patina
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French patine (“patina”), from Latin patina (“dish, pan”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē), from Proto-Indo-European *pet-ano , from *pete- (“to spread”)
Noun
patina (countable and uncountable, plural patinas or patinae)
- (originally) A paten, flat type of dish
- The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.
- A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.
- patina colour:
- (figuratively) A gloss or superficial layer.
- 2012, Alison Winter, Memory: Fragments of a Modern History
- It demonstrates how scientific authority could be constructed on the fly, as it were, by someone with no connections and no psychological credentials who offered a technique that had the patina of modern science […]
- 2012, Alison Winter, Memory: Fragments of a Modern History
Hyponyms
- (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects): verdigris
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects
colour
Adjective
patina (not comparable)
- Of a green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.
Derived terms
- patinate, to coat with a patina
See also
- Appendix:Colors
- verdigris
Danish
Declension
Declension of patina
common gender |
Singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | patina | patinaen |
genitive | patinas | patinaens |
Derived terms
- patinere
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧na
Noun
patina n (uncountable)
- The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green oxidation which covers aging coppers, bronzes, coins and medals.
Derived terms
- patineren, to apply this color or a similar 'aged' effect
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of patina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | patina | patinat | |
genitive | patinan | patinoiden patinoitten | |
partitive | patinaa | patinoita | |
illative | patinaan | patinoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | patina | patinat | |
accusative | nom. | patina | patinat |
gen. | patinan | ||
genitive | patinan | patinoiden patinoitten patinainrare | |
partitive | patinaa | patinoita | |
inessive | patinassa | patinoissa | |
elative | patinasta | patinoista | |
illative | patinaan | patinoihin | |
adessive | patinalla | patinoilla | |
ablative | patinalta | patinoilta | |
allative | patinalle | patinoille | |
essive | patinana | patinoina | |
translative | patinaksi | patinoiksi | |
instructive | — | patinoin | |
abessive | patinatta | patinoitta | |
comitative | — | patinoineen |
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.ti.na/
- Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧na
Verb
patina
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē). This must be an early borrowing, because it displays vowel reduction of a to i.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ti.na/, [ˈpa.tɪ.na]
Noun
patina f (genitive patinae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | patina | patinae |
Genitive | patinae | patinārum |
Dative | patinae | patinīs |
Accusative | patinam | patinās |
Ablative | patinā | patinīs |
Vocative | patina | patinae |
References
- patina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- patina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- patina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- patina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- patina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- patina in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pâtina/
- Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧na
Noun
pȁtina f (Cyrillic spelling па̏тина)
Spanish
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