patena

See also: pátena

English

Etymology 1

From Ecclesiastical Latin patena.

Noun

patena (plural patenas)

1. Alternative spelling of paten (“plate for the host in the Eucharist”).

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit पतन (patana).

Noun

patena (plural patenas)

1. Alternative spelling of patana (“hilly grassland”).

Anagrams

• Patane

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin patēna, from Classical Latin patina. Doublet of pàtina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pəˈte̞.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəˈtə.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [pəˈtɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [paˈte.na]

Noun

patena f (plural patenes)

1. paten

Further reading

• “patena”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /paˈtena/ [paˈt̪e.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: pa‧te‧na

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin patēna, from Classical Latin patina. Doublet of patina.

Noun

patena (plural patena-patena)

1. (Catholicism) paten: the plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Buginese [Term?].

Noun

patena (plural patena-patena)

1. (dialectal) requirements, that must be met in order to receive knowledge or to recover from illness

Further reading

• “patena”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Noun

patena f (plural patene)

1. paten

Anagrams

• panate, penata

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtẽ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈte.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: pa‧te‧na

Noun

patena f (plural patenas)

1. alternative form of pátena

Further reading

• “patena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “patena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtena/ [paˈt̪e.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: pa‧te‧na

Noun

patena f (plural patenas)

1. paten

Further reading

• “patena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patena (“paten”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈtena/ [pɐˈt̪ɛː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: pa‧te‧na

Noun

patena (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜒᜈ)

1. (Christianity) paten