pâté
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French pâté (“paste”). Doublet of pate (“cheese portion”) and patty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæt.eɪ/, /pæˈteɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æteɪ, Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun
pâté (countable and uncountable, plural pâtés)
- A finely-ground paste of meat, fish or vegetables, sometimes with the addition of alcohol.
- 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 152:
- Two waiters brought in kipper pâté and thin toast.
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Translations
finely-ground paste of meat, fish or vegetables
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Anagrams
Etymology
Inherited from Old French pasté, Latin pasta.
Pronunciation
Noun
pâté f (plural pâtés)
- (Troyen) pie
- Pâté an bloche
- Plum pie
References
- Jean Daunay, Parlers de Champagne, 1998
- Baudouin, Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (Ville-sous-la-Ferté), 1887
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pâté m (plural pâtés)
- pâté (a type of liver paste)
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Descendants
Further reading
- “pâté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Etymology
From Old French pasté, from Latin pasta.
Pronunciation
Noun
pâté m (plural pâtés)
Derived terms
- pâté dé faie (“liver pâté”)
- pâte dé pâté (“pastry”)
- pâté d'pommes (“apple pie”)
- pâté statistique (“pie chart”)
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