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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French patte.
Noun
patte (plural pattes)
- A narrow band keeping a belt or sash in its place.
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Danish
Etymology 1
Probably baby-talk. Compare Norwegian patte, Swedish patt.
Pronunciation
Noun
patte or pat c (singular definite patten, plural indefinite patter)
- teat, breast (of an animal)
- (vulgar, chiefly in the plural) tits, boobs (the breasts of a woman)
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patte or pat
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Etymology 2
Derived from the noun. Compare Norwegian patte, Swedish patta.
Pronunciation
Verb
patte (past tense pattede, past participle pattet)
- to suck (to drink milk from the breast)
- (informal) to suck (to have something in the mouth, with the preposition på)
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Estonian
Noun
patte
- 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
Noun
patte f (plural pattes)
- paw (of animal)
- leg (of animal)
- (anatomy, informal) leg (of a human)
- (anatomy, informal) hand (of a human)
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Italian
Noun
patte f pl
- 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)
- (Jersey, nautical) fluke (arm of anchor)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Onomatopoeic (lydord)
Noun
patte m (definite singular patten, indefinite plural patter, definite plural pattene)
- a teat (mammal (animal)), nipple (woman)
- (informal) a woman's breast
Derived terms
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)
- a teat (mammal (animal)), nipple (woman)
- (informal) a woman's breast
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Pali
Noun
patte
- inflection of patta (“bowl”):
- ablative singular
- accusative plural
- ablative singular of patta (“wing”)
Adjective
patte
- masculine/neuter locative singular of patta, which is past participle of pāpuṇāti (“to reach”)
- masculine accusative plural of patta, which is past participle of pāpuṇāti (“to reach”)
- 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
- (slang) a tit, a boob (woman's breast)
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