Feminine

Patience

Meaning

patience, solitaire (card game for one player)

Concepts

divining one’s own fortune

Synonyms

Solitaire

Translations

Frequency

33k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/paˈsjãs/
Etymology

In summary

Late 18th century. Formally from French patience, but the use for a card game is apparently older in German than in French and English.

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