patty

Meaning

Noun

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, US) A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.
2. (Jamaica) A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.
3. (England) A foolish or stupid person.

Adj

Alternative form of patté.

Synonyms

pasty

pie

🥧

cake

🍰

beefsteak

steak

koldun

flue

hash

#️⃣

meatball

pastry

candy

🍬

burger

rissole

small pie

sweet

sweetmeat

Scotch kiss

tartlet

cutlet

dumpling

🥟

Translations

pastelillo

hamburguesa

🍔

κεφτές

empada

Frikadelle

empanadilla

boulette

bouchée à la reine

vol-au-vent

empanada

Fleischküchle

Leberfrikadelle

Faschiertes Laibchen

Fleischlaibchen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæti/

Etymology

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.