PATEN

Definitions: PATEN

PATEN

Noun

1. The place on which the consecrated bread is placed in the Eucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass. It is usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover.

2. A plate.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "PATEN" was first used: sometime around 1300. (references)

Etymology: Paten \Pat"en\, noun. [from Late Latin expression patina, patena, from the Latin expression patina, patena, pan; compare to Latin patere to be open, English patent, and Greek kind of flat dish: compare to the French expression pat[`e]ne. Compare to Patina.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: PATEN

English words defined with "PATEN": Patena, Patine. (references)

Etymologies containing "PATEN": patina. (references)

Non-English Usage: "PATEN" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (godfathers), Indonesian (patent), Swedish (paten), Turkish (skate).

Domain	Title
Books	Pembaharuan Undang-Undang Tentang Paten (1997) (reference) Prosedur Dan Tata Cara Memperoleh Hak Kekayaan Intelektual Di Bidang Hak Cipta, Paten, Dan Merek (reference) Sukses bisnis melalui merek, paten, dan hak cipta (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Women grinding barrels of automatic 45s, in Colt's Paten Fire Arms Plant, Hartford, Conn.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"PATEN" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "PATEN" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)	92.31%	12	101,599
Noun (proper)	7.69%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	13	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "PATEN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Paten	Last name	130	69,271
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Language		Translations for "PATEN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pllakë metalike (escutcheon), pjatë (course, cymbal, dish, plate). (various references)

Arabic		‏طبق القربان المقدس, ‏طبق (apply, carry out, clench, close, dish, effect, enforce, live, operation, plate, practise, tray, waiter). (various references)

Bulgarian		поднос за нафора. (various references)

Farsi		سینی (Dish, Tray), دوری (Dish, Distance, Improbability, Inaccessibility, Periodic, Serial), بشقاب نان عشای ربانی . (various references)

French		patène. (various references)

German		patene. (various references)

Greek		άγιο δισκάριο (patine). (various references)

Hungarian		kehelytányér. (various references)

Italian		patena. (various references)

Pig Latin		atenpay

Portuguese		pátena (patio), vasilha (basin, bowl, box, can, canister, coalburner, container, jug, vase, vessel, water-craft), rótula do joelho. (various references)

Romanian		disc (disc, discus, disk, record). (various references)

Russian		металлический кружок, дискос. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		tanjir (plate), nafornjak. (various references)

Spanish		patena. (various references)

Swedish		paten, oblattalrik. (various references)

Turkish		aşai rabbani ayininde kullanılan metal tabak. (various references)

