patience
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patience¹
- /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈpæɪ̯.ʃəns/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈpe.ʃəns/ Scotland
Where it comes from
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.
noun patiences
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The quality of being patient.
Musical perfection requires practice and a lot of patience.
Similar: forbearance, restraint, thole · Opposite: impatience
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Any of various card games that can be played by one person.
Similar: solitaire
Patience²
- /ˈpeɪʃəns/
Where it comes from
From patience, a virtue name first used by Puritans in the sixteenth century.
proper noun
- A female given name from English. Meg had named it Patience. "But why?" he had exclaimed, not liking the name at all. "Patience is my favourite virtue," she had replied, "and we can call her Patty for short."
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: longanimity, forbearance, solitaire, patient, patiently, persistence, tolerance, endurance, stamina, waiting, steadfastness, calm, leniency, temper, impatience, impatient
Translations
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noun quality of being patient
| Español | paciencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 참을성 chameulseong, 인내 innae |
| 日本語 | 辛抱 shinbō, 忍耐 nintai, 我慢 gaman |
| 中文 | 耐性 nàixìng, 忍耐 rěnnài |
| हिन्दी | सहन sahan, धैर्य dhairya, सहनशीलता sahnaśīltā, धीरज dhīraj |
| Kiswahili | subra, subira, uvumilivu |
| Português | paciência |
| Français | patience |
| Deutsch | Geduld |
| Italiano | pazienza |
| Ελληνικά | υπομονή ypomoní |
| Română | răbdare |
| Русский | терпе́ние terpénije, терпели́вость terpelívostʹ |
| العربية | صَبْر ṣabr, تَحَمُّل taḥammul |
| עברית | סַבְלָנוּת savlanút |
Talk about this word "patience." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/patience. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. patience. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/patience "patience." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/patience.Cite this
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