paciente

See also: pâciente

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patiens, patientem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈθjente/ [paˈθjẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: pa‧cien‧te

Adjective

paciente (epicene, plural pacientes)

  1. patient

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Learned borrowing from Latin patiens, patientem (enduring; patient).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /paˈθjɛnte/ [paˈθjɛn̪.t̪ɪ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /paˈsjɛnte/ [paˈsjɛn̪.t̪ɪ]

  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: pa‧cien‧te

Adjective

paciente m or f (plural pacientes)

  1. patient (willing to wait)
    Antonym: impaciente
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 76:
      Et isto era por que se assanaua logo et nõ era paçiẽte nẽ sofrudo para oyr as razões dos que uĩjnã a seu juyzo, o que nõ conuĩjna para o que julga.
      And that was because he angered soon and was not patient or forgiving for hearing the reasons of the ones who came to his judgement, which was not suitable for the one who judges

Derived terms

Noun

paciente m or f by sense (plural pacientes)

  1. (healthcare) patient (person receiving medical treatment)
    Synonym: doente

References

Ido

Adverb

paciente

  1. patiently

Latvian

Pronunciation

Noun

paciente f (5th declension, masculine form: pacients)

  1. female equivalent of pacients: patient

Declension

Declension of paciente (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative paciente pacientes
genitive pacientes pacienšu
dative pacientei pacientēm
accusative pacienti pacientes
instrumental pacienti pacientēm
locative pacientē pacientēs
vocative paciente pacientes

Middle English

Adjective

paciente

  1. alternative form of pacient

Noun

paciente

  1. alternative form of pacient

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patientem (enduring; patient).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [pa.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /paˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.siˈẽ.te/ [pa.sɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /paˈsjẽ.te/

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ci‧en‧te

Noun

paciente m or f by sense (plural pacientes)

  1. (healthcare) patient (person receiving medical treatment)

Descendants

  • Hunsrik: Passient

Adjective

paciente m or f (plural pacientes)

  1. patient (willing to wait)
    Antonyms: impaciente, apressado

Noun

paciente m (plural pacientes)

  1. (linguistics) patient (noun phrase semantically on the receiving end of an action)
    Antonym: agente

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patientem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈθjente/ [paˈθjẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /paˈsjente/ [paˈsjẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: pa‧cien‧te

Adjective

paciente m or f (masculine and feminine plural pacientes)

  1. patient
    Antonym: impaciente

Derived terms

Noun

paciente m or f by sense (plural pacientes)

  1. (medicine) patient

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