patis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of patis
First recorded in 1950–55; from Pilipino
Example Sentences
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Using light traps, surveyors had been looking for the limnephilus taricus species of caddisfly, but instead found the limnephilus patis, which is even rarer.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
Still, he makes sure to keep the kitchen well stocked with patis as an extra seasoning for diners who can’t live without it — like his wife.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2018
Do I taste patis – Filipino fish sauce – too?
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2017
"Across this court-yard, or patis as they call it, Dan, and then we're in the street."
From Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds by Mott, Walter Fenton
Every town, every village was forced to come to terms with the brigands, by means of a patis or convention to pay a certain sum annually, to save it from pillage.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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