patis

[ pah-tees, pah-tis ]

noun

1. a fish sauce used in Filipino cuisine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of patis¹

First recorded in 1950–55; from Pilipino

Example Sentences

Each company has a large band of music, amounting to ten men, where there are six Patis or squads.

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Three manas are sown on a rupini about the 1st of July, and about the 1st of November produce eight patis.

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About the 1st of November two manas are sown on a rupini; and about May produce twelve patis.

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A rupini produces about ten patis, or an acre about three bushels and a half.

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Across this court-yard, or patis as they call it, Dan, and then we're in the street.

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