It has a nice patina on it.
Source: tatoeba (6050553)
Patina
//pəˈtiː.nə//
Synonyms for "patina" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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Translations
25 translations across 17 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- pàtina noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Czech
1 entries- patina noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Dutch
2 entries- pateen noun (receptacle)
- patina noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Finnish
1 entries- patina noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
French
2 entries- patine noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
- patène noun (receptacle)
German
1 entries- Patina noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Italian
1 entries- patina noun (receptacle)
Japanese
1 entries- 緑青 noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Persian
1 entries- پتینه noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Polish
3 entries- patena noun (receptacle)
- patyna noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
- śniedź noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Portuguese
1 entries- pátina noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Romanian
2 entries- patină noun (receptacle)
- patină noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Russian
2 entries- па́тина noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
- пати́на noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pȁtina noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
- па̏тина noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Spanish
1 entries- pátina noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Swedish
1 entries- patina noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Ukrainian
2 entries- па́тина noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
- пати́на noun (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
This bronze statue is coated with patina.
Source: tatoeba (6050567)
"Casper, do you know what is 'wabi-sabi' in Japanese aesthetics?" "David, I don't know." "Well, it's the appreciation of beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Some examples are the moss that grows on rocks and tree branches, and the green patina on a copper teapot." "It sounds like a complex concept." "Actually, one of the characteristics of 'wabi-sabi' is simplicity."
Source: tatoeba (9550514)
he enjoys a patina of respect by the police, despite being an ex-criminal
Source: wiktionary
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