pâte

Inherited from Middle French paste, from Old French paste, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

• (France, predominantly) IPA^(key): /pat/
  • Homophones: pâtes, patte, pattes

  • Audio (Paris); “une pâte”:

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• (France, traditional) IPA^(key): /pat/ ~ /pɑt/
  • Homophone: pâtes
  • (Belgium, Switzerland) IPA^(key): [paːt]
  • (Canada, Lorraine) IPA^(key): [pɑːt]

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  • (Canada, nonstandard) IPA^(key): [pɑʊ̯t]

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pâte f (plural pâtes)

1. paste (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. pastry, dough, batter
3. (in the plural) pasta, noodles

• Haitian Creole: pat

• pâtes

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

• péta, tape, tapé

From Old French paste, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

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pâte f (plural pâtes)

1. (Jersey) paste
2. (Jersey) pastry; dough; batter