patati
French, interjection/pa.ta.ti/
patati is spelled P-A-T-A-T-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,878th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patati is a French interjection meaning “only used in et patati et patata (“blah blah blah”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does patati mean in English?
interjection
- 1
only used in et patati et patata (“blah blah blah”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
onomatopoeia: 1. Évoque un bruit de pas. 2. Suite de paroles prévisibles ou sans importance, continuel bavardage.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of patati
- patata
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patati?
- /pa.ta.ti/
- \pa.ta.ti\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is patati in French?
patati appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).