Pâté is a soft food, usually made from meat or fish that has been mashed until it is smooth, so you can spread it on bread or toast.

Pâté pâté is a soft food是一種軟軟的食物，usually made from meat or fish通常是用肉或魚做的，that has been mashed until it is smooth把它搗到滑順，so you can spread it on bread or toast這樣就可以塗在麵包或吐司上。

The kind most people meet first is made from liver — often chicken or duck liver — rich and a little strong-tasting. There are also salmon pâtés, mushroom pâtés, and so on.

The kind most people meet first大部分人最先遇到的那種 is made from liver是用肝臟做的 — often chicken or duck liver常常是雞肝或鴨肝 — rich and a little strong-tasting味道濃郁、有點重。There are also salmon pâtés, mushroom pâtés, and so on另外還有鮭魚pâté、蘑菇pâté等等。

English borrowed the word from French, where it first meant a paste, and it still feels a bit French and a bit fancy: party food, café food, not a school lunchbox.

English英文 borrowed the word from French把這個詞借自法文，where it first meant a paste法文裡它原本的意思是「糊狀物」，and it still feels a bit French and a bit fancy它現在聽起來還是有點法式、有點講究：party food, café food派對食物、咖啡廳食物，not a school lunchbox而不是學校便當裡的東西。

Though actually, in France a pâté can also be meat baked in a crust, closer to a pie; English speakers mostly mean the smooth spread. It is not the same as foie gras, which is specifically fattened goose or duck liver, and it is not the meat sauce you put on spaghetti.

Though actually不過其實，in France在法國 a pâté can also be meat baked in a crust一個pâté也可以是包在酥皮裡烤的肉，closer to a pie比較接近派；English speakers mostly mean the smooth spread但英文使用者講的大多是那種滑順的抹醬。It is not the same as foie gras它跟foie gras（鵝肝醬）不一樣，which is specifically fattened goose or duck liver那specifically指的是肥育過的鵝肝或鴨肝，and it is not the meat sauce you put on spaghetti而它也不是你加在義大利麵上的肉醬。

Keep the mark on the e if you can: pâté. Without it, pate is an old word for the top of the head.

Keep the mark on the e if you can如果可以的話，e上面那個符號要保留：pâté pâté。Without it沒有那個符號的話，pate pate is an old word for the top of the head是一個指頭頂的古老用詞。