pate

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The human head, especially the top of the head: a bald pate.
The mind or brain.

[Middle English.]

pated pat'ed (pā'tĭd) adj.

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IN BRIEF: The head, or the top of the head.

You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home. — Alexander Pope (1688-1744), English poet.

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Pate may refer to:

pate, anatomically, a somewhat archaic or poetic word for the top of the head.
Pate Island, also seat of a former Pate sultanate, in Kenya (see also Rulers of Pate)
pâté (cognate of pastry), a type of meat paste, terrine or pie
pâte à choux, a type of light pastry dough used especially to make filled pastries such as éclairs.
Pâte, a part of cheese.
Pâté (film), a film by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
Pate (musical instrument), a Samoan percussion instrument
Pāte, the Māori name for the tree Schefflera digitata
Robert Pate, who assaulted Queen Victoria in 1850
Pate, Cambodia, a commune in Ou Ya Dav District, Cambodia
Janez Pate, a Slovenian football manager and former player
Danny Pate, an American cycler
Jerry Pate, an American golfer.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forstand, isse

Nederlands (Dutch)
kop

Français (French)
n. - crâne

Deutsch (German)
n. - Haupt, (ugs.) Birne

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κεφαλή

Italiano (Italian)
capo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cachola (m) (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
башка

Español (Spanish)
n. - coronilla, sesos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skult

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
头, 头脑, 脑袋

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 頭, 頭腦, 腦袋

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 머리, 정수리, 두뇌

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 頭

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معجون الخزف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ראש, פשטידה, ממרח, חומר לייצור חרסינה‬

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