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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespatience
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /pa.sjɑ̃s/
"Il faut de la patience pour apprendre une nouvelle langue."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.
"Losing your patience in a traffic jam will not make the cars move any faster." - 2
A card game played by one person, also commonly known as solitaire.
"She sat by the window playing a quiet game of patience to pass the afternoon."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'patientia', from 'patient-' (meaning 'suffering' or 'enduring'), stemming from the verb 'pati' meaning to suffer or bear. It entered the English language in the Middle English period via Old French, retaining its core connotation of calmly enduring hardship or delay.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Patience" is said worldwide
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patience
Transliteration: /pa.sjɑ̃s/
"Il faut de la patience pour apprendre une nouvelle langue."
Geduld
Transliteration: /ɡəˈdʊlt/
"Übe dich in Geduld, die Ergebnisse werden bald kommen."
pazienza
Transliteration: /paˈtsjɛn.tsa/
"Ci vuole molta pazienza per fare questo lavoro."
paciencia
Transliteration: /paˈsjen.sja/
"La paciencia es la madre de todas las ciencias."
paciência
Transliteration: /paˈsĩ.si.ɐ/
"Ele teve paciência para explicar tudo detalhadamente."
धैर्य
Transliteration: dhairya
"कठिन समय में धैर्य रखना बहुत आवश्यक है।"
耐心
Transliteration: nàixīn
"老师对学生总是充满耐心。"
인내
Transliteration: innae
"목표를 달성하려면 많은 인내가 필요하다."
忍耐
Transliteration: nintai
"成功するには忍耐力が不可欠です。"
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