pate

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English pate, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortened form of Old French patene or Medieval Latin patena, both from Latin patina (“pan, dish”). Alternatively, perhaps akin to Old Frisian pote (“skull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

Noun

pate (plural pates)

1. (somewhat archaic) The head, particularly the top or crown.

   He had a shiny, bald pate.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 7:16:

     His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

2. (archaic) Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
   • 1598, Love's Labour's Lost, by Shakespeare

     I am resolved; 'tis but a three years' fast:

     The mind shall banquet, though the body pine:

     Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits

     Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits.

   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1

     I thank thee for that jest: here's a garment

     for't: wit shall not go unrewarded while I am king of

     this country: 'Steal by line and level,' is an excellent

     pass of pate: there's another garment for't.

Derived terms

• pated

Translations

top of the head

• Finnish: päälaki (fi)
• Russian: маку́шка (ru) f (makúška), ма́ковка (ru) f (mákovka)
• Scottish Gaelic: claigeann m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: corona (es) f
• Welsh: iad f

wit, cleverness

• Russian: ум (ru) m (um), рассу́док (ru) m (rassúdok)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: vivaracho (es)

See also

• capital

Etymology 2

Attested since circa 1700, from French pâté, from Old French paste, pastée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæt.eɪ/, /pæˈteɪ/
• Rhymes: -æteɪ, -eɪ

Noun

pate (plural pates)

1. Alternative spelling of pâté (finely-ground paste of meat, fish, etc.)
2. The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color.

Anagrams

• PETA, Paet, Peat, Peta, epta-, peat, peta-, tape, tepa

---

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpatɛ/

Noun

1. vocative singular of pat

---

Danish

Alternative forms

• paté

Etymology

From French pâté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pate/, [pʰaˈtˢe]
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

pate c (singular definite pateen, plural indefinite pateer)

1. pâté

Inflection

Declension of pate

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pate	pateen	pateer	pateerne
genitive	pates	pateens	pateers	pateernes

---

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: pà‧te

Noun

pate m (plural pati)

1. (obsolete) father

   Synonym: padre

References

• pate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

---

Japanese

Romanization

pate

1. Rōmaji transcription of パテ

---

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) patē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pateō

---

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• पते (Devanagari script)
• পতে (Bengali script)
• පතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ပတေ (Burmese script)
• ปเต or ปะเต (Thai script)
• ᨷᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ປເຕ or ປະເຕ (Lao script)
• បតេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

Verb

pate

1. singular optative active of patati (“to fall”)

---

Walloon

Noun

pate f (plural pates)

1. paw, leg