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patine

/pəˈtiːn/

patine noun: a plate.

Noun

patine (plural patines)

  1. (obsolete) A 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...

Verb

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

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

Forms of patine

Noun
pluralpatines
Verb
third-person singular presentpatines
present participlepatining
past participlepatined
pastpatined

Origin of patine

Variant of paten.

From French patine.

Words that rhyme with patine

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about patine

What does patine mean?
Patine means a plate.
What part of speech is patine?
Patine can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce patine?
Patine is pronounced /pəˈtiːn/.
What is the plural of patine?
The plural of patine is patines.

Words near patine in the dictionary

  1. patinated
  2. patinates
  3. patinating
  4. patination
  5. patinations
  6. patine
  7. patined
  8. patines
  9. patining
  10. patinize
  11. patinized

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