patter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæt.ə/
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• General-American: /ˈpæt.ɚ/
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• rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: P AE1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1610s, pat + -er (“frequentative (indicating repeated action)”), of (onomatopoeia) origin.

Noun is from Middle English pater, verb is from Middle English pateren. Noun attested 1758, originally referring to the cant of thieves and beggers.

From pat + -er (“agent”).

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: барабанене (barabanene) — soft repeated sound
• Bulgarian: трополене (tropolene) — soft repeated sound
• Czech: ťukání — soft repeated sound
• Czech: pleskání — soft repeated sound
• Czech: klapot — soft repeated sound
• Dutch: getrippel — soft repeated sound
• Finnish: tepsutus — soft repeated sound
• German: Trippeln — soft repeated sound
• Italian: picchiettio — soft repeated sound
• Russian: то́пот (tópot) — soft repeated sound
• Russian: топота́ние (topotánije) — soft repeated sound
• Spanish: pisada — soft repeated sound
• Ukrainian: стукіт (stukit) — soft repeated sound
• Ukrainian: тупотіння (tupotinnja) — soft repeated sound
• Ukrainian: дріботіння (dribotinnja) — soft repeated sound
• Bulgarian: скоропоговорка (skoropogovorka) — glib and rapid speech
• Czech: žvanění — glib and rapid speech
• Czech: řeči — glib and rapid speech
• Czech: řečičky — glib and rapid speech
• Finnish: paukutus — glib and rapid speech
• German: Geplapper — glib and rapid speech
• Portuguese: jargão — glib and rapid speech
• Portuguese: gíria — glib and rapid speech
• Russian: скорогово́рка (skorogovórka) — glib and rapid speech
• Russian: говоро́к (govorók) — glib and rapid speech
• Spanish: rollo — glib and rapid speech
• Spanish: parloteo — glib and rapid speech
• Bulgarian: барабаня (barabanja) — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Bulgarian: трополя (tropolja) — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Czech: ťukat — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Czech: bubnovat — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Czech: pleskat — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Finnish: rapsahdella — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Russian: бараба́нить (barabánitʹ) — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Russian: посту́кивать (postúkivatʹ) — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Spanish: golpetear — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Ukrainian: барабанити (barabanyty) — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Ukrainian: дріботіти (dribotity) — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Ukrainian: тарабанити (tarabanyty) — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Ukrainian: стукати (stukaty) — to make irregularly repeated sounds
• Bulgarian: дърдоря (dǎrdorja) — to speak glibly and rapidly
• Finnish: paukuttaa — to speak glibly and rapidly
• German: plappern — to speak glibly and rapidly
• Hungarian: pörög a nyelve — to speak glibly and rapidly
• Russian: тарато́рить (taratóritʹ) — to speak glibly and rapidly
• Russian: говори́ть скорогово́ркой (govorítʹ skorogovórkoj) — to speak glibly and rapidly
• Russian: треща́ть (treščátʹ) — to speak glibly and rapidly
• Spanish: parlotear — to speak glibly and rapidly