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English and German surname of uncertain origin; perhaps from a nickname related to Peter.

From Middle English patche, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of earlier Middle English placche (“patch, spot, piece of cloth”), from Old English *plæċċ, *pleċċ (“a spot, mark, patch”), from Proto-West Germanic *plakkju, from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”). For the loss of l compare pat from Middle English platten. Germanic cognates would then include Middle English plecke, dialectal English pleck (“plot of ground, patch”), West Frisian plak (“place, spot”), Low German Plakk, Plakke (“spot, piece, patch”), Dutch plek (“spot, place, stain, patch”), Dutch plak (“piece, slab”), Swedish plagg (“garment”), Faroese plagg (“cloth, rag”). Or, possibly a variant of Old French pieche, dialectal variant of piece (“piece”). Compare also Old Occitan petaç (“patch”).

Perhaps borrowed from Italian pazzo or paggio; the form influenced by folk etymological association with patch (Etymology 1).

235 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رُقْعَة (ruqʕa) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Aromanian: peaticã — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Azerbaijani: yamaq — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Bashkir: ямау (yamaw) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Basque: adabaki — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Bulgarian: кръпка (krǎpka) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Catalan: pedaç — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Ngazidja Comorian: ipvahu — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Czech: záplata — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Danish: lap — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Dutch: lap — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Finnish: paikka — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• French: pièce — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Galician: remendo — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Galician: romendo — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Galician: parche — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Galician: tomba — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Galician: botaina — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Galician: encano — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Galician: calazo — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Galician: trapallo — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• German: Flicken — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• German: Lappen — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Gothic: 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Greek: μπάλωμα (báloma) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Ancient Greek: ἐπίβλημα (epíblēma) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Ancient Greek: πλήρωμα (plḗrōma) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Hebrew: טלאי (tlay) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Hungarian: folt — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Icelandic: bót — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Icelandic: pjatla — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Indonesian: tambalan — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Irish: paiste — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Italian: pezza — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Italian: toppa — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Khmer: បំណះ (bɑmnah) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Latin: sūtēla — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Latin: pannus — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Lithuanian: lopas — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Macedonian: ла́тица (lática) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Macedonian: за́крпа (zákrpa) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Macedonian: а́лтица (áltica) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Middle English: clout — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Occitan: pedaçon — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Occitan: pedaç — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Occitan: tròç — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Occitan: remenda — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Occitan: pèça — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Persian: پینه (pine) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Persian: وصله (vasle) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Polish: łata — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Polish: łatka — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Portuguese: remendo — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Romanian: petic — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Russian: запла́та (zapláta) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Russian: запла́тка (zaplátka) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Russian: ла́тка (látka) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Slovak: záplata — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Spanish: parche — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Spanish: cureta — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Swahili: kiraka — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Swedish: lapp — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Turkish: yama — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Turkmen: ýama — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Ukrainian: ла́тка (látka) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Ukrainian: ла́та (láta) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Vietnamese: mảnh vá — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Vietnamese: miếng vá — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Zazaki: pine (diq) — piece of cloth used to repair a garment
• Bashkir: ямау (yamaw) — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Ngazidja Comorian: ipvahu — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Danish: lap — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Finnish: paikka — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Galician: parche — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Galician: cotoveleira — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Galician: pegón — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Galician: pegamaz — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Galician: pedamazo — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Galician: pelgo — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Galician: tomba — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Indonesian: tambalan — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Irish: paiste — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Italian: rattoppo — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Italian: toppa — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Māori: rau tawake — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Spanish: parche — small piece of anything used to repair a breach
• Finnish: kauneuspilkku — piece of black silk stuck to the face
• French: mouche — piece of black silk stuck to the face
• Galician: parche — piece of black silk stuck to the face
• Italian: neo finto — piece of black silk stuck to the face
• Spanish: parche — piece of black silk stuck to the face
• Bulgarian: пластир (plastir) — medicine: piece of material used to cover a wound
• Finnish: paikka — medicine: piece of material used to cover a wound
• Finnish: side — medicine: piece of material used to cover a wound
• Latin: maca — medicine: piece of material used to cover a wound
• Middle English: clout — medicine: piece of material used to cover a wound
• Russian: повя́зка (povjázka) — medicine: piece of material used to cover a wound
• Czech: náplast — medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug
• Finnish: laastari — medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug
• Finnish: lääkelaastari — medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug
• Galician: parche — medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug
