patch

Etymology 1
From, of origin. Perhaps an alteration of earlier 🇨🇬, from, , from , from. For the loss of l compare from. Germanic cognates would then include 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Or, possibly a variant of, dialectal variant of. Compare also 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
 * 2) A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
 * 3) A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
 * 4) A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
 * 5)  A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
 * 6) A local region of professional responsibility.
 * 7)  A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
 * 8)  A piece of material used to cover a wound.
 * 9)  An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
 * 10)  A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
 * 11) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
 * 12)   A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
 * 13)  A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
 * 14)  A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
 * 15)  A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
 * 16)  A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
 * 17)  An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
 * 18) A butterfly of the genus.
 * 1)  A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
 * 2)  A piece of material used to cover a wound.
 * 3)  An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
 * 4)  A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
 * 5) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
 * 6)   A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
 * 7)  A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
 * 8)  A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
 * 9)  A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
 * 10)  A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
 * 11)  An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
 * 12) A butterfly of the genus.
 * 1)  A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
 * 2)  A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
 * 3)  A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
 * 4)  An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
 * 5) A butterfly of the genus.
 * 1)  An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
 * 2) A butterfly of the genus.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , of time, spell, stretch
 * ,, , , of time, spell, stretch

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: رُقْعَة
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: peaticã
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: ямау
 * Basque: adabaki
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: remendo, romendo, parche, tomba, botaina, encano, calazo,
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐπίβλημα, πλήρωμα
 * Hebrew: טלאי
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, pjatla
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: paiste
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Latin: sūtēla, pannus
 * Macedonian: ла́тица, за́крпа, а́лтица
 * Middle English: clout
 * Ngazidja Comorian: ipvahu
 * Occitan: pedaçon, pedaç,, remenda,
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, łatka
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: záplata
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ýama
 * Ukrainian: ла́тка,
 * Vietnamese: mảnh vá, miếng vá
 * Zazaki:


 * Bashkir: ямау
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: parche, cotoveleira, pegón, pegamaz, pedamazo, pelgo, tomba
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: paiste
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: rau tawake
 * Ngazidja Comorian: ipvahu
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: kauneuspilkku
 * Galician: parche
 * Italian: neo finto
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Latin: maca
 * Middle English: clout
 * Russian:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, lääkelaastari
 * Galician: parche
 * Greek: ,
 * Indonesian:, , tompok
 * Malay: tampalan
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Maori: pūrei kohu, pūrei ao , tiwha


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:, jordstykke
 * Finnish:, ;
 * French:
 * Galician:, leirucha
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρασιά
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: па́рче
 * Maori: āpure, tiwha, kōpure
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:, etutähtäin


 * Bulgarian: ъпде́йт
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 修補程式
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, korjaustiedosto;
 * French:
 * Galician: parche
 * German:
 * Greek:, (slang)
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, пэтч, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: bản vá


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:, ,


 * Polish:


 * Finnish: yhdyskaapeli


 * Norman:

Verb

 * 1) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
 * 2) To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
 * 3) To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
 * 4) To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
 * 5) To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
 * 6) * 2003, The Matrix Revolutions, Scene: Starting the Logos, 00:43:09 - 00:43:32
 * [the control panel of hovercraft The Logos has lit up after being jumped by The Hammer] Sparky: She lives again. Crew member of The Hammer via radio: You want us to patch an uplink to reload the software, Sparky? Sparky: Yeah, that'd be swell. And can you clean the windshield while you're at it?
 * 1)  To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
 * 2)  To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
 * 3) To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
 * 4) To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
 * 5) To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
 * 1) To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
 * 2) To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
 * 3) To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:repair

Derived terms

 * patch together

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: кърпя
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zaplátovat, vyspravit
 * Esperanto: fliki
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, surcir, cercir, remendar, ganduxar, cataldar
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, rattoppare
 * Latin: sarciō
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maori: tapi, tāpā, pāpaki, kānihi, rāpā
 * Ottoman Turkish: یامامق
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * Galician: mendar, remontar
 * Italian: rattoppare
 * Maori: tapi, tāpā, pāpaki, kānihi, tawake
 * Ottoman Turkish: یامامق


 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Maori: pāpaki


 * Bulgarian: правя на бърза ръка
 * Finnish: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Esperanto: fliki
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Norman:

Etymology 2
Perhaps borrowed from or paggio; the form influenced by folk etymological association with.

Noun

 * 1)  A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

Derived terms

 * crosspatch

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   (piece of code used to fix a bug)

Verb

 * 1)  to ignore or fail to notice someone.

Usage notes

 * Usually used in the passive voice. Often just the word in the past tense is heard as a simple interjection.

Etymology
From, as if a piece of cloth on the sea.

Noun

 * 1)  A sand bank.