Ukranian		диск (dial, disc, discus, disk, orb, turn-table). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	patane. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	patina. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "PATEN": patencies, patency, patens, patent, patentabilities, patentability, patentable, patented, patentee, patentees, patenting, patently, patentor, patentors, patents. (additional references)
	Words containing "PATEN": unpatentable. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"PATEN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aten, daten, gaten, Jatene, katen, pacen, paen, paet, pagen, paite, paitend, Pajtim, palen, pamen, panet, papen, paren, Partan, parten, Pashane, pashen, Pastten, patae, Patane, patei, patel, patend, patern, paterno, patet, patew, patez, patien, Patijn, patino, patiny, patme, patner, Patob, patoe, Patong, Pattani, patte, pattin, pattrn, paxen, paxten, pcte, Pegeen, pelten, Peten, petin, Petten, Piasten, piten, pitten, Polten, Ponten, poten, Potenz, potheen, potin, Ptashne, ptn, puteh, putin, spaten. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "PATEN" (pronounced 'Pat"en'): Affrighten, Baken, Barken, Bedizen, Beechen, Bequethen, Birchen, Bolden, Boughten, boxen, Bracken, Breaden, Cheapen, Cheven, Chicken, Closen, Coarsen, Cosen, Crooken, Deafen, Depthen, Dishearten, Disliken, Dissweeten, Dizen, Dolven, Dusken, Earthen, Elmen, Embolden, Encolden, Enharden, Enhearten, Enlengthen, Enleven, Enlighten, Enliven, Enquicken, Enripen, Enwiden, Epen, Faren, Fielden, flaxen, Fleeten, Floren, Flowen, Fordrunken, foreshorten, Foughten, Fraken, freshen, frighten, Furzen, Geten, Gilden, Glassen, Glazen, Gliden, Goen, Gowden, groschen, Grounden, Halfen, harken, Harten, hearten, Heben, heighten, hempen, Henen, Heren, Hoarsen, Hyen, Illighten, Imbolden, Inlighten, laden, Larchen, leaden, Leten, Leven, Lifen, liken, Loren, Lyden, Meeten, Milden, Milken, misshapen, Mixen, Mothen, Moulten, Myselven, Neven, Oaken, Oaten, Ouphen, Outsweeten, Outtaken, Oven, Overharden, Overleaven, Overripen, Owen, Paien, Payen, Platen, Proven, Querken, Reeden, Requicken, restrengthen, Riden, Righten, Rosen, Rowen, Seten, Sethen, Sewen, Shepen, Shoven, Sithen, Slicken, Slighten, sloven, Smarten, smoothen, Soken, steepen, straiten, Streighten, Sucken, taken, Threaden, tighten, toughen, Turfen, Unbereaven, Underdolven, Unliken, Unloosen, Unmaiden, Unseven, Untighten, Unwashen, Unyolden, Vixen, Warden, Washen, Wepen, Wheaten, Wispen, Witen, Withouten, Wooden, Woxen, Wreaken, Wrythen, Yarnen, Yeven, Yewen, Yolden, Yren, Yuen. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-n-p-t"
	-1 letter: ante, etna, nape, neap, neat, pane, pant, pate, pean, peat, pent, tape, tepa.
	-2 letters: ane, ant, ape, apt, ate, eat, eta, nae, nap, net, pan, pat, pea, pen, pet, tae, tan, tap, tea, ten.
	-3 letters: ae, an, at, en, et, na, ne, pa, pe, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-n-p-t"
	+1 letter: arpent, enrapt, entrap, hapten, panted, pantie, parent, patens, patent, patine, patten, peanut, pedant, pentad, petnap, pineta, planet, platen, teopan, trepan.
	+2 letters: anapest, aplenty, aptness, arpents, bepaint, depaint, entraps, explant, haptene, haptens, heptane, notepad, operant, pageant, painted, painter, pandect, panther, panties, pantile, parents, partner, pastern, patency, patents, patient, patinae, patined, patines, patness, pattens, pattern, payment, peanuts, peasant, peccant, pedants, penalty, penates, pendant, pennant, pennate, pentads, pentane, pertain, petnaps, petunia, phaeton, phenate, phonate, phytane, picante, pinnate, planate, planets, planted, planter, platane, platens, polenta, pronate, protean, putamen, repaint, replant, reptant, sapient, spinate, stewpan, teopans, trepang, trepans.