• Greek: επίθεμα (epíthema) — medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug
• Greek: κομπρέσα (komprésa) — medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug
• Indonesian: pelekat — medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug
• Indonesian: tampal — medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug
• Indonesian: tompok — medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug
• Malay: tampalan — medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug
• Spanish: parche — medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug
• Finnish: kausi — a small, distinct part of something larger - period of time
• Finnish: ajanjakso — a small, distinct part of something larger - period of time
• Māori: pūrei kohu — a small, distinct part of something larger - period of time
• Māori: pūrei ao — a small, distinct part of something larger - period of time
• Māori: tiwha — a small, distinct part of something larger - period of time
• Belarusian: ла́пік (lápik) — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Bulgarian: парче (parče) — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 圃 (pǔ) — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Danish: bed — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Danish: jordstykke — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Finnish: tilkku — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Finnish: maatilkku — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Finnish: palsta — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• French: lopin — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Galician: leiro — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Galician: leirucha — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Ancient Greek: πρασιά (prasiá) — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Italian: zolla — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Korean: 밭 (bat) — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Macedonian: па́рче (párče) — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Māori: āpure — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Māori: tiwha — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Māori: kōpure — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Russian: клочо́к (kločók) — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Spanish: conuco — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Spanish: chacra — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Spanish: chagra — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Spanish: chácara — a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground
• Finnish: jyvä — guns: block to do away with the effect of dispart in sighting
• Finnish: etutähtäin — guns: block to do away with the effect of dispart in sighting
• Bulgarian: ъпде́йт (ǎpdéjt) — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Catalan: pedaç — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Chinese Mandarin: 修補程式 /修补程式 (xiūbǔ chéngshì) — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Czech: záplata — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Finnish: paikkaus — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Finnish: korjaustiedosto — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Finnish: pätsi — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• French: rustine — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• French: correctif — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• French: patch — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Galician: parche — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• German: Patch — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Greek: επίθεμα (epíthema) — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Greek: μπάλωμα (báloma) — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Japanese: パッチ (patchi) — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Korean: 패치 (paechi) — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Polish: łata — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Portuguese: patch — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Portuguese: correção — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Russian: патч (patč) — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Russian: пэтч (pɛtč) — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Russian: запла́тка (zaplátka) — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Russian: апде́йт (apdɛ́jt) — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Spanish: parche — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Turkish: yama — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Ukrainian: патч (patč) — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Vietnamese: bản vá — computing: piece of data for modifying a file
• Finnish: tilkku — small piece of material used to clean a gun barrel
• Italian: pezza — small piece of material used to clean a gun barrel
• Italian: panno — small piece of material used to clean a gun barrel
• Italian: straccio — small piece of material used to clean a gun barrel
• Polish: flejtuch — piece of greased cloth used to fit a rifle ball to the bore
• Finnish: yhdyskaapeli — cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment
• Arabic: رَقَّعَ (raqqaʕa) — mend by sewing on cloth
• Bulgarian: кърпя (kǎrpja) — mend by sewing on cloth
• Catalan: apedaçar — mend by sewing on cloth
• Czech: zaplátovat — mend by sewing on cloth
• Czech: vyspravit — mend by sewing on cloth
• Esperanto: fliki — mend by sewing on cloth
• Finnish: paikata — mend by sewing on cloth
• French: rapiécer — mend by sewing on cloth
• Galician: zurcir — mend by sewing on cloth
• Galician: surcir — mend by sewing on cloth
• Galician: cercir — mend by sewing on cloth
• Galician: remendar — mend by sewing on cloth
• Galician: ganduxar — mend by sewing on cloth
• Galician: cataldar — mend by sewing on cloth
• German: flicken — mend by sewing on cloth
• Greek: μπαλώνω (balóno) — mend by sewing on cloth
• Ido: rapecar — mend by sewing on cloth
• Italian: rammendare — mend by sewing on cloth
• Italian: rattoppare — mend by sewing on cloth
• Latin: sarciō — mend by sewing on cloth
• Laz: ბურამს (burams) — mend by sewing on cloth
• Māori: tapi — mend by sewing on cloth
• Māori: tāpā — mend by sewing on cloth
• Māori: pāpaki — mend by sewing on cloth
• Māori: kānihi — mend by sewing on cloth
• Māori: rāpā — mend by sewing on cloth
• Polish: łatać — mend by sewing on cloth
• Polish: załatać — mend by sewing on cloth
• Portuguese: remendar — mend by sewing on cloth
• Romanian: petici — mend by sewing on cloth
• Serbo-Croatian: zakrpati — mend by sewing on cloth
• Spanish: remendar — mend by sewing on cloth
• Turkish: yamamak — mend by sewing on cloth
• Ottoman Turkish: یامامق (yamamak) — mend by sewing on cloth
• Catalan: apedaçar — mend with pieces
• Finnish: paikata — mend with pieces
• Galician: mendar — mend with pieces
• Galician: remontar — mend with pieces
• Italian: rattoppare — mend with pieces
• Māori: tapi — mend with pieces
• Māori: tāpā — mend with pieces
• Māori: pāpaki — mend with pieces
• Māori: kānihi — mend with pieces
• Māori: tawake — mend with pieces
• Ottoman Turkish: یامامق (yamamak) — mend with pieces
• Catalan: apedaçar — repair clumsily
• Finnish: paikata — repair clumsily
• Finnish: paikkailla — repair clumsily
• Catalan: apedaçar — repair as with patches
• Finnish: paikata — repair as with patches
• Māori: pāpaki — repair as with patches
• Bulgarian: правя на бърза ръка (pravja na bǎrza rǎka) — arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
• Finnish: paikata — arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
• Finnish: improvisoida — arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
• Swahili: kiraka — arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
• Esperanto: fliki — computing: update source code with a patch
• Finnish: paikata — computing: update source code with a patch
• French: patcher — computing: update source code with a patch
• Galician: parchear — computing: update source code with a patch
• German: patchen — computing: update source code with a patch
• Portuguese: corrigir — computing: update source code with a patch
• Spanish: parchear — computing: update source code with a patch
• Finnish: liittää — connect two pieces of electrical equipment
• Finnish: kytkeä — connect two pieces of electrical equipment