patrie

See also: Patrie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patria, from pater (whence French père).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.tʁi/
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Noun

patrie f (plural patries)

  1. homeland, home country, country of origin, fatherland

Guy Miège, French-English Dictionary, 1688. "Il est naturel d'aimer sa patrie, 'tis natural for men to love their own country. J'appelle ma patrie tout païs où je me trouve bien, that's my country where I can best shift for myself."

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Italian

Adjective

patrie

  1. feminine plural of patrio

Noun

patrie f

  1. plural of patria

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Latin

Etymology 1

From patrius (father's, paternal) +‎ .

Pronunciation

Adverb

patriē (not comparable)

  1. paternally

Etymology 2

Adjective

patrie

  1. vocative masculine singular of patrius

References

  • patrie”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • patrie in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin patria.

Noun

patrie f (plural patrii)

  1. fatherland, motherland, homeland, birthplace, native country
    Trăiască Patria!Long live the Motherland!

Declension

Declension of patrie
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative patrie patria patrii patriile
genitive-dative patrii patriei patrii patriilor
vocative patrie, patrio patriilor

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