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)

1. A dispatch-boat; a small vessel used to communicate between the vessels of a fleet.
2. A horse-drawn carriage with two wheels used in France.

French

Etymology

From Spanish patache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.taʃ/

• Audio:

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Noun

patache f (plural pataches)

1. patache (carriage)
2. 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

• patachon

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)

1. patache (boat)

Descendants

• → Catalan: patatxo
• → English: patache
• → French: patache
  • → Italian: petaccio

Further reading

• “patache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28