patos
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
patos (uncountable)
- pathos; a property of anything that touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions
- any feelings that are touched or excited through the use of pathos in music, literature, film, etc.
Related terms
Asturian
Noun
patos
- plural of patu
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧tos
- IPA(key): /paˈtos/ [paˈtos]
Noun
patós
Derived terms
- magpatos
- mampatos
- pampatos
- patoson
Czech
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos), from πάσχω (páskhō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpatos]
Noun
patos m inan
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | patos | patosy |
genitive | patosu | patosů |
dative | patosu | patosům |
accusative | patos | patosy |
vocative | patose | patosy |
locative | patosu | patosech |
instrumental | patosem | patosy |
Related terms
Further reading
- “pathos”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “patos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “patos”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
Noun
patos m (invariable)
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English pathos, French pathos, German Pathos, ultimately from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.tɔs/
- Rhymes: -atɔs
- Syllabification: pa‧tos
Noun
patos m inan
- pathos (quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
- (derogatory) bombast, grandiloquence, pathos (use of exaggerated or elevated language in speech or writing)
Declension
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | patos |
genitive | patosu |
dative | patosowi |
accusative | patos |
instrumental | patosem |
locative | patosie |
vocative | patosie |
Further reading
- patos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- patos in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Noun
patos m (uncountable)
- alternative spelling of páthos
Noun
patos m
- plural of pato
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos) or French pathos.
Noun
patos n (uncountable)
Declension
singular only | indefinite | definite |
---|---|---|
nominative-accusative | patos | patosul |
genitive-dative | patos | patosului |
vocative | patosule |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάτος (pátos, “path”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǎtos/
- Hyphenation: pa‧tos
Noun
pàtos m inan (Cyrillic spelling па̀тос)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | patos | patosi |
genitive | patosa | patosa |
dative | patosu | patosima |
accusative | patos | patose |
vocative | patose | patosi |
locative | patosu | patosima |
instrumental | patosom | patosima |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pâːtos/
- Hyphenation: pa‧tos
Noun
pȃtos m inan (Cyrillic spelling па̑тос)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | patos | patosi |
genitive | patosa | patosa |
dative | patosu | patosima |
accusative | patos | patose |
vocative | patose | patosi |
locative | patosu | patosima |
instrumental | patosom | patosima |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpatos/ [ˈpa.t̪os]
- Rhymes: -atos
- Syllabification: pa‧tos
Noun
patos
- plural of pato
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Early borrowing from Spanish zapatos, plural of zapato (“shoe”), with clipping. The first syllable may have been misinterpreted as the preposition sa (“in; on; at”). Doublet of sapatos.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpatos/ [ˈpaː.t̪os]
- Rhymes: -atos
- Syllabification: pa‧tos
Noun
patos (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜓᜐ᜔) (obsolete)
Derived terms
- magpatos
- patos-na-kahoy
- patusan
- patusin
Further reading
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 135: “Calçar) Patos (pp) C. los çapatos a alguno”
- page 608: “Zapatos) Patos (pp) C. de Caſtilla”