek
• Finnish: pasteija (fi), piirakka (fi)
• Jamaican Creole: patty

See also

• meatball
• rissole

Etymology 2

Adjective

patty (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of patté

   a cross patty

See also

• back-patty

Anagrams

• Pyatt, Tapty

Jamaican Creole

Two patty pon a plate.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpatɪ/
• 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)

   Dis need 10 more dalla fi buy patty and juice.

   If you want a Jamaican patty and something to drink, you'll need ten dollars extra.

See also

• coco bread

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 433