# patte
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French patte.

### Noun

patte (plural pattes)
* A narrow band keeping a belt or sash in its place.

### Anagrams

* tapet

## Danish
### Etymology 1

Probably baby-talk. Compare Norwegian patte, Swedish patt.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /patə/, [ˈpʰad̥ə] or IPA: /pat/, [ˈpʰad̥]

#### Noun

patte or pat c (singular definite patten, plural indefinite patter)
* teat, breast (of an animal)
* (vulgar, chiefly in the plural) tits, boobs (the breasts of a woman)

##### Derived terms

* falde til patten (“to come to heel”)
* hængepatte
* kopatte
* pattevorte

#### References

* “patte,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

Derived from the noun. Compare Norwegian patte, Swedish patta.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /patə/, [ˈpʰad̥ə]

#### Verb

patte (past tense pattede, past participle pattet)
* to suck (to drink milk from the breast)
* (informal) to suck (to have something in the mouth, with the preposition på)

##### Derived terms

* pattebarn
* pattedyr
* patteflaske
* pattegris
* pattestiv
* pattet

#### References

* “patte,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Estonian
### Noun

patte
* partitive plural of patt

## French
### Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French pade, pate (“paw, foot of an animal”), from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), borrowed from Frankish *patta (“paw, sole of the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *pat-, *paþa- (“to walk, tread, go, step”), of uncertain origin and relation. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-, *(s)pat- (“path; to walk”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *pent-, *pat- (“path; to go”).
Cognate with Dutch poot (“paw”), Low German pedden (“to step, tread”). Related to English pad, path.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pat/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: pattes (general), pâte, pâtes (some speakers)

### Noun

patte f (plural pattes)
* paw (of animal)
* leg (of animal)
* (anatomy, informal) leg (of a human)
* (anatomy, informal) hand (of a human)

#### Derived terms

* à quatre pattes
* bas les pattes
* coup de patte
* court sur pattes
* estomac à pattes
* estomac sur pattes
* fausse patte
* graisser la patte
* marcher à quatre pattes
* montrer patte blanche
* mouton à cinq pattes
* ne pas casser trois pattes à un canard
* pattes de mouche
* pattes d’éléphant
* pattes d’eph
* retomber sur ses pattes
* traîner la patte
* ventre à pattes
* ventre sur pattes

### Further reading

* “patte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* pétât

## Italian
### Noun

patte f pl
* plural of patta

## Norman
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

patte f (plural pattes)
* (Jersey, nautical) fluke (arm of anchor)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic (lydord)

### Noun

patte m (definite singular patten, indefinite plural patter, definite plural pattene)
* a teat (mammal (animal)), nipple (woman)
* (informal) a woman's breast

#### Derived terms

* pattedyr

### References

* “patte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “patte_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic (lydord)

### Noun

patte m (definite singular patten, indefinite plural pattar, definite plural pattane) patte f (definite singular patta, indefinite plural patter, definite plural pattene)
* a teat (mammal (animal)), nipple (woman)
* (informal) a woman's breast

#### Derived terms

* pattedyr

### References

* “patte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* पत्ते (Devanagari script)
* পত্তে (Bengali script)
* පත‍්තෙ (Sinhalese script)
* ပတ္တေ or ပတ်တေ (Burmese script)
* ปตฺเต or ปัตเต (Thai script)
* ᨷᨲ᩠ᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ປຕ຺ເຕ or ປັຕເຕ (Lao script)
* បត្តេ (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Noun

patte
* inflection of patta (“bowl”):
** ablative singular
** accusative plural
* ablative singular of patta (“wing”)

### Adjective

patte
* masculine/neuter locative singular of patta, which is past participle of pāpuṇāti (“to reach”)
* masculine accusative plural of patta, which is past participle of pāpuṇāti (“to reach”)
* feminine vocative singular of patta, which is past participle of pāpuṇāti (“to reach”)

## Swedish
### Etymology

Of imitative origin, similar to Danish patte.

### Noun

patte c
* (slang) a tit, a boob (woman's breast)

#### Synonyms

* (formal) kvinnobröst
* bröst
* (slang) tutte

#### Derived terms

* hängpatte

### References

* patte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* patte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* patte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Fula Ordboken

### Anagrams

* petat, tapet