	+3 letters: anapaest, anapests, antelope, antepast, antetype, antipode, antipole, antipope, antirape, antitype, aperient, aphanite, apparent, appetent, atropine, bepaints, capstone, catnaper, cenotaph, conepate, conepatl, coparent, depaints, dipteran, eggplant, egyptian, elephant, endplate, enthalpy, epinasty, explants, gantlope, haptenes, haptenic, heptagon, heptanes, interlap, nappiest, notepads, opencast, operants, pageants, paginate, painters, paintier, palatine, panatela, pancetta, pandects, panelist, panetela, pantheon, panthers, pantiled, pantiles, pantofle, pantries, parament, parental, parented, parlante, partaken, partners, pasterns, pastness, patented, patentee, patently, patentor, paternal, pathogen, patience, patients, patinate, patinize, patterns, patulent, pavement, payments, peasants, pedantic, pedantry, penality, penchant, pendants, pennants, pennated, pentacle, pentagon, pentanes, pentanol, pentarch, pentosan, perianth, permeant, pertains, petaline, petulant, petunias, phaetons, pheasant, phenates, phonated, phonates, phytanes, pieplant, pinaster, pinnated, pittance, placenta, plainest, planchet, plangent, plankter, planters, plantlet, platanes, pleasant, pleating, polentas, portance, preenact, pregnant, prenatal, preplant, pretrain, pristane, pronated, pronates, proteans, ptomaine, punctate, raptness, repaints, replants, retaping, saponite, stanhope, steapsin, stewpans, supinate, tamponed, tapeline, tapenade, tapering, teaspoon, terrapin, thespian, tinplate, topazine, transept, trapline, trapnest, trappean, trepangs, triplane, triptane, unparted, untapped.
	+4 letters: acceptant, accepting, adeptness, analeptic, anapaests, anapestic, antelopes, antepasts, antetypes, antipodes, antipoles, antipopes, antipress, antisleep, antitypes, apartment, apartness, aperients, aphanites, appellant, appendant, appertain, appetence, appetency, appointed, appointee, aptnesses, atropines, bepainted, bipinnate, capstones, captained, captioned, carpenter, carpentry, carpeting, cathepsin, catnapers, catnapped, catnapper, cenotaphs, conepates, conepatls, coparents, copartner, copayment, crepitant, davenport, depainted, departing, dependant, dipterans, eggplants, egyptians, elephants, endplates, enrapture, entrapped, epilation, expectant, expiating, expiation, explanted, gantelope, gantlopes, godparent, heptagons, hyphenate, impainted, impatiens, impatient, implanted, implanter, inaptness, inculpate, inpatient, interlaps, interplay, leadplant, mercaptan, nameplate, naphthene, notepaper, operantly, operating, operation, overplant, pachytene, packeting, pageantry, paginated, paginates, painterly, paintiest, palatines, paltering, panatelas, pancettas, panelists, panetelas, panettone, panettoni, pantalets, pantalone, pantdress, pantheism, pantheist, pantheons, pantofles, pantomime, pantrymen, pantyhose, paramenta, paraments, parchment, parentage, parenting, pargeting, partnered, pastedown, pastiness, patencies, patentees, patenting, patentors, paternity, pathogens, patiences, patienter, patiently, patinated, patinates, patinized, patinizes, patnesses, patrolmen, patronage, patroness, patronise, patronize, pattering, patterned, pavements, peasantry, peccantly, pectinate, penalties, penchants, penetrant, penetrate, pentacles, pentagons, pentagram, pentangle, pentanols, pentarchs, pentarchy, pentosans, penultima, perennate, perianths, perinatal, peritonea, permanent, personate, pertained, petnapped, petulance, petulancy, pheasants, phenacite, phenakite, phenolate, pieplants, pinasters, pinnately, pintadoes, pistareen, pittances, placement, placentae, placental, placentas, plaintext, plaintive, planchets, planetary, planetoid, plankters, plantable, plantlets, plantlike, plantsmen, platinize, platooned, pneumatic, pollinate, portances, potentate, potential, prankster, preacting, predating, predation, preenacts, pretaping, pretorian, pretrains, prevalent, printable, printhead, pristanes, procreant, protamine, protonate, protonema, ptomaines, pulmonate, punctuate, reappoint, reimplant, repainted, repasting, repattern, repayment, repeating, repellant, repentant, replanted, replating, reptilian, repugnant, sapiently, saponites, snappiest, soapstone, sparteine, spearmint, standpipe, stanhopes, steapsins, supinated, supinates, syncopate, tailplane, tampering, tapelines, tapenades, teaspoons, terrapins, thaneship, theophany, thespians, threaping, tinplates, townscape, toxaphene, transepts, transpire, transpose, trapanned, trapesing, traplines, trapnests, trepanned, trepidant, treponema, triplanes, triptanes, tympanies, unadapted, unaptness, underpart, unpainted, unplaited, uptearing, wapentake.
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