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

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)

Conjugation

Conjugation of patte

active passive present patter pattes past pattede — infinitive patte pattes imperative pat — participle present pattende past pattet (auxiliary verb have) gerund patten

Derived terms

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

References

• “patte,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Noun

patte

1. partitive plural of patt

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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• Homophones: pattes (general), pâte, pâtes (some speakers)

Noun

patte f (plural pattes)

1. paw (of animal)
2. leg (of animal)
3. (anatomy, informal) leg (of a human)
4. (anatomy, informal) hand (of a human)
5. (clothing) tab

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

Descendants

• ⇒ Mauritian Creole: lapat

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pétât

Italian

Noun

patte f pl

1. plural of patta

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)

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).

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.

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”)

Swedish

Etymology

Of imitative origin, similar to Danish patte.

Noun

patte c

1. (slang) a tit, a boob (woman's breast)

Declension

Declension of patte

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	patte	pattes
	definite	patten	pattens
plural	indefinite	pattar	pattars
	definite	pattarna	pattarnas

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• hängpatte

References

• “patte”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “patte”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “patte”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Fula Ordboken

Anagrams

• petat, tapet