pacient

See also: pâcient

English

Adverb

pacient (comparative more pacient, superlative most pacient)

1. Obsolete form of patient.

Derived terms

• paciently

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pə.siˈen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pə.siˈent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pa.siˈent]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

pacient m or f by sense (plural pacients)

1. patient

Adjective

pacient m or f (masculine and feminine plural pacients)

1. patient

   Antonym: impacient

Derived terms

• pacientment

Related terms

• impacient
• paciència
• patir

Further reading

• “pacient”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pacient”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “pacient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pacient”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpat͡sɪjɛnt]

• Audio:

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Noun

pacient m anim

1. patient

Declension

Declension of pacient (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pacient	pacienti
genitive	pacienta	pacientů
dative	pacientovi, pacientu	pacientům
accusative	pacienta	pacienty
vocative	paciente	pacienti
locative	pacientovi, pacientu	pacientech
instrumental	pacientem	pacienty

Related terms

• See pasivum

Further reading

• “pacient”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pacient”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pacient”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Middle English

Alternative forms

• paciente, pacyent, patient

Etymology

Borrowed 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): /ˌpaːsiˈɛnt/, /ˈpaːsjɛnt/

Adjective

pacient

1. Able or willing to bear pain or suffering.
2. Calm, restrained (in waiting or coping)
3. (pathology, rare) diseased, afflicted.

Related terms

• pacience

Descendants

• English: patient

References

• “pācient(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

pacient (plural pacientes)

1. (pathology) patient (individual under care)
2. One who is patient or restrained
3. (alchemy, rare) That which is subjected to action.

Descendants

• English: pacient

References

• “pācient(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patiēns, patientis, French patient, German Patient, Italian paciente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.t͡ʃiˈent/

• Audio:

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Adjective

pacient m or n (feminine singular pacientă, masculine plural pacienți, feminine/neuter plural paciente)

1. (literary) patient

   Synonym: răbdător

Declension

Declension of pacient

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pacient		pacientă	pacienți	paciente
	definite	pacientul		pacienta	pacienții	pacientele
genitive- dative	indefinite	pacient		paciente	pacienți	paciente
	definite	pacientului		pacientei	pacienților	pacientelor

Related terms

• paciență
• păți

Noun

pacient m (plural pacienți, feminine equivalent pacientă)

1. patient

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pacient	pacientul	pacienți	pacienții
genitive-dative	pacient	pacientului	pacienți	pacienților
vocative	pacientule		pacienților