patient
patient - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpeɪʃənt/
- Hyphenation: pa‧tient
Adjective
patient (comparative patienter or more patient, superlative patientest or most patient)
- (of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
- Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.
- Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
- patient endeavour
- a patient wait
- patient analysis
- (obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.
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Noun
patient (plural patients)
- A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
- (linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
- The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.
- One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
Antonyms
- (linguistics, grammar): agent
Derived terms
- patientess (female patient)
- heartsink patient
- index patient
- inpatient
- interpatient
- nonpatient
- outpatient
- patient information leaflet
- patient contact
- patienthood
- patient role
- patient of something
- patient zero
- patientive
- patientless
- trans patient
- walking patient
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patient - Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA: [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
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | patient | patienten | patienter | patienterne |
genitive | patients | patientens | patienters | patienternes |
Derived terms
- aidspatient
- astmapatient
- dagpatient
- dialysepatient
- hjertepatient
- hospitalspatient
- kræftpatient
- patientbehandling
- patientforening
- patientforsikring
- patientgruppe
- patienthotel
- patientklagenævn
- patientkontakt
- patientombud
- patientombudsmand
- patientstøtte
- patientunderlag
- patientvejleder
- rygpatient
- sukkersygepatient
patient - French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pa.sjɑ̃/
Adjective
patient (feminine patiente, masculine plural patients, feminine plural patientes)
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Noun
patient m (plural patients, feminine patiente)
- a patient, an outpatient
patient - Middle English
Adjective
patient
- Alternative form of pacient
Noun
patient
- Alternative form of pacient
patient - Old French
Noun
patient m (oblique plural patienz or patientz, nominative singular patienz or patientz, nominative plural patient)
Descendants
patient - Swedish
Noun
patient c
- a patient
Declension
Declension of patient | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | patient | patienten | patienter | patienterna |
Genitive | patients | patientens | patienters | patienternas |
Related terms
- långvårdspatient
- patientavgift
- patientförening