patty
/ˈpæti/
patty noun: a flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape. Also the alternative form of patté.
Noun
patty (plural patties)
- A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.
- The cook fried the hamburger patty, then put it in a bun.
- A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.
- A foolish or stupid person.
Proper noun capitalized: Patty
Patty
- A unisex given name.
- A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
- "That sounds like Aunt Isabel. They always called me Patricia there. Don't you think, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called Patricia? Patty is such a baby name."
- "Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield.1904, Carolyn Wells, “Shopping”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 56
- A male given name, a diminutive of the male given name Patrick.
- A surname.
Also used as
patty is also the alternative form of patté.
patty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
patty in Hindi
- portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent
- पैटी paiṭī
patty in Tamil
- பாட்டீ
patty in Marathi
- पॅटी, पॅट्टी
patty in Urdu
- پیٹی, پاٹی
More languagesFewer languages
- patty in Bengali
- প্যাটি
- patty in Telugu
- ప్యాటీ, పాట్టీ
- patty in Malayalam
- പാറ്റി
- patty in Kannada
- ಪ್ಯಾಟಿ, ಪ್ಯಾಟ್ಟಿ, ಪಾಟ್ಟಿ
- patty in Punjabi
- ਪੈਟੀ
- patty in Gujarati
- પૅટી, પૅટ્ટી
- patty in Odia
- ପାଟ୍ଟୀ
- patty in Nepali
- प्याटी, प्याट्टी
- patty in Tagalog
- masilya
Examples of patty in a sentence
- Eddie spatulaed the patty onto a bun and extracted tomatoes, lettuce, and sliced pickles from a Tupperware.
- Kookoo are a whole range of Persian egg patties and omelettey things.
- Meatballs, rissoles, patties, croquettes: Soviet cuisine had a plethora of names for dishes made from minced meat.
Forms of patty
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | patties |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Pattie |
| alternative form | Patti |
Origin of patty
From earlier meaning "small pie" from pattipan (“something baked in a small pan”), from French pâté (“liver paste, pâté”), from pâte (“pastry, dough, paste, batter”) + -é. Doublet of pastie /pasty (“meat pie”), pate (“cheese portion”), and pâté (“finely-ground paste”) and related to pasta and paste.
From Pat + -y.
Words formed from patty
- cow patty
- Jamaican patty
- patty cake
- patty case
- patty iron
- patty melt
- pattypan
- patty shell
- Peppermint Patty
- York Peppermint Pattie
Phrases with patty
Words that rhyme with patty
Questions about patty
- What does patty mean?
- Patty means a flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.
- What is patty in Hindi?
- Patty in Hindi is पैटी (paiṭī). See Patty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is patty?
- Patty can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce patty?
- Patty is pronounced /ˈpæti/.
- What is the plural of patty?
- The plural of patty is patties.
Words near patty in the dictionary
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