patacan.

Brit.

/pəˈtɑːkə/, U.S.

/pəˈtɑkə/

Forms:

α. 1600s– pataca, 1900s– pateca.

β. 1700s petack, 1800s patac, 1800s pattak.

Origin: Of multiple origins. A borrowing from Portuguese. Partly also a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Portuguese pataca; Spanish pataca.

Etymology: < Portuguese pataca (16th cent.), probably < Old Occitan patac (1404; compare post-classical Latin pataquus (1362 in source from Provence)), or perhaps < the related Italian patacca (14th cent.), feminine form corresponding to patacco (mid 14th cent.; attested indirectly by the derivative patachina (1327; perhaps already in 1254)); further etymology uncertain. Compare Spanish pataca (1577), Catalan patac (1339), Middle French patac (1448; 1374 in plural patas ), and also Old Occitan patat (1361), post-classical Latin patatius (1343 in a document from Provence), Old Occitan patar (1348), post-classical Latin patarus (1460 in documents from Provence). Compare patard n., patacon n.In later use (e.g. in quot. 1981 at sense 1) also occasionally < Spanish pataca.

1. = patacon n. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Portuguese coins

portague1532

crusado1544

Portugal1546

Portuguese1577

patacon1584

vintem1584

milreis1589

pataca1625

moidore1710

octave1747

Johannes1758

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half joe1775

escudo1821

centavo1857

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver

sixpence1563

patacon1584

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pataca1625

fourpence-halfpenny1723

pistareen1744

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1905) II. x. 75 The Admirall..chose rather with eighty thousand pieces of money which they call Patacas, to redeeme the fight.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Coin Portugese Coins... Their Silver Coins are the Cruzada; Pataca, or Piece of Eight; and the Vintain.

1830 E. Blaquiere tr. F. Pananti Narr. Resid. Algiers (ed. 2) 249 The pataca gorda, or current dollar; which is equal to three of ours in Italy: the pataca chica, an ideal money, equivalent to two hundred aspri.

1875 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 415 A stupid old man,..selling bars of iron to people who paid him in heavy patacas.

1887 W. Logan Malabar I. 329 Each of the thousand men engaged [in the Portuguese attack on Purakkāt] obtained..no less than 800 gold pattāks (ducats) as his share.

1948 C. R. Boxer Fidalgos in Far East 1550–1770 vi. 102 The 1625 Voyage..netted Dom Francisco Mascarenhas a personal profit of 26,000 patacas (silver dollars).

1981 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 22 564 The unit value was the Spanish pataca and the trade of the coast was entirely carried on in coin or beads.

2. A monetary unit of Macao and (formerly) Timor, equivalent to 100 avos; a coin of this value.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Oceanic

piastre1844

rupiah1914

pataca1928

kip1955

riel1956

kina1974

toea1974

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Oceania

mace1598

pataca1928

toea1974

1928 Whitaker's Almanack 804/2 Macao, in China, on the Canton River..total trade 1926–27, Patacas 25,057,898.

1968 Economist 16 Nov. 39/2 The government now charges the syndicate a tax of 7.60 patacas an ounce.

1977 Times 16 Apr. 11/3 The Macanese pataca is at par with the Hongkong dollar.

2002 Coin News Apr. 15/1 Diameter: 1000 patacas—28.4mm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pataca
释义	patacan. Brit. /pəˈtɑːkə/, U.S. /pəˈtɑkə/ Forms: α. 1600s– pataca, 1900s– pateca. β. 1700s petack, 1800s patac, 1800s pattak. Origin: Of multiple origins. A borrowing from Portuguese. Partly also a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Portuguese pataca; Spanish pataca. Etymology: < Portuguese pataca (16th cent.), probably < Old Occitan patac (1404; compare post-classical Latin pataquus (1362 in source from Provence)), or perhaps < the related Italian patacca (14th cent.), feminine form corresponding to patacco (mid 14th cent.; attested indirectly by the derivative patachina (1327; perhaps already in 1254)); further etymology uncertain. Compare Spanish pataca (1577), Catalan patac (1339), Middle French patac (1448; 1374 in plural patas ), and also Old Occitan patat (1361), post-classical Latin patatius (1343 in a document from Provence), Old Occitan patar (1348), post-classical Latin patarus (1460 in documents from Provence). Compare patard n., patacon n.In later use (e.g. in quot. 1981 at sense 1) also occasionally < Spanish pataca. 1. = patacon n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Portuguese coins portague1532 crusado1544 Portugal1546 Portuguese1577 patacon1584 vintem1584 milreis1589 pataca1625 moidore1710 octave1747 Johannes1758 joe1765 half joe1775 escudo1821 centavo1857 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver sixpence1563 patacon1584 tomin1589 pataca1625 fourpence-halfpenny1723 pistareen1744 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1905) II. x. 75 The Admirall..chose rather with eighty thousand pieces of money which they call Patacas, to redeeme the fight. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Coin Portugese Coins... Their Silver Coins are the Cruzada; Pataca, or Piece of Eight; and the Vintain. 1830 E. Blaquiere tr. F. Pananti Narr. Resid. Algiers (ed. 2) 249 The pataca gorda, or current dollar; which is equal to three of ours in Italy: the pataca chica, an ideal money, equivalent to two hundred aspri. 1875 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 415 A stupid old man,..selling bars of iron to people who paid him in heavy patacas. 1887 W. Logan Malabar I. 329 Each of the thousand men engaged [in the Portuguese attack on Purakkāt] obtained..no less than 800 gold pattāks (ducats) as his share. 1948 C. R. Boxer Fidalgos in Far East 1550–1770 vi. 102 The 1625 Voyage..netted Dom Francisco Mascarenhas a personal profit of 26,000 patacas (silver dollars). 1981 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 22 564 The unit value was the Spanish pataca and the trade of the coast was entirely carried on in coin or beads. 2. A monetary unit of Macao and (formerly) Timor, equivalent to 100 avos; a coin of this value. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Oceanic piastre1844 rupiah1914 pataca1928 kip1955 riel1956 kina1974 toea1974 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Oceania mace1598 pataca1928 toea1974 1928 Whitaker's Almanack 804/2 Macao, in China, on the Canton River..total trade 1926–27, Patacas 25,057,898. 1968 Economist 16 Nov. 39/2 The government now charges the syndicate a tax of 7.60 patacas an ounce. 1977 Times 16 Apr. 11/3 The Macanese pataca is at par with the Hongkong dollar. 2002 Coin News Apr. 15/1 Diameter: 1000 patacas—28.4mm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625
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