Home › Words › P › pattenpatten/ˈpat(ə)n/patten means A surname.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, patten ranks #3,382 of 42,820 for Qualifying.patten is pronounced /ˈpat(ə)n/.EtymologyFrom Middle English patyn, patin, pateyn, from Old French patin, from patte (“paw, hoof”), from Latin patta, of imitative origin.nameA surname.An unincorporated community in Thomas County, Georgia, United States.A town, village, and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.nounAny of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing.An ice skate.An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.The base of a pillar.verbTo go about wearing pattens.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).