patina

See also: Patina, patína, pátina, and patiná

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French patine (patina), from Latin patina (dish, pan), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē), from Proto-Indo-European *pet-ano , from *pete- (to spread)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpætɪnə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pəˈtiː.nə/, /ˈpæ.tɪ.nə/
  • Rhymes: -iːnə

Noun

patina (countable and uncountable, plural patinas or patinae)

  1. (originally) A paten, flat type of dish
  2. The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.
  3. A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.
    patina colour:  
  4. (figuratively) A gloss or superficial layer.
    • 2012, Alison Winter, Memory: Fragments of a Modern History
      It demonstrates how scientific authority could be constructed on the fly, as it were, by someone with no connections and no psychological credentials who offered a technique that had the patina of modern science []

Hyponyms

  • (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects): verdigris

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

patina (not comparable)

  1. Of a green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.

Derived terms

See also

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Danish

Etymology

From Italian patina, itself from Latin patina 'dish, pan'

Noun

patina c (singular definite patinaen, not used in plural form)

  1. patina

Declension

Derived terms

  • patinere

Further reading


Dutch

Etymology

From Italian patina, itself from Latin patina 'dish, pan'

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧na

Noun

patina n (uncountable)

  1. The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green oxidation which covers aging coppers, bronzes, coins and medals.

Derived terms

  • patineren, to apply this color or a similar 'aged' effect

Finnish

Noun

patina

  1. patina (color or incrustation)

Declension

Inflection of patina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative patina patinat
genitive patinan patinoiden
patinoitten
partitive patinaa patinoita
illative patinaan patinoihin
singular plural
nominative patina patinat
accusative nom. patina patinat
gen. patinan
genitive patinan patinoiden
patinoitten
patinainrare
partitive patinaa patinoita
inessive patinassa patinoissa
elative patinasta patinoista
illative patinaan patinoihin
adessive patinalla patinoilla
ablative patinalta patinoilta
allative patinalle patinoille
essive patinana patinoina
translative patinaksi patinoiksi
instructive patinoin
abessive patinatta patinoitta
comitative patinoineen

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French

Verb

patina

  1. third-person singular past historic of patiner

Anagrams


Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ti.na/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧na

Noun

patina f (plural patine)

  1. A patina (of age)
  2. A coat, film, glaze, size, patina

Verb

patina

  1. third-person singular present indicative of patinare
  2. second-person singular imperative of patinare

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē). This must be an early borrowing, because it displays vowel reduction of a to i.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ti.na/, [ˈpa.tɪ.na]

Noun

patina f (genitive patinae); first declension

  1. A broad, shallow dish, a pan, stewpan
  2. A kind of cake
  3. A crib, manger

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative patina patinae
Genitive patinae patinārum
Dative patinae patinīs
Accusative patinam patinās
Ablative patinā patinīs
Vocative patina patinae

References

  • patina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • patina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • patina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • patina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • patina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • patina in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Verb

patina

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of patinar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of patinar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian patina, from Latin patina (dish, pan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâtina/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧na

Noun

pȁtina f (Cyrillic spelling па̏тина)

  1. patina (color or incrustation)
  2. layer of sediments (usually on a facade or monuments)
  3. (regional) shoe polish
  4. a type of wine

Declension


Spanish

Verb

patina

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of patinar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of patinar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of patinar.
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