patte

See also: patté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French patte.

Noun

patte (plural pattes)

1. A narrow band keeping a belt or sash in its place.

Anagrams

• tapet

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Danish

Etymology 1

Probably baby-talk. Compare Norwegian patte, Swedish patt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /patə/, [ˈpʰad̥ə] or IPA^(key): /pat/, [ˈpʰad̥]

Noun

patte or pat c (singular definite patten, plural indefinite patter)

1. teat, breast (of an animal)
2. (vulgar, chiefly in the plural) tits, boobs (the breasts of a woman)

Inflection

Declension of patte or pat

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	patte or pat	patten	patter	patterne
genitive	pattes or pats	pattens	patters	patternes

Derived terms

• falde til patten (“to come to heel”)
• hængepatte
• kopatte
• pattevorte

References

• “patte,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Derived from the noun. Compare Norwegian patte, Swedish patta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /patə/, [ˈpʰad̥ə]

Verb

patte (past tense pattede, past participle pattet)

1. to suck (to drink milk from the breast)
2. (informal) to suck (to have something in the mouth, with the preposition på)

Inflection

Inflection of patte

	present	past
simple	patter	pattede
perfect	har pattet	havde pattet
passive	pattes	—
participle	pattende	pattet
imperative	pat	—
infinitive	patte	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	patten	—

Derived terms

• pattebarn
• pattedyr
• patteflaske
• pattegris
• pattestiv
• pattet

References

• “patte,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Estonian

Noun

patte

1. partitive plural of patt

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French pade, pate (“paw, foot of an animal”), from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), borrowed from Frankish *patta (“paw, sole of the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *pat-, *paþa- (“to walk, tread, go, step”), of uncertain origin and relation. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-, *(s)pat- (“path; to walk”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *pent-, *pat- (“path; to go”).

Cognate with Dutch poot (“paw”), Low German pedden (“to step, tread”). Related to English pad, path.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/

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Noun

patte f (plural pattes)

1. paw (of animal)
2. leg (of animal)
3. (anatomy, informal) leg (of human)

Derived terms

• à quatre pattes
• bas les pattes
• coup de patte
• court sur pattes
• estomac à pattes
• estomac sur pattes
• fausse patte
• graisser la patte
• marcher à quatre pattes
• montrer patte blanche
• mouton à cinq pattes
• ne pas casser trois pattes à un canard
• pattes de mouche
• pattes d’éléphant
• pattes d’eph
• retomber sur ses pattes
• traîner la patte
• ventre à pattes
• ventre sur pattes

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pétât

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Italian

Noun

patte f pl

1. plural of patta

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Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

patte f (plural pattes)

1. (Jersey, nautical) fluke (arm of anchor)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Onomatopoeic (lydord)

Noun

patte m (definite singular patten, indefinite plural patter, definite plural pattene)

1. a teat (mammal (animal)), nipple (woman)
2. (informal) a woman's breast

Derived terms

• pattedyr

References

• “patte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “patte_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Onomatopoeic (lydord)

Noun

patte m (definite singular patten, indefinite plural pattar, definite plural pattane)
patte f (definite singular patta, indefinite plural patter, definite plural pattene)

1. a teat (mammal (animal)), nipple (woman)
2. (informal) a woman's breast

Derived terms

• pattedyr

References

• “patte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• पत्ते (Devanagari script)
• পত্তে (Bengali script)
• පත‍්තෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ပတ္တေ or ပတ်တေ (Burmese script)
• ปตฺเต or ปัตเต (Thai script)
• ᨷᨲ᩠ᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຕ຺ເຕ or ປັຕເຕ (Lao script)
• បត្តេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

patte

1. inflection of patta (“bowl”):
   1. ablative singular
   2. accusative plural
2. ablative singular of patta (“wing”)

Adjective

patte

1. masculine/neuter locative singular of patta, which is past participle of pāpuṇāti (“to reach”)
2. masculine accusative plural of patta, which is past participle of pāpuṇāti (“to reach”)
3. feminine vocative singular of patta, which is past participle of pāpuṇāti (“to reach”)

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Swedish

Etymology

Of imitative origin, similar to Danish patte.

Noun

patte c

1. (slang) A woman's breast; a tit

Declension

Declension of patte
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	patte	patten	pattar	pattarna
Genitive	pattes	pattens	pattars	pattarnas

Synonyms

• (formal) kvinnobröst
• bröst
• (slang) tutte

Anagrams

• petat, tapet