What does pate mean?
Definitions for pate
pɑˈteɪ, pæ-pate
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word pate.
Princeton's WordNet
patenoun
liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
pate, poll, crownnoun
the top of the head
Wiktionary
pâténoun
A finely-ground paste of meat, game, fish or vegetables, sometimes with the addition of alcohol.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Patenoun
The head. Now commonly used in contempt or ridicule, but antiently in serious language.
Etymology: This is derived by Stephen Skinner from tête, Fr.
Senseless man, that himself doth hate,
To love another;
Here take thy lover’s token on thy pate. Fairy Queen.Behold the despaire,
By custome and covetous pates,
By gaps and opening of gates. Thomas Tusser.He is a traitor, let him to the tower,
And crop away that factious pate of his. William Shakespeare.Steal by line and level is an excellent pass of pate. William Shakespeare.
That sly devil,
That broker that still breaks the pate of faith,
That daily breakvow. William Shakespeare.I had broke thy pate,
And ask’d thee mercy for’t. William Shakespeare.Who dares
Say this man is a flatterer. The learned pate
Ducks to the golden fool. William Shakespeare.Thank your gentler fate,
That, for a bruis’d or broken pate,
Has freed you from those knobs that grow
Much harder on the married brow. Hudibras.If only scorn attends men for asserting the church’s dignity, many will rather chuse to neglect their duty, than to get a broken pate in the church’s service. Robert South, Sermons.
If any young novice happens into the neighbourhood of flatterers, presently they are plying his full purse and empty pate with addresses suitable to his vanity. South.
ChatGPT
pate
Pate is a French word that refers to a spreadable mixture made from various ingredients such as ground meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, cream, and seasonings, which are cooked until they reach a smooth or semi-smooth consistency. It is often served as a spread on bread or crackers, or used as a filling for savory pastries. There's also a version called "pate en croute" where the mixture is baked in a crust.
Webster Dictionary
Pateadjective
see Patte
Patenoun
a pie. See Patty
Patenoun
a kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place
Patenoun
the head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head
Patenoun
the skin of a calf's head
Etymology: [F. pt.]
Wikidata
Pate
A pātē is a Polynesian percussion instrument. It is of the slit drum family, and therefore is also of the idiophone percussion family. It is made from a hollowed-out log, usually of Milo wood and produces a distinctive and loud sound. Different sizes of pate offer different pitches and volumes, as well as striking the pate in the middle or near the ends.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pate
pāt, n. the crown of the head: the head.—adj. Pāt′ed, having a pate. [Through O. Fr., from Ger. platte, a plate; cf. Low L. platta, tonsure.]
Pâté
pä-tā′, n. pie: pasty.—Pâté de foie gras, pasty of fat goose liver: Strasburg pie. [Fr.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
paté
(Fr.). In fortification, a sort of horseshoe, that is, a platform or terre-plein, irregularly built, yet generally constructed in an oval form. It is surrounded by a parapet, without anything to flank it, and having no other defense than what is front or fore right. Patés are usually erected in marshy grounds to cover the gate of a fortified town or place. Also an iron or earthen pot filled with powder and grenades for throwing against besiegers; some were used at Lille in 1708.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PATE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pate is ranked #1208 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Pate surname appeared 29,327 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 10 would have the surname Pate.
80.2% or 23,544 total occurrences were White.
14.1% or 4,150 total occurrences were Black.
1.9% or 563 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.8% or 543 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.9% or 267 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.8% or 258 total occurrences were Asian.
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Anagrams for pate »
peat
Peta
PETA
tape
tape
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of pate in a Sentence
The waiters' eyes sparkled and their pencils flew as she proceeded to eviscerate my wallet – paté, Whitstable oysters, a sole, and a favorite salad of the Nizam of Hyderabad made of shredded five-pound notes.
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- عقلArabic
- pateCzech
- pateDanish
- PasteteGerman
- πατέGreek
- pateEsperanto
- coronillaSpanish
- پتهPersian
- päälaki, pateeFinnish
- crâneFrench
- pateIrish
- claigeannScottish Gaelic
- खोपड़ीHindi
- pástétomHungarian
- pateIndonesian
- patéItalian
- פאטהHebrew
- パテJapanese
- ಪೇಟ್Kannada
- 머리Korean
- in foveamLatin
- patéDutch
- hodeNorwegian
- łebPolish
- patêPortuguese
- pateuRomanian
- рассудок, паштет, ум, макушкаRussian
- pastejSwedish
- pateTamil
- పేట్Telugu
- หัวThai
- pateTurkish
- паштетUkrainian
- قسمتUrdu
- pateVietnamese
- פּאַטעYiddish
- 肉酱Chinese
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