patience

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• /ˈpeɪʃəns/
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/
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From patience, a virtue name first used by Puritans in the sixteenth century.

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.

179 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аҷхара (ačʼxara) — quality of being patient
• Akan: aboterɛ — quality of being patient
• Albanian: durim — quality of being patient
• Southern Altai: чыдам (čïdam) — quality of being patient
• Arabic: صَبْر (ṣabr) — quality of being patient
• Arabic: تَحَمُّل (taḥammul) — quality of being patient
• Algerian Arabic: بَاصِيصَا (baṣiṣa) — quality of being patient
• Chadian Arabic: صبر (sabur) — quality of being patient
• Arabic: صبر (ṣabr) — quality of being patient
• Armenian: համբերություն (hamberutʻyun) — quality of being patient
• Asturian: paciencia — quality of being patient
• Azerbaijani: səbir — quality of being patient
• Azerbaijani: dözüm — quality of being patient
• Azerbaijani: hövsələ — quality of being patient
• Bashkir: түҙемлек (tüźemlek) — quality of being patient
• Bashkir: сабырлыҡ (sabırlıq) — quality of being patient
• Belarusian: цярпе́нне (cjarpjénnje) — quality of being patient
• Belarusian: цярплі́васць (cjarplívascʹ) — quality of being patient
• Bengali: ধৈর্য (dhōirjo) — quality of being patient
• Bulgarian: търпе́ние (tǎrpénie) — quality of being patient
• Bulgarian: търпели́вост (tǎrpelívost) — quality of being patient
• Burmese: ခန္တီ (hkanti) — quality of being patient
• Catalan: paciència — quality of being patient
• Chinese Mandarin: 耐性 (nàixìng) — quality of being patient
• Chinese Mandarin: 忍耐 (rěnnài) — quality of being patient
• Ngazidja Comorian: subira — quality of being patient
• Czech: trpělivost — quality of being patient
• Danish: tålmod — quality of being patient
• Danish: tålmodighed — quality of being patient
• Dutch: geduld — quality of being patient
• Esperanto: pacienco — quality of being patient
• Estonian: kannatlikkus — quality of being patient
• Faroese: tol — quality of being patient
• Finnish: maltti — quality of being patient
• Finnish: kärsivällisyys — quality of being patient
• French: patience — quality of being patient
• Galician: paciencia — quality of being patient
• Georgian: მოთმინება (motmineba) — quality of being patient
• German: Geduld — quality of being patient
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 (laggamōdei) — quality of being patient
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (usþulains) — quality of being patient
• Greek: υπομονή (ypomoní) — quality of being patient
• Ancient Greek: μακροθυμία (makrothumía) — quality of being patient
• Ancient Greek: ὑπομονή (hupomonḗ) — quality of being patient
• Haitian Creole: pasyans — quality of being patient
• Haryanvi: थ्यावस (thyāvas) — quality of being patient
• Hebrew: סַבְלָנוּת (savlanút) — quality of being patient
• Hindi: सहन (sahan) — quality of being patient
• Hindi: धैर्य (dhairya) — quality of being patient
• Hindi: सहनशीलता (sahnaśīltā) — quality of being patient
• Hindi: धीरज (dhīraj) — quality of being patient
• Hungarian: türelem — quality of being patient
• Icelandic: þolinmæði — quality of being patient
• Icelandic: biðlund — quality of being patient
• Indonesian: kesabaran — quality of being patient
• Irish: foighne — quality of being patient
• Italian: pazienza — quality of being patient
• Japanese: 辛抱 (shinbō) — quality of being patient
• Japanese: 忍耐 (nintai) — quality of being patient
• Japanese: 我慢 (gaman) — quality of being patient
• Kazakh: дегбір (degbır) — quality of being patient
• Kazakh: сабыр (sabyr) — quality of being patient
• Khmer: ខន្តី (khɑɑkhɑntəy) — quality of being patient
• Korean: 참을성 (chameulseong) — quality of being patient
• Korean: 인내 (innae) — quality of being patient
• Central Kurdish: ئارام (aram) — quality of being patient
• Central Kurdish: قنیات (qinyat) — quality of being patient
• Northern Kurdish: sebir — quality of being patient
• Northern Kurdish: bêhnfirehî — quality of being patient
• Kyrgyz: сабырдуулук (sabırduuluk) — quality of being patient
• Kyrgyz: сабыр (sabır) — quality of being patient
• Kyrgyz: чыдам (cıdam) — quality of being patient
• Kyrgyz: чыдамдуулук (cıdamduuluk) — quality of being patient
• Ladino: פאסינסייה — quality of being patient
• Ladino: pasiensia — quality of being patient
• Lao: ຄວາມອົດທົນ (khuām ʼot thon) — quality of being patient
• Latin: patientia — quality of being patient
• Latvian: pacietība — quality of being patient
• Lithuanian: kantrybė — quality of being patient
• Luxembourgish: Gedold — quality of being patient
• Macedonian: трпение (trpenie) — quality of being patient
• Macedonian: стрпливост (strplivost) — quality of being patient
• Malay: sabar — quality of being patient
• Malay: kesabaran — quality of being patient
• Māori: manawanuitanga — quality of being patient
• Māori: manawa — quality of being patient
• Middle English: pacience — quality of being patient
• Mongolian: тэвчээр (tevčeer) — quality of being patient
• Norman: pâcienche — quality of being patient
• Norwegian Bokmål: tålmodighet — quality of being patient
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tolmod — quality of being patient
• Occitan: paciéncia — quality of being patient
• Old English: ġeþyld — quality of being patient
• Oromo: obsa — quality of being patient
• Pashto: صبر (sabᶕr) — quality of being patient
• Pashto: حوصله (hawselá) — quality of being patient
• Pashto: زغم (zǧam) — quality of being patient
• Persian: صبر (sabr) — quality of being patient
• Persian: شکیبائی (šakibâ'i) — quality of being patient
• Persian: حوصله (howsele) — quality of being patient
• Persian: تحمل (tahammol) — quality of being patient
• Piedmontese: passiensa — quality of being patient
• Polish: cierpliwość — quality of being patient
• Portuguese: paciência — quality of being patient
• Romagnol: pazénzia — quality of being patient
• Romagnol: pazenzia — quality of being patient
• Romanian: răbdare — quality of being patient
• Russian: терпе́ние (terpénije) — quality of being patient
• Russian: терпели́вость (terpelívostʹ) — quality of being patient
• Sanskrit: सहन (sahana) — quality of being patient
• Sanskrit: धैर्य (dhairya) — quality of being patient
• Scottish Gaelic: foighidinn — quality of being patient
• Serbo-Croatian: krotost — quality of being patient
• Serbo-Croatian: trpeljivost — quality of being patient
• Serbo-Croatian: strpljénje — quality of being patient
• Serbo-Croatian: str̀pljivōst — quality of being patient
• Slovak: trpezlivosť — quality of being patient
• Slovene: potrpežljivost — quality of being patient
• Spanish: paciencia — quality of being patient
• Sranan Tongo: pasensie — quality of being patient
• Swahili: subra — quality of being patient
• Swahili: subira — quality of being patient
• Swahili: uvumilivu — quality of being patient
• Swedish: tålamod — quality of being patient
• Tagalog: pasensya — quality of being patient
• Tajik: сабр (sabr) — quality of being patient
• Tatar: сабырлык (sabırlıq) — quality of being patient
• Telugu: ఓర్పు (ōrpu) — quality of being patient
• Telugu: సహనము (sahanamu) — quality of being patient
• Thai: ความอดทน (kwaam-òt-ton) — quality of being patient
• Turkish: sabır — quality of being patient
• Turkish: faysal — quality of being patient
• Turkish: dayanç — quality of being patient
• Turkish: çıdam — quality of being patient
• Turkish: kudret — quality of being patient
• Turkmen: sabyr — quality of being patient
• Ukrainian: терпі́ння (terpínnja) — quality of being patient
• Ukrainian: терпля́чість (terpljáčistʹ) — quality of being patient
• Ukrainian: терпели́вість (terpelývistʹ) — quality of being patient
• Urdu: سہن (sahan) — quality of being patient
• Urdu: صبر (sabr) — quality of being patient
• Urdu: تحمل (tahammul) — quality of being patient
• Uyghur: سەۋر (sewr) — quality of being patient
• Uzbek: sabr — quality of being patient
• Walloon: pacyince — quality of being patient
• Welsh: ymaros — quality of being patient
• Welsh: amynedd — quality of being patient
• Welsh: dioddefgarwch — quality of being patient
• Yiddish: געדולד (geduld) — quality of being patient
• Yoruba: sùúrù — quality of being patient
• Zazaki: sabır — quality of being patient
• Zazaki: sebır (diq) — quality of being patient
• Zazaki: tehamul — quality of being patient
• Zulu: isineke — quality of being patient
• Belarusian: пасья́нс (pasʹjáns) — game that can be played by one person
• Bulgarian: пасиа́нс (pasiáns) — game that can be played by one person
• Catalan: solitari — game that can be played by one person
• Czech: pasiáns — game that can be played by one person
• Dutch: patience — game that can be played by one person
• Dutch: mochelen — game that can be played by one person
• Finnish: pasianssi — game that can be played by one person
• French: patience — game that can be played by one person
• Georgian: პასიანსი (ṗasiansi) — game that can be played by one person
• Greek: πασιέντζα (pasiéntza) — game that can be played by one person
• Japanese: ソリティア (soritia) — game that can be played by one person
• Korean: 솔리테어 (solliteeo) — game that can be played by one person
• Macedonian: пасијанс (pasijans) — game that can be played by one person
• Norwegian Bokmål: kabal — game that can be played by one person
• Polish: pasjans — game that can be played by one person
• Portuguese: paciência — game that can be played by one person
• Russian: пасья́нс (pasʹjáns) — game that can be played by one person
• Spanish: solitario — game that can be played by one person
• Swedish: patiens — game that can be played by one person
• Tagalog: solitaryo — game that can be played by one person
• Turkish: pasiyans — game that can be played by one person
• Turkish: tektaş — game that can be played by one person
• Turkish: solo test — game that can be played by one person
• Ukrainian: пасья́нс (pasʹjáns) — game that can be played by one person
• Zazaki: pawen — game that can be played by one person