name
Meaning 1
An island of Kenya.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/peɪt/
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rhymes with -eɪt
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/ˈpæt.eɪ/
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/pæˈteɪ/
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rhymes with -æteɪ
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rhymes with -eɪ
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CMU ARPABET: P EY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
The head, particularly the top or crown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- He had a shiny, bald pate.
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noun
Meaning 4
Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 5
Alternative spelling of pâté (finely-ground paste of meat, fish, etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 6
The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
the top of the head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: poll, crown
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: top, top side, upper side, upside
Narrower terms: tonsure
noun
Meaning 8
liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spread, paste
Narrower terms: duck pate, foie gras, pate de foie gras
History
Etymology
From Middle English pate, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortened form of Old French patene or Medieval Latin patena, both from Latin patina (“pan, dish”). Alternatively, perhaps akin to Old Frisian pote (“skull”).
Attested since circa 1700, from French pâté, from Old French paste, pastée. Doublet of pâté and patty.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: rrashtë — top of the head
- Albanian: tepe — top of the head
- Albanian: çaçkë — top of the head
- Bulgarian: теме (teme) — top of the head
- Chinese Mandarin: 頭 /头 — top of the head
- Chinese Mandarin: 腦袋 /脑袋 — top of the head
- Czech: temeno — top of the head
- Finnish: päälaki — top of the head
- Hungarian: fejtető — top of the head
- Hungarian: fej(e) búbja — top of the head
- Irish: plait — top of the head
- Russian: маку́шка (makúška) — top of the head
- Russian: ма́ковка (mákovka) — top of the head
- Scottish Gaelic: claigeann — top of the head
- Spanish: corona — top of the head
- Swedish: hjässa — top of the head
- Swedish: skult — top of the head
- Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎄𐎖𐎄 (qdqd) — top of the head
- Welsh: iad — top of the head
- Bulgarian: акъл (akǎl) — wit, cleverness
- Chinese Mandarin: 智力 (zhìlì) — wit, cleverness
- Chinese Mandarin: 頭腦 /头脑 (tóunǎo) — wit, cleverness
- Russian: ум (um) — wit, cleverness
- Russian: рассу́док (rassúdok) — wit, cleverness
- Spanish: vivaracho — wit, cleverness