| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| pâté, pate (nn.) |
| In spelling the French word for a meat paste, be sure to retain the circumflex and acute accent or at least the acute accent, in order to distinguish the word from pate, meaning “the top of the head,” as in His bald pate glowed in the bright lights. Pâté has two syllables (pah-TAI), pate only one (PAIT). | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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