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paton

/pˈætən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
pa-ton
IPA
/pˈætən/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname transferred from the given name.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city and township in Greene County, Iowa, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Scottish patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Patrick + Old French -on.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Patons (plural)

Homonyms

patane

Rhymes With

latin manhattan patton satin staten stratton flatten patten hatton batten bratton fatten

Questions

How do you pronounce paton?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈætən/.
What does paton mean?
A surname transferred from the given name.
Where does paton come from?
It is traced to Old French.

How to pronounce paton

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