patina

[Victoria Pittman]

Hope someone can clear this up for me.  I am an artist working with metals and often finish the work with a Patina.  I have always heard it pronounced with the accent on the second syllable..
and pronounced pa-TEEN-ah.  The dictionary puts the accent on the first ...PAT-in-ah.

Is this an American/British difference or what?

Thanks and sorry if this is a very basic question...I'm an artist not a linguist...

Victoria
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