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pâté
pâ‧té /ˈpæteɪ $ pɑːˈteɪ, pæ-/

noun [uncountable and countable]

Date: 1800-1900
Language: French
Origin: Old French pasté, from paste; ⇨ paste¹

a soft food made from meat or fish, that you can spread on bread

pâté

BrE

/ˈpæteɪ/

NAmE

/pɑːˈteɪ/

noun

[uncountable]

a soft mixture of very finely chopped meat or fish, served cold and used for spreading on bread, etc. 鱼酱，肉酱（用作冷盘、涂于面包等上）