variants
or less commonly pate
1
: a spread of finely chopped or pureed seasoned meat
chicken liver pâté
2
: a meat or fish pie or patty
1
: head
A hat covered his bald pate.
2
: the crown of the head
combed his hair across his pate
3
usually disparaging
: brain
Examples of pâté in a Sentence
Noun (2)
plopped a cap on his bald pate
Recent Examples on the Web
Elise Taylor, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
The Vietnamese restaurant specialized in bò né, sizzling rib-eye steak and eggs served with sausage, pate and a meatball.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025
Finish off with winter citrus pavlova—olive oil cake with yuzu pastry cream, mandarin pate de fruit, and caramelized pistachios.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
Big smile, twinkling eyes, shiny pate — the father-son resemblance is clear straight away.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Somehow, given enough time, the duo can turn an ancient technique like pate de verre into an opportunity to explore the neverending interplay between the mind and the world it is embedded in.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025
More:Downtown Detroit restaurant PAO made People magazine's 50 most beautiful list
Filet mignon and panna cotta
During the evening, Prime + Proper's staff waited on the kids, offering shared appetizers of salmon pate, dry-aged steak tartare and heirloom tomato.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024
To be precise: bison liver pate with sweet onion jam on a puffed garlic chip.
—Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
Guests can expect dishes like Croque Madame with ham, gruyere, egg and bechamel, country pate, and duck confit with radicchio, apples, pumpkin seeds, dates topped with a vinaigrette.
—Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Dine on everything from pate en croute to Faroe Island salmon while taking in a performance from a wide-range of legendary performers: this spring alone sees acts from Glee’s Matthew Morrison to Jeff Goldblum.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
The Vietnamese restaurant specialized in bò né, sizzling rib-eye steak and eggs served with sausage, pate and a meatball.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025
Finish off with winter citrus pavlova—olive oil cake with yuzu pastry cream, mandarin pate de fruit, and caramelized pistachios.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
Big smile, twinkling eyes, shiny pate — the father-son resemblance is clear straight away.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Somehow, given enough time, the duo can turn an ancient technique like pate de verre into an opportunity to explore the neverending interplay between the mind and the world it is embedded in.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025
More:Downtown Detroit restaurant PAO made People magazine's 50 most beautiful list
Filet mignon and panna cotta
During the evening, Prime + Proper's staff waited on the kids, offering shared appetizers of salmon pate, dry-aged steak tartare and heirloom tomato.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024
To be precise: bison liver pate with sweet onion jam on a puffed garlic chip.
—Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
Guests can expect dishes like Croque Madame with ham, gruyere, egg and bechamel, country pate, and duck confit with radicchio, apples, pumpkin seeds, dates topped with a vinaigrette.
—Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Cite this Entry
“Pâté.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/p%C3%A2t%C3%A9. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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