pate, n.f. V. patte.
pâte, n.f., paste, dough; constitution, temper; kind, sort; (print.) pie, pi. — brisée; short paste. — feuilletée; puff paste. — croquante; crisp paste. Mettre la main à la —; to do a thing one’s self; to set to work one’s self; to lend a helping hand. C’est une bonne — d’homme; he is a good-natured fellow. Une bonne — de femme; a good-natured woman.
pâté, n.m., pie, pasty; blot (of ink); block (of buildings); (print.) pie, pi. Un — de venaison; a venison pasty. Faire le —; to pack the cards (at play). Un gros —; a plump chub-faced child. Faire un —; to make a blot. Petit —; patty.
pâtée, n.f., paste (to fatten poultry); mess (for dogs or cats).
patelin (pa-tlin), n.m., (fam.) wheedler.
patelin, -e, adj., (fam.) wheedling. Air —; wheedling look.
patelinage (pa-tli-), n.m., (fam.) wheedling.
pateliner (pa-tli-), v.n., (fam.) to wheedle.
pateliner, v.a., (fam.) to manage adroitly.
patelineu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (fam.) wheedler.