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From Middle English *patten, alteration (with loss of medial l) of platten, pletten (“to pat”), from Old English plættan (“to buffet, strike, slap, smack, give a sounding blow”), from Proto-West Germanic *plattjan, from Proto-Germanic *plat- (“to strike, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *blod-, *bled- (“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Middle Dutch platten, pletten (“to strike, bruise, crush, rub”), German platzen (“to split, burst, break up”), Bavarian patzen (“to pat”), Swedish plätta, pjätta (“to pat, tap”). For loss of l, compare patch for platch; pate for plate, etc. See plat.

Clipping of patrician.

Various origins: * Borrowed from Yucatec Maya Pat. This surname is mostly found in Yucatán. * Borrowed from Khmer.

From Middle English pat (“a blow, stroke”), alteration (with loss of medial l) of *plat (> Scots plat (“a blow, buffet”)), from Old English plætt (“a sounding blow, a smack”), from Proto-West Germanic *platt (“a smack, slap, blow”), from Proto-Germanic *plat- (“to strike, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *blod-, *bled- (“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Middle Dutch plat (“a smack, blow, slap”), Middle Low German plat (“a smack, blow, beating”), Middle High German plaz, blaz (“a resounding blow, bang, crash”). For loss of l, compare patch for platch; pate for plate, etc. See plat.

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: ad-hoc — exactly suitable
• French: bateau — trite
• French: banal — trite
• Bulgarian: навреме (navreme) — opportunely
• Bulgarian: на място (na mjasto) — opportunely
• Finnish: sopivasti — opportunely
• Finnish: sattuvasti — opportunely
• Finnish: oikein — opportunely
• Slovak: Paťa — diminutive of Patricia
• Manx: Padeen — diminutive of Patrick
• Slovak: Paťo — diminutive of Patrick
• French: PAT — Pointe-aux-Trembles
• Polish: PAT — Pointe-aux-Trembles
• Bulgarian: пляскане (pljaskane) — sound of a light slap or tap
• Finnish: taputus — sound of a light slap or tap
• German: Tapser — sound of a light slap or tap
• Portuguese: batidinha — sound of a light slap or tap
• Portuguese: estalo — sound of a light slap or tap
• Russian: похло́пывание (poxlópyvanije) — sound of a light slap or tap
• Bulgarian: потупване (potupvane) — light tap or slap
• Catalan: toc — light tap or slap
• Catalan: copet — light tap or slap
• Esperanto: frapeto — light tap or slap
• Finnish: taputus — light tap or slap
• French: tape — light tap or slap
• German: Klaps — light tap or slap
• Hungarian: paskolás — light tap or slap
• Hungarian: lapogatás — light tap or slap
• Irish: boiseog — light tap or slap
• Portuguese: batidinha — light tap or slap
• Portuguese: tapinha — light tap or slap
• Spanish: palmada — light tap or slap
• Spanish: palmazo — light tap or slap
• Spanish: apapacho — light tap or slap
• Spanish: apapuche — light tap or slap
• Spanish: palmadita — light tap or slap
• Swedish: klapp — light tap or slap
• Ottoman Turkish: دستك (destek) — light tap or slap
• Finnish: nokare — flattish lump of soft matter
• French: motte — flattish lump of soft matter
• French: bouse — flattish lump of soft matter
• German: Flatschen — flattish lump of soft matter
• German: Fladen — flattish lump of soft matter
• German: Flädchen — flattish lump of soft matter
• German: Portion — flattish lump of soft matter
• Hungarian: paca — flattish lump of soft matter
• Italian: panetto — flattish lump of soft matter
• Norman: palette — flattish lump of soft matter
• Bulgarian: потупвам (potupvam) — to tap gently
• Catalan: acariciar — to tap gently
• Catalan: donar copets (a l'esquena) — to tap gently
• Catalan: passar la mà — to tap gently
• Chinese Mandarin: 拍 (pāi) — to tap gently
• Esperanto: tapeti — to tap gently
• Finnish: taputtaa — to tap gently
• French: tapoter — to tap gently
• German: tippen — to tap gently
• German: tätscheln — to tap gently
• Gujarati: થાબડવું (thābaṛvũ) — to tap gently
• Hungarian: paskol — to tap gently
• Hungarian: lapogat — to tap gently
• Irish: slíoc — to tap gently
• Japanese: 撫でる (naderu) — to tap gently
• Japanese: 摩する (sasuru) — to tap gently
• Māori: pōpō — to tap gently
• Māori: hokomirimiri — to tap gently
• Māori: taupaki — to tap gently
• Portuguese: dar um tapinha — to tap gently
• Russian: похло́пывать (poxlópyvatʹ) — to tap gently
• Russian: хло́пать (xlópatʹ) — to tap gently
• Russian: похло́пать (poxlópatʹ) — to tap gently
• Scottish Gaelic: slìog — to tap gently
• Spanish: dar una palmadita — to tap gently
• Spanish: acariciar — to tap gently
• Spanish: apapachar — to tap gently
• Spanish: apapuchar — to tap gently
• Spanish: palmear — to tap gently
• Swedish: klappa — to tap gently
• Bulgarian: сплесквам (spleskvam) — to hit to make smooth or flat
• Finnish: taputtaa — to hit to make smooth or flat
• Finnish: taputella — to hit to make smooth or flat
• German: sanft flachklopfen — to hit to make smooth or flat
• Hungarian: paskol — to hit to make smooth or flat
• Finnish: lopottaa — to gently rain
• Hungarian: szitál — to gently rain