English Explanatory Dictionary

patience

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being patient.
  2. Any of various card games that can be played by one person.
name
  1. A female given name from English.
  2. A surname.

Pronunciation

pā′shəns /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/ en-us-inlandnorth-patience.ogg /ˈpæɪ̯.ʃəns/ /ˈpe.ʃəns/ /ˈpeː.ʃi̯ens/ /ˈpeɪʃəns/

Word forms

patience patiences

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pacience, from Old French pacience (modern French patience), from Latin patientia (“suffering; endurance, patience”), from patiens, present active participle of patior (“suffer, experience, wait”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). Displaced Old English ġeþyld.

Synonyms

forbearance restraint thole solitaire

Antonyms

impatience

Related words

passion passionate passive passivity patient clock patience garden patience

Derived words

lose patience patience dock patience is a virtue patience of an angel patience of a saint patience of Job patience of Mother Teresa test someone's patience try someone's patience unpatience
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