pate
pronunciation
How to pronounce pate in British English:
UK [peɪt]
How to pronounce pate in American English:
US [peɪt]
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- Noun:
- liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
- the top of the head
Word Origin
- paté
- paté: see paste
- pate (n.1)
- "top of the head," early 14c. (late 12c. in surnames), of unknown origin; perhaps a shortened form of Old French patene or Medieval Latin patena, both from Latin patina "pan, dish" (see pan (n.)).
- pate (n.2)
- "paste," 1706, from French pâté, from Old French paste, earlier pastée, from paste (see paste (n.)).
Example
- 1. Did I serve rabbit other than pate ?
- 2. His bald pate and manner are scary but he is no ingenue .
- 3. Out on the street I passed a woman serving perfectly baked baguettes smothered with fresh pate .
- 4. A pate made from duck liver .
- 5. His mischief shall return upon his own head , and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate .