patience

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (uncountable, usually) The quality of being patient.
  2. (uncountable, usually) Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US and Canada.

Concepten

Tegenovergesteld aan
impatience
Frequentie

B2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈpeɪʃəns/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

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 native Old English ġeþyld.

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