name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
patten
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UK: /ˈpat(ə)n/
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US: /ˈpæt(ə)n/
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homophone: paten
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homophone: Patton
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homophone: pattern (non-rhotic)
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CMU ARPABET: P AE1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Thomas County, Georgia, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A town, village, and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
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noun
Meaning 5
One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 6
A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
An ice skate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 8
An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 9
The base of a pillar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 10
Obsolete form of paten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 11
To go about wearing pattens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 12
footwear usually with wooden soles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clog, geta, sabot
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Broader terms: footwear, footgear
History
Etymology
From Middle English patyn, patin, pateyn, from Old French patin, from patte (“paw, hoof”), from Latin patta, of imitative origin.
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Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: налъм (nalǎm) — a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden
- Galician: zoca — a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden
- Galician: zoco — a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden
- Ancient Greek: κλάπαι (klápai) — a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden
- Middle English: patyn — a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden
- Ottoman Turkish: نعل (naʼl) — a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden
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