patinate
English
Etymology 1
From patina + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Adjective
patinate (not comparable)
- Having a patina.
- 1996, J. Jansonius, Duncan Colin McGregor, Palynology, principles and applications: Volume 1[1]:
- However, of the 377 sporangia so far investigated from Perton Lane, none has yielded patinate spores; this may indicate that […]
- 2000, Sa'id Al-Hajri, Bernard Owens, Saudi Aramco, Stratigraphic palynology of the Palaeozoic of Saudi Arabia[2], page 99:
- Description: Identical to the original description but here we exclude patinate specimens.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From patina + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
patinate (third-person singular simple present patinates, present participle patinating, simple past and past participle patinated)
Translations
coat with patina
to become coated with a patina
Italian
Etymology 1
Adjective
patinate
- feminine plural of patinato
Participle
patinate f pl
- feminine plural of patinato
Etymology 2
Verb
patinate
- inflection of patinare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
Spanish
Verb
patinate