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patriotic

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /pæt.ɹiˈɒ.tɪk/
  • UK, uncommon: /peɪ.tɹiˈɒ.tɪk/
  • US: /peɪ.tɹiˈɑ.tɪk/
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  • CMU ARPABET: P EY2 T R IY0 AA1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a patriotic statesman
  • a patriotic song

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A postage stamp, Civil War token, etc. bearing a patriotic design.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

inspired by love for your country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: loyal

Antonyms: unpatriotic

History

Etymology

From French patriotique, from Late Latin patriōticus, from Ancient Greek πατριωτικός (patriōtikós), from πατριώτης (patriṓtēs), equivalent to patriot + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: patriotik — inspired by patriotism
  • Albanian: atdhedashës — inspired by patriotism
  • Arabic: وَطَنِيّ (waṭaniyy) — inspired by patriotism
  • Armenian: հայրենասիրական (hayrenasirakan) — inspired by patriotism
  • Azerbaijani: vətənpərvərlik — inspired by patriotism
  • Belarusian: патрыяты́чны (patryjatýčny) — inspired by patriotism
  • Bengali: স্বদেশভক্তিপূর্ণ (śodeśobhoktipurno) — inspired by patriotism
  • Bengali: স্বদেশহিতৈষী (śodeśhitōiśi) — inspired by patriotism
  • Bengali: স্বদেশপ্রেমিক (śodeśopremik) — inspired by patriotism
  • Bengali: স্বদেশপ্রেমী (śodeśopremi) — inspired by patriotism
  • Bulgarian: патриоти́чен (patriotíčen) — inspired by patriotism
  • Catalan: patriòtic — inspired by patriotism
  • Chinese Cantonese: 愛國 /爱国 (oi3 gwok3) — inspired by patriotism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愛國的 /爱国的 (àiguó de) — inspired by patriotism
  • Czech: vlastenecký — inspired by patriotism
  • Danish: patriotisk — inspired by patriotism
  • Dutch: patriottisch — inspired by patriotism
  • Esperanto: patriota — inspired by patriotism
  • Estonian: patriootiline — inspired by patriotism
  • Estonian: patriootlik — inspired by patriotism
  • Estonian: isamaaline — inspired by patriotism
  • Finnish: isänmaallinen — inspired by patriotism
  • Finnish: patrioottinen — inspired by patriotism
  • French: patriotique — inspired by patriotism
  • Galician: patriótico — inspired by patriotism
  • Galician: patriota — inspired by patriotism
  • Georgian: პატრიოტული (ṗaṭrioṭuli) — inspired by patriotism
  • Georgian: მამულიშვილური (mamulišviluri) — inspired by patriotism
  • German: patriotisch — inspired by patriotism
  • Greek: πατριωτικός (patriotikós) — inspired by patriotism
  • Hebrew: פַּטרִיוֹטִי (patriyoti) — inspired by patriotism
  • Hindi: देशभक्तिपूर्ण (deśbhaktipūrṇ) — inspired by patriotism
  • Hungarian: hazafias — inspired by patriotism
  • Indonesian: patriotik — inspired by patriotism
  • Italian: patriottico — inspired by patriotism
  • Japanese: 愛国の (aikoku no) — inspired by patriotism
  • Kazakh: отансүйгіштік (otansüigıştık) — inspired by patriotism
  • Kazakh: отаншылдық (otanşyldyq) — inspired by patriotism
  • Kazakh: патриоттық (patriottyq) — inspired by patriotism
  • Khmer: ស្នេហាជាតិ (snaehaa ciət) — inspired by patriotism
  • Korean: 애국의 (aegugui) — inspired by patriotism
  • Northern Kurdish: welatperwer — inspired by patriotism
  • Northern Kurdish: welatparêz — inspired by patriotism
  • Kyrgyz: патриоттук (patriottuk) — inspired by patriotism
  • Lao: ຮັກຊາດ (hak sāt) — inspired by patriotism
  • Latvian: patriotisks — inspired by patriotism
  • Latvian: patriotiskais — inspired by patriotism
  • Lithuanian: patriotinis — inspired by patriotism
  • Lithuanian: patriotiškas — inspired by patriotism
  • Macedonian: патрио́тски (patriótski) — inspired by patriotism
  • Malay: patriotik — inspired by patriotism
  • Māori: tāmauwhenua — inspired by patriotism
  • Mongolian: эх оронч (ex oronč) — inspired by patriotism
  • Mongolian: эх орны (ex orny) — inspired by patriotism
  • Mongolian: эх орончийн (ex orončiin) — inspired by patriotism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: patriotisk — inspired by patriotism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: patriotisk — inspired by patriotism
  • Persian: میهنپرست (mihan-parast) — inspired by patriotism
  • Persian: میهندوست (mihan-dôst) — inspired by patriotism
  • Persian: وطنپرست (vatan-parast) — inspired by patriotism
  • Polish: patriotyczny — inspired by patriotism
  • Portuguese: patriota — inspired by patriotism
  • Portuguese: patriótico — inspired by patriotism
  • Romanian: patriotic — inspired by patriotism
  • Russian: патриоти́ческий (patriotíčeskij) — inspired by patriotism
  • Serbo-Croatian: патрѝотскӣ — inspired by patriotism
  • Serbo-Croatian: ро̏дољӯбан — inspired by patriotism
  • Serbo-Croatian: patrìotskī — inspired by patriotism
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȍdoljūban — inspired by patriotism
  • Slovak: vlastenecký — inspired by patriotism
  • Slovene: domoljuben — inspired by patriotism
  • Slovene: patriotski — inspired by patriotism
  • Slovene: rodoljuben — inspired by patriotism
  • Spanish: patriótico — inspired by patriotism
  • Spanish: patriota — inspired by patriotism
  • Swedish: patriotisk — inspired by patriotism
  • Tagalog: makabansa — inspired by patriotism
  • Tajik: ватандӯстӣ (vatandüsti) — inspired by patriotism
  • Tajik: ватанпарастӣ (vatanparasti) — inspired by patriotism
  • Thai: รักชาติ (rák-châat) — inspired by patriotism
  • Turkish: vatansever — inspired by patriotism
  • Turkish: yurtsever — