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 Translation for 'patter' from English to French
NOUN   a patter | patters
VERB   to patter | pattered | pattered
pattering | patters
SYNO line of gab | patter | spiel | ...
crépiter [pluie]to patter [rain]
comm.
boniment {m} [parole vantarde]
patter [sales-talk]
piétinement {m} [pieds]pitter-patter [of feet]
comm.
boniment {m} [parole vantarde]
sales patter
comm.
salade {f} [fam.] [boniment de vendeur]
sales patter [coll.]
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Usage Examples English
  • Stuart-Smith also gave the following summary of how consonants differ in the Glasgow patter from other dialects.
  • This is a list of some of the best known patter songs.
  • Patter is a prepared and practiced speech that is designed to produce a desired response from its audience.
  • Of all the sitcom styles that the series pays homage to, Schaeffer found the 1950s era to be one of the most challenging to write because of the "patter-patter" dialogue of the time, which she attempted to replicate in this episode.
  • Many callers spend time inventing their own unique patter or variants on common patter.

  • I'll go pitter, patter, pitter, patter.
  • "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" (often referred to as the "Major-General's Song" or "Modern Major-General's Song") is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance".
  • As well as being mentioned in Stanshall's patter as playing the ukulele, Eric Clapton actually plays the ukulele on the recording.
  • Showers of peach blossom patter on the door, shut all day.
  • The patter song is done in the style of an Aria from a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta.

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