patina

See also: Patina, patína, and pátina

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French patine (“patina”), from Latin patina (“dish, pan”), from Ancient Greek πατάν (patán), from Proto-Indo-European *pet-ano-, from *pete (“to spread out”), same source as πέταλον (pétalon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpætɪnə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈtin.ə/

Noun

patina (countable and uncountable, plural patinas)

1. (originally) A paten, flat type of dish
2. The color or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.
3. A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.

   patina colour:

4. (figuratively) A gloss or superficial layer.
   • 2012, Alison Winter, Memory: Fragments of a Modern History

     It demonstrates how scientific authority could be constructed on the fly, as it were, by someone with no connections and no psychological credentials who offered a technique that had the patina of modern science […]

Hyponyms

• (color or incrustation which age and wear give to objects): verdigris

Derived terms

• patinaed

Related terms

• patella

Translations

receptacle

• Dutch: pateen (nl)
• French: patène (fr) f

• Italian: patina f
• Romanian: patină (ro) f

color or incrustation which age and wear give to objects

• Catalan: pàtina f
• Dutch: patina (nl)
• Finnish: patina (fi)
• French: patine (fr) f
• German: Patina (de) f
• Japanese: 緑青 (ろくしょう, rokushō)
• Polish: patyna (pl) f

• Portuguese: pátina f
• Romanian: patină (ro) f
• Russian: патина (ru) (patina)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏тина f

  Roman: pȁtina f

• Spanish: pátina f

Colour

Adjective

patina (not comparable)

1. Of a green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.

Derived terms

• patinate, to coat with a patina

See also

• Appendix:Colors
• verdigris

Anagrams

• pinata, piñata, taipan

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Dutch

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Etymology

From Italian patina, itself from Latin patina 'dish, pan'

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧na

Noun

patina n (uncountable)

1. The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green oxidation which covers aging coppers, bronzes, coins and medals.

Derived terms

• patineren, to apply this color or a similar 'aged' effect

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Finnish

Noun

patina

1. patina (color or incrustation)

Declension

Inflection of patina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		patina	patinat
accusative	nom.?	patina	patinat
	gen.	patinan
genitive		patinan	patinoiden patinoitten patinainrare
partitive		patinaa	patinoita
inessive		patinassa	patinoissa
elative		patinasta	patinoista
illative		patinaan	patinoihin
adessive		patinalla	patinoilla
ablative		patinalta	patinoilta
allative		patinalleˣ	patinoilleˣ
essive		patinana	patinoina
translative		patinaksi	patinoiksi
instructive		—	patinoin
abessive		patinatta	patinoitta
comitative		—	patinoineen

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French

Verb

patina

1. third-person singular past historic of patiner

Anagrams

• panait

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Italian

Noun

patina f (plural patine)

1. A patina (of age)
2. A coat, film, glaze, size, patina

Related terms

• patinare (verb)
• patinoso (adjective)

Verb

patina

1. third-person singular present indicative of patinare
2. second-person singular imperative of patinare

Anagrams

• panati, pianta, tapina

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian patina, from Latin patina (“dish, pan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâtina/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧na

Noun

pȁtina f (Cyrillic spelling па̏тина)

1. patina (color or incrustation)
2. layer of sediments (usually on a facade or monuments)
3. (regional) shoe polish
4. a type of wine

Declension

    declension of patina

	singular	plural
nominative	patina	patine
genitive	patine	patina
dative	patini	patinama
accusative	patinu	patine
vocative	patino	patine
locative	patini	patinama
instrumental	patinom	patinama

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Spanish

Verb

patina

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of patinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of patinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of patinar.

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Portuguese

Verb

patina

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of patinar
2. second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of patinar