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Yes. The word patera is a Scrabble US word. The word patera is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word patera is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

PATERA,PETARA,

5-letter words (12 found)

APART,APERT,APTER,AREPA,PARAE,PATER,PEART,PETAR,PRATE,REATA,TAPER,TRAPE,

4-letter words (26 found)

APER,AREA,ARET,ARPA,ATAP,PARA,PARE,PART,PATE,PEAR,PEAT,PERT,PRAT,RAPE,RAPT,RATA,RATE,REAP,TAPA,TAPE,TARA,TARE,TARP,TEAR,TEPA,TRAP,

3-letter words (23 found)

APE,APT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,PAR,PAT,PEA,PER,PET,PRE,RAP,RAT,REP,RET,TAE,TAP,TAR,TEA,

2-letter words (12 found)

AA,AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,PA,PE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 76 words from patera according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of patera

patera

Etymology

Latin patera

Noun

patera (plural paterae)

  1. A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.
  2. (architecture) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.
  3. The caldera or crater (dish-shaped depression) atop a volcano, especially an extraterrestrial one; also used in the names of extraterrestrial volcanoes which have such a caldera.

Latin

Etymology

From pateō.

Noun

patera f (genitive paterae); first declension

  1. A broad, flat dish or saucer, used especially for libations

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • patella

Descendants

  • ⇒ Catalan: plàtera
  • → English: patera

References

  • “patera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “patera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • patera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • patera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “patera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “patera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit पत्र (patra).

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /patərə/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /patəra/
  • Rhymes: -ərə, -rə

Noun

patera (Jawi spelling ڤاترا, plural patera-patera, informal 1st possessive pateraku, 2nd possessive pateramu, 3rd possessive pateranya)

  1. leaf (part of a plant)

Synonyms

  • daun / داءون

Further reading

  • “patera” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈtɛ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: pa‧te‧ra

Noun

patera f

  1. (historical) patera
  2. stemmed plate (e.g. a cake stand)

Declension

Further reading

  • patera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • patera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

patera f (plural pateras)

  1. small boat or dinghy (especially one used by illegal immigration to cross the Mediterranean Sea)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “patera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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