patine

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/pəˈtiːn/

noun

A plate.

OriginFrench patine →
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Meanings

patine1

nounpatine (plural patines)

plural patines

  1. obsoleteA plate.

    Sit Ieſſica, looke how the floore of heauen / Is thicke inlayed with pattents of bright gold, […]

    c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature [I4], recto

patine2

verbpatine (third-person singular simple present patines, present participle patining, simple past and past participle patined)

present singular third person patines · participle present patining · participle past patined · past patined

  1. To coat an object with a patina, either from natural oxidation or simulated aging.

Origin

patine · noun

Variant of paten.

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patine · verb

  1. Frenchpatine
  2. Englishpatine

From French patine.

More words from French

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Translations

Czech patinovat
  • patinovatcoat an object with a patina
Dutch patineren
  • patinerencoat an object with a patina
German patinieren
  • patinierencoat an object with a patina
Italian patinare
  • patinarecoat an object with a patina
Romanian patina
  • patinacoat an object with a patina
Spanish patinar
  • patinarcoat an object with a patina

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with patine

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Anagrams

pinatetenpaiPienta
Cite this entry
APA

patine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patine

MLA

“patine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patine. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patine.

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