"patient" in seven languages
Meaningpatient
Spanish
paciente
/paˈθjente/
masc.learned
French
patient
/pasjɑ̃/
masc.learned
Italian
paziente
/patˈtsjɛnte/
masc.learned
Portuguese
paciente
/pasiˈẽtʃi/
masc.learned
Romanian
pacient
/patʃiˈent/
masc.learned
Catalan
pacient
/pəsiˈen/
masc.learned
English
patient
/ˈpeɪʃənt/
from Latin/French · Old French pacient
English → ItalianpatientpazienteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PATIENTEM‘suffering, enduring’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The patient is 'the one who suffers' (PATĪ). As an adjective — enduring, calm — it is the same word in all four languages.
English relatives: patient, patience, passion
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In a sentence
- esEl médico atiende a veinte pacientes al día.
- frLe médecin voit vingt patients par jour.
- itIl medico visita venti pazienti al giorno.
- ptO médico atende vinte pacientes por dia.
- roMedicul consultă douăzeci de pacienți pe zi.
- caEl metge visita vint pacients al dia.
- enThe doctor sees twenty patients a day.
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