patena
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See also: pátena
English
Etymology 1
From Ecclesiastical Latin patena.
Noun
patena (plural patenas)
- Alternative spelling of paten (“plate for the host in the Eucharist”)
Etymology 2
Noun
patena (plural patenas)
- Alternative spelling of patana (“hilly grassland”)
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin patēna, from Classical Latin patina. Doublet of pàtina.
Pronunciation
Noun
patena f (plural patenes)
Further reading
- “patena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin patena.
Noun
patena (plural patena-patena)
- (Catholicism) paten: The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
Italian
Noun
patena f (plural patene)
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧te‧na
Noun
patena f (plural patenas)
- Alternative form of pátena
Spanish
Noun
patena f (plural patenas)
Further reading
- “patena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10