pacient
See also: pâcient
English
Adverb
pacient (comparative more pacient, superlative most pacient)
- Obsolete form of patient.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin patientem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [pə.siˈen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pə.siˈent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pa.siˈent]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ent
Noun
pacient m or f by sense (plural pacients)
Adjective
pacient m or f (masculine and feminine plural pacients)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “pacient”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “pacient”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “pacient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pacient” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpat͡sɪjɛnt]
Audio: (file)
Noun
pacient m anim
Declension
Related terms
- See pasivum
Further reading
- “pacient”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pacient”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pacient”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpaːsiˈɛnt/, /ˈpaːsjɛnt/
Adjective
pacient
- Able or willing to bear pain or suffering.
- Calm, restrained (in waiting or coping)
- (pathology, rare) diseased, afflicted.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: patient
References
- “pācient(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
pacient (plural pacientes)
- (pathology) patient (individual under care)
- One who is patient or restrained
- (alchemy, rare) That which is subjected to action.
Descendants
- English: pacient
References
- “pācient(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin patiēns, patientis, French patient, German Patient, Italian paciente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.t͡ʃiˈent/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
pacient m or n (feminine singular pacientă, masculine plural pacienți, feminine and neuter plural paciente)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | pacient | pacientă | pacienți | paciente | |||
| definite | pacientul | pacienta | pacienții | pacientele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | pacient | paciente | pacienți | paciente | |||
| definite | pacientului | pacientei | pacienților | pacientelor | ||||
Related terms
Noun
pacient m (plural pacienți, feminine equivalent pacientă)