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)
- 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."
Derived terms
Further reading
- “patrie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Adjective
patrie
- feminine plural of patrio
Noun
patrie f
- plural of patria
Anagrams
- Pareti, Piterà, aperti, aprite, apteri, ipetra, pareti, patire, perita, pietra, rapite, ripeta, tarpei
Latin
Etymology 1
From patrius (“father's, paternal”) + -ē.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpa.tri.eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpaː.t̪ri.e]
Adverb
patriē (not comparable)
Etymology 2
Adjective
patrie
- 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
Noun
patrie f (plural patrii)
- fatherland, motherland, homeland, birthplace, native country
- Trăiască Patria! ― Long live the Motherland!
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | patrie | patria | patrii | patriile | |
| genitive-dative | patrii | patriei | patrii | patriilor | |
| vocative | patrie, patrio | patriilor | |||