pâtée
French, noun/pa.te/
pâtée is spelled P-Â-T-É-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pâtée is a French feminine noun meaning “any pet food in the form of a paste, such as cat food or dog food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de pâte faite avec de la farine et des herbes, dont on nourrit les jeunes dindons et quelques autres…”.
What does pâtée mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany pet food in the form of a paste, such as cat food or dog food
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de pâte faite avec de la farine et des herbes, dont on nourrit les jeunes dindons et quelques autres oiseaux. 2. Mélange alimentaire que l’on donne à manger aux animaux domestiques. 3. Nourriture rustre, soupe épaisse. 4. Correction, rouste, râclée, volée de coups.
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 pâtée
- pâtées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pâtée?
- /pa.te/
- /pɑ.te/
- \pɑ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pâtée in French?
pâtée appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).