German

Noun

Patina f ‎(genitive Patina, plural Patinas)

1. patina

English

Noun

patina ‎(countable and uncountable, plural patinas or patinae)

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

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧na

Etymology

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

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

Finnish

Noun

patina

1. patina (color or incrustation)

Declension

French

Verb

patina

1. third-person singular past historic of patiner

Anagrams

• panait

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

Latin

Etymology

From pateō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ti.na/, [ˈpa.tɪ.na]

Noun

patina f ‎(genitive patinae); first declension

1. A broad, shallow dish, a pan, stewpan
2. A kind of cake
3. A crib, manger

Inflection

First declension.

References

• patina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• patina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PATINA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “patina”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• patina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patina in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of patinar

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

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.