patient

See also: Patient and patiënt

patient - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈpeɪʃənt/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧tient

Adjective

patient (comparative patienter or more patient, superlative patientest or most patient)

  1. (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.
  2. Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
    • patient endeavour
    • a patient wait
    • patient analysis
  3. (obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.

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Noun

patient (plural patients)

  1. A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
  2. (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.
  3. One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

Antonyms

  • (linguistics, grammar): agent

Derived terms

Translations

  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 受事 (zh) (shòushì)
  • German: Patiens (de) n
  • Polish: pacjens m

Anagrams

patient - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [pʰaˈɕɛnˀd̥]

Noun

patient c (singular definite patienten, plural indefinite patienter)

  1. patient (person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person)

Inflection

common gender Singular Plural
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)

  1. patient

Derived terms

Noun

patient m (plural patients, feminine patiente)

  1. a patient, an outpatient

patient - Middle English

Adjective

patient

  1. Alternative form of pacient

Noun

patient

  1. Alternative form of pacient

patient - Old French

Noun

patient m (oblique plural patienz or patientz, nominative singular patienz or patientz, nominative plural patient)

  1. (medicine) patient

Descendants

patient - Swedish

Noun

patient c

  1. a patient

Declension

Declension of patient 

Anagrams

Meaning and Definition of patient
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