patache
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish patache, of uncertain origin. The carriage sense is after French.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /paˈtɑːʃ/
Noun
patache (plural pataches)
- A dispatch-boat; a small vessel used to communicate between the vessels of a fleet.
- A horse-drawn carriage with two wheels used in France.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.taʃ/
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Noun
patache f (plural pataches)
- patache (carriage)
- patache (boat)
- 1886, “Chevalier's Journal”, in The Guernsey Magazine, volume 14:
- Le vingt-troiseme de Decembre un bateau de Jersey du port de viron sept ou huit tonneaux, s'en allant a Saint Malo chargé de passagers, qui s'en alloient pour acheter des marchandises, chacun selon ses moyens, fut rencontré par une patache du Parlément, laquelle partoit de Guernesey, et s'en alloit à Saint Malo, quérir des barques Angloises qui y étoient pour leur servir de convoi, pour aller en Angleterre.
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → Italian: petaccio
Further reading
- “patache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from Arabic بَطَّاش (baṭṭāš).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈtat͡ʃe/ [paˈt̪a.t͡ʃe]
- Rhymes: -atʃe
- Syllabification: pa‧ta‧che
Noun
patache m (plural pataches)
- patache (boat)
Descendants
Further reading
- “patache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024