Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patient

/ˈpæɪ̯ʃənt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English

Syllables
pa-tient
IPA
/ˈpæɪ̯ʃənt/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

adj

Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.

adj

Physically able to suffer or bear.

Obsolete

noun

A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.

noun

The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.

noun

One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English pacient, 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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpæɪ̯ʃənt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more patient (comparative) most patient (superlative) patients (plural)

Derived Forms

omnipatient overpatient patiently unpatient copatient cyberpatient inpatient interpatient intrapatient nonpatient outpatient patientcare

Phrases

patient as Job patient zero heartsink patient index patient mental patient patient contact patient information leaflet patient of something

Frequently Paired Words

passion passionate passive passivity patience -end case subject

Synonyms

composed forbearing determined sedulous steady sufferable resistant patient tolerant

Antonyms

antsy impatient agent doer

Rhymes With

impatient abortifacient

Questions

How do you pronounce patient?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpæɪ̯ʃənt/.
What does patient mean?
Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
Where does patient come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce patient

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