Kilo Lingo

/ˈpætən/

Line drawing of pattern
Coloured illustration of pattern
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Translation

Shapes or colours that repeat in a regular way, or a way that something happens again and again.

Word origin

From Old French patron meaning a model to copy, from Latin patronus. English split the spelling into patron and pattern.

Origin
Old French
Root
patron
English cognates
patron

Grammar

Gender
Pluralpatterns

Examples

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The flowers repeat, and that repeating is the pattern.

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A pattern can also be a drawing you copy.

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Things that happen in a regular order make a pattern too.

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