pate

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (archaic) The head, particularly the top or crown.
  2. (archaic) Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/peɪt/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English pate, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortened form of Old French patene or Medieval Latin patena, both from Latin patina (“pan, dish”). Alternatively, perhaps akin to Old Frisian pote (“skull”).

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