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* Czech: {{t|cs|záplata|f}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|záplata|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|lap|c}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|lap|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lap|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|paikka}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|paikka}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pièce|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pièce|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|remendo|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|remendo|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Flicken|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Flicken|m}}, {{t+|de|Lappen|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μπάλωμα|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μπάλωμα|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|πλήρωμα|n|tr=plḗrōma}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pezza|f}}, {{t+|it|toppa|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pezza|f}}, {{t+|it|toppa|f}}
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* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|ipvahu|c7|c8}}
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* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|ipvahu|c7|c8}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پینه|tr=pine|sc=fa-Arab}}, {{t+|fa|وصله|tr=vasle|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پینه|tr=pine|sc=fa-Arab}}, {{t+|fa|وصله|tr=vasle|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|łata|f}}, {{t|pl|łatka|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|łata|f}}, {{t|pl|łatka|f}}

Revision as of 02:23, 18 February 2018

See also: Patch

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English patche, pacche, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of earlier (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English placche (“patch, spot, piece of cloth”) (for loss of l, compare pat from plat, fag from flag, etc.), probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English *plæċ, *plecc (“a spot, mark, patch”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”), related to Middle English plecke (whence dialectal English pleck (“plot of ground, patch”)), West Frisian plak (“place, spot”), Low German Plakk, Plakke (“spot, piece, patch”), Dutch plek (“spot, place, stain, patch”), Dutch plak (“piece, slab”), Swedish plagg (“garment”), Faroese plagg (“cloth, rag”).

Alternatively, perhaps a variant of Middle English pece (“piece”), from Old French pieche (“piece”), from Vulgar Latin *pettia, probably from Gaulish pettsi (“piece, bit”). Compare also Old Occitan petaç (“patch”).

Noun

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patch (plural patches)

  1. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
    His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away.
  2. A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
    I can't afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. I'll have the roofer apply a patch.
  3. A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to be a temporary fix and the size of the repair is irrelevant).
    This usage can mean that the repair is temporary because it is an early but necessary step in the process of properly, completely repairing something,
    Before you can fix a dam, you have to apply a patch to the hole so that everything can dry off.
    or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
    "This patch should hold until you reach the city," the mechanic said as he patted the car's hood.
  4. A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
    The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s.
    The storms last summer washed away parts of the road so we can expect some rough patches up ahead.
    To me, a normal cow is white with black patches, but Sarah's from Texas and most of the cows there have solid brown, black, or red coats.
    Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny?
    I lost my locket in this patch of grass here.
    When ice skating, be sure to stay away from reeds: there are always thin patches of ice there, and you could fall through.
    I never get first place because on track eight, right after you pass the windmill, there's a patch of oil in the road that always gets me.
  5. (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
    Scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
  6. An area of professional responsibility
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  7. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty; an imitation beauty mark.
    • Beaumont and Fletcher
      Your black patches you wear variously.
  8. (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
  9. (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin; the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
    Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine.
  10. (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
    He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.
  11. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
  13. (computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
  14. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
  15. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
  16. (often patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
  17. A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
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Translations
medicine: cover worn over a damaged eye — see eyepatch
a small, distinct part of something larger - period of time
figuratively: fit — see fit
paltry fellow — see fool
computing: patch file — see patch file
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Verb

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  1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
    MY coat needs patching.
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  2. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
  3. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
  4. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
  5. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
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      [the control panel of hovercraft The Logos has lit up after being jumped by The Hammer]
      Sparky: She lives again.
      Crew member of The Hammer via radio: You want us to patch an uplink to reload the software, Sparky?
      Sparky: Yeah, that'd be swell. And can you clean the windshield while you're at it?
  6. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
    a truce has been patched up.
  7. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
    1. To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
    2. To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
  8. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
    I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer.
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Etymology 2

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Some say from It. pacchio”)

Noun

patch (plural patches)

  1. (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
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French

Noun

patch f (plural patchs)

  1. (computing) patch (piece of code used to fix a bug)
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