patient

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ̯ʃənt/, [ˈpʰeɪ̯ʃənt] ~ [ˈpʰeɪ̯ʃn̩t] (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈpɛjʃənt/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpæɪ̯ʃənt/, [ˈpʰæ̝ɪ̯ʃənt] ~ [ˈpʰæ̝ɪ̯ʃn̩t] Rhymes: -eɪʃənt Hyphenation: pa‧tient === Adjective === patient (comparative more patient, superlative most patient) (of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting. Synonyms: composed, forbearing Antonyms: antsy, impatient Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent. Synonyms: determined, sedulous, steady c. 1692, Sir Isaac Newton, letter to Dr. Richard Bentley Whatever I have done […] is due to […] patient thought. December 15, 2016, Hettie Judah in the New York Times, Beloved Children’s-Book Characters, in Their Own Immersive World “Her personal life and her art were very intertwined: You can’t really separate them,” explains Sophia Jansson. “She mirrored her own a reality onto a fictional reality.” And this is perhaps the nub of the Moomin’s enduring appeal: a combination of adventuresome spirit and philosophy, all of which Jansson derived from close and patient observation, of human relationships and of the natural world alike. (obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear. Synonyms: sufferable, resistant; see also Thesaurus:tolerant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === patient (plural patients) A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care. Coordinate term: case (linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action. Antonyms: agent; doer Coordinate terms: subject, object; rheme, theme One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== -end === Further reading === “patient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “patient”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === antipet == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin patiēns (“suffering”), the present active participle of patior (“to suffer”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [pʰaˈɕɛnˀd̥] === Noun === patient c (singular definite patienten, plural indefinite patienter) patient (person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === klient === References === “patient” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French patient, from Old French patient, borrowed from Latin patientem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pa.sjɑ̃/ === Adjective === patient (feminine patiente, masculine plural patients, feminine plural patientes) patient Antonym: impatient ==== Derived terms ==== patiemment patienter ==== Related terms ==== patience ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: pasyan === Noun === patient m (plural patients, feminine patiente) patient, outpatient (dated) condemned man, person who has been sentenced to death === Further reading === “patient”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Adjective === patient alternative form of pacient === Noun === patient alternative form of pacient == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin patiens, patientem. === Noun === patient oblique singular, m (oblique plural patienz or patientz, nominative singular patienz or patientz, nominative plural patient) (medicine) patient ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: patient French: patient → Middle English: pacient, paciente, pacyent, patientEnglish: patient Norman: pâcient == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pasiˈenːt/ IPA(key): /paˈt͡ʃenːt/ (Finland) === Noun === patient c a patient ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== långvårdspatient patientavgift patientförening ==== See also ==== klient sjukhus (“hospital”) sjukling === References === “patient”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “patient”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “patient”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH === Anagrams === aptiten