patty

From earlier meaning "small pie" from pattipan (“something baked in a small pan”), from French pâté (“paste, pâté”). Doublet of pasta and paste.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæti/

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• Homophones: paddy, Paddy (in accents with flapping)
• Rhymes: -æti

patty (plural patties)

1. (US, Australia, New Zealand) A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.

   The cook fried the hamburger patty, then put it in a bun.

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, strictly MLE) A foolish or stupid person.

• meatball
• rissole

patty (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of patté

   a cross patty

• back-patty

• Pyatt

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpatɪ/
• Hyphenation: pa‧tty

patty (plural patty dem, quantified patty)

1. a Jamaican patty; a pastry that contains various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric. (Jamaican pastry)

   Dis need 10 more dalla fi buy patty and juice.

   If you want a Jamaican patty and something to drink, you'll need ten dollars extra.

• coco bread

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 433