Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, US)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.

    Frikadelle, Bratling

    котле́таkotléta

    котле́таkotléta

  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)A foolish or stupid person.

More definitions
  • round flat candy
  • small pie or pasty
  • small flat mass of chopped or ground food

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Flip the patties with a spatula.

    ruПереверни котлеты лопаткой.

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  2. The meat patties are in the refrigerator.

    ruКотлеты в холодильнике.

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  3. There are meat patties in the refrigerator.

    ruВ холодильнике есть котлеты.

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  4. Hamburger patties are typically made of ground beef.

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  5. You can swap conventional fillings, toppings, or patties out for a healthy and tasty seafood alternative.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent:
Русский
By meaning 1
portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent:

Origin

From earlier meaning "small pie" from pattipan (“something baked in a small pan”), from Fr

From earlier meaning "small pie" from pattipan (“something baked in a small pan”), from French pâté (“liver paste, pâté”), from pâte (“pastry, dough, paste, batter”) + -é. Doublet of pastie /pasty (“meat pie”), pate (“cheese portion”), and pâté (“finely-ground paste”) and related to pasta and paste.

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Forms

plural: patties
Singularpatty
Pluralpatties

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • small flat mass of chopped or ground food:cake

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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