patelin
French, noun/pat.lɛ̃/
patelin is spelled P-A-T-E-L-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patelin is a French masculine noun meaning “backwater, one-horse town” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Village, pays natal”.
What does patelin mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinebackwater, one-horse town
adjective
- 1
fawning; unctuous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui tâche d’en venir à ses fins par des manières flatteuses, faussement aimables, insinuantes.
noun: 1. Village, pays natal. 2. Village, petite localité de peu d’importance. 3. Compatriote, pays, payse.
noun: 1. Homme artificieux, doucement manipulateur qui, par des manières flatteuses et insistantes, tente de faire parvenir les autres à ses fins.
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 patelin
- patelins plural
- pateline feminine
- patelines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patelin?
- /pat.lɛ̃/
- \pa.tlɛ̃\
- [pat(ə).lɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patelin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patelin in French?
patelin appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).