adj
Meaning 1
Alternative form of patté.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Examples
- a cross patty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Patty
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpæti/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æti
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homophone: paddy
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homophone: Paddy (in accents with flapping)
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CMU ARPABET: P AE1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A unisex given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A male given name, a diminutive of the male given name Patrick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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name
Meaning 5
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 6
A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, US
Examples
- The cook fried the hamburger patty, then put it in a bun.
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noun
Meaning 7
A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Jamaica
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noun
Meaning 8
A foolish or stupid person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England
Qualifier: strictly MLE
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noun
Meaning 9
round flat candy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: candy, confect
Narrower terms: peppermint patty
noun
Meaning 10
small pie or pasty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pie
noun
Meaning 11
small flat mass of chopped food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dish
Narrower terms: fish cake, fish ball
History
Etymology
From Pat + -y.
From earlier meaning "small pie" from pattipan (“something baked in a small pan”), from French pâté (“liver paste, pâté”), from pâte (“pastry, dough, paste, batter”) + -é. Doublet of pastie /pasty (“meat pie”), pate (“cheese portion”), and pâté (“finely-ground paste”) and related to pasta and paste.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կոտլետ (kotlet) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Belarusian: катле́та (katljéta) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Bulgarian: котле́т (kotlét) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Bulgarian: пле́скавица (pléskavica) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Chinese Cantonese: 肉餅 /肉饼 (juk6 beng2) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Chinese Mandarin: 肉餅 /肉饼 (ròubǐng) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Czech: karbanátek — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Finnish: pihvi — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Finnish: jauhelihapihvi — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Finnish: kasvispihvi — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Georgian: კატლეტი (ḳaṭleṭi) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- German: Frikadelle — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- German: Bratling — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Greek: μπιφτέκι (biftéki) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Ancient Greek: ἰσίκιον (isíkion) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Hebrew: קְצִיצָה (k'tsitsá) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Hindi: पैटी (paiṭī) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Hungarian: fasírt — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Japanese: パティ (pati) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Korean: 패티 (paeti) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Latin: isicium — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Macedonian: плескавица (pleskavica) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Māori: kōpae (mītinaku) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Polish: kotlet mielony — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Polish: hamburger — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Russian: котле́та (kotléta) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Spanish: empanadilla — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Spanish: tortita — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Spanish: hamburguesa — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Spanish: whopper — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Swedish: biff — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Tagalog: masilya — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Ukrainian: котле́та (kotléta) — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Uzbek: kotlet — portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- Bulgarian: ба́ничка (bánička) — pastry of various fillings
- Czech: plněný bochánek — pastry of various fillings
- Finnish: pasteija — pastry of various fillings
- Finnish: piirakka — pastry of various fillings
- Jamaican Creole: patty — pastry of various fillings
- Polish: ciasto z nadzieniem — pastry of various fillings
- Portuguese: pastel — pastry of various fillings
Real reading context