English

Proper noun

Pat (plural Pats)

1. A short form of the female given name Patricia.
2. A short form of the male given name Patrick.

Quotations

• 2006 Anne Tyler, Digging to America, Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0307263940, page 25:

  Pat and Lou, their names were. The man was Pat and the woman was Lou, or was it the other way around? Maryam knew she was going to have trouble with that.

Derived terms

• on the Pat and Mick

Translations

Anagrams

• APT, ap't, apt, apt., ATP, PTA, TAP, tap

English

Noun

pat ‎(plural pats)

1. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
2. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
3. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
   • Charles Dickens

     It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter.

Derived terms

• pat on the back (n.)
• patter
• pitter-pat: a diminutive of footfalls. "the pitter-pat of little feet running around the house."

See also

• one one's pat

Translations

Verb

pat ‎(third-person singular simple present pats, present participle patting, simple past and past participle patted)

1. To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.

   To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.

   • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22

     He came round to each of us to pat and speak to us for the last time; his voice sounded very sad.

2. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat

   I patted the cookie dough into shape.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.

3. (Australia, New Zealand) To stroke or fondle (an animal).

   Do you want to pat the cat?

4. To gently rain.

Derived terms

• pat down
• pat on the back (v.)

Translations

Adjective

pat ‎(comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken

   a pat expression

   • 1788, Cowper, Pity for Africans, p 18

     A story so pat, you may think it is coined.

2. trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality
   • 2010, New York Times, Editorial: Jobs and the Class of 2010, May 23.

     The pat answer is that college students should consider graduate school as a way to delay a job search until things turn around, and that more high school students should go to college to improve their prospects.

Derived terms

• pat hand

Adverb

pat ‎(comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
   • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet III.iii

     Now might I do it pat

2. Perfectly.

   He has the routine down pat.

Derived terms

• pat in the middle

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

pat ‎(plural pats)

1. patent
2. (knitting) pattern
   • 2012, Kari Cornell, Knitting Sweaters from around the World (page 52)

     Work in pat to next underarm marker, sm, place next st on holder […]

Anagrams

• APT, ap't, apt, apt., ATP, PTA, TAP, tap

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• patu, pãtsãscu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *patiō < Latin patior. Compare Romanian păți.

Verb

pat (past participle pãtsitã)

1. I experience, undergo. (something bad, unpleasant, unexpected, etc.)

Related terms

• pãtsiri/pãtsire
• pãtsit

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Bintulu

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Bunun

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Chuukese

Adjective

pat

1. cold

Czech

Etymology

Via German Patt and French pat from Italian patta.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/

Noun

pat m

1. (chess) stalemate
2. stalemate (blocked situation)

Declension

French

Etymology

From Italian patta ‎(“tie, draw”), influenced by mat ‎(“mate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/

Noun

pat m ‎(plural pats)

1. (chess) stalemate

Descendants

• Greek: πατ n ‎(pat)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰaːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

pat n ‎(genitive singular pats, no plural)

1. gesticulation, gesture

Declension

Related terms

• pata

Anagrams

• apt
• tap

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pat, shortened form of empat, from Proto-Malayic *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əmpat, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. Alternative form of empat

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese pat, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Alternative forms

• papat

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Lamaholot

Etymology

From Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Latvian

Particle

pat

1. even

Lojban

Rafsi

pat

1. rafsi of pante.

Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of empat, from Proto-Malayic *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əmpat, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Alternative forms

• empat
• ĕmpat
• ampat
• ămpat
• امڤت
• ڤت

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/
• Rhymes: -pat, -at

Numeral

pat ‎(Jawi spelling ڤت)

1. Alternative form of empat

Descendants

Manggarai

Etymology

From Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Min Nan

Alternative forms

• bat to know somebody

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ pat˩˩ ]

Noun

pat ‎(POJ, traditional and simplified 捌 or 八)

1. eight

Usage notes

• peh/poeh is used when referring to amounts, whereas pat is used for years and telephone numbers, bank account numbers etc.

Verb

pat ‎(POJ, traditional and simplified 捌 or 八)

1. to know somebody; to recognize
2. to be familiar with

Synonyms

• trad. 認識, simpl. 认识 jīn-sek to know somebody

References

• 台灣話大詞典　(Tâi-ôan-ōe tōa-sû-tián), ISBN 9573240785, 2000

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/

Noun

pat m anim

1. (chess) stalemate

Declension

Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Rejang Kayan

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Rembong

Etymology

From Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. (cardinal) four

Romanian

Etymology

Often thought to be from Greek πάτος ‎(pátos, “path”), but also possibly from Latin pactum ("fastened, fixed, planted"), with the loss of the p in the normal result, *papt. ^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/

Noun

pat n ‎(plural paturi)

1. bed

Declension

Related terms

• pătură

References

1. ↑ pat in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
2. ↑ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary

Slovak

Etymology

From French pat.

Noun

pat m ‎(genitive singular patu, nominative plural paty, declension pattern of dub)

1. (chess) stalemate

Declension

Derived terms

• patový -á -é

Volapük

Etymology

From French particularité

Noun

pat ‎(plural pats)

1. particularity

Declension