paciente

See also: pâciente

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patiens, patientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈθjente/, [paˈθjẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: 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): /paˈθjɛnte/ [paˈθjɛn̪.t̪ɪ]

• 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

• pacientemente

Related terms

• impaciente
• paciencia

Noun

paciente m or f by sense (plural pacientes)

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

   Synonym: doente

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “paciente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “paciente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “paciente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “paciente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Adverb

paciente

1. patiently

Related terms

• pacienta

Latvian

Noun

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

1. female equivalent of pacients: patient

Declension

Declension of paciente (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	paciente	pacientes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	pacienti	pacientes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	pacientes	pacienšu
dative (datīvs)	pacientei	pacientēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	pacienti	pacientēm
locative (lokatīvs)	pacientē	pacientēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	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/

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈsjẽ.tɨ/

• 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

Related terms

• paciência
• padecer

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /paˈθjente/ [paˈθjẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /paˈsjente/ [paˈsjẽn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: pa‧cien‧te

Adjective

paciente m or f (masculine and feminine plural pacientes)

1. patient

   Antonym: impaciente

Derived terms

• pacientemente

 

Noun

paciente m or f by sense (plural pacientes)

1. (medicine) patient

Related terms

• impacientar
• paciencia
• padecer

 

Further reading

• “paciente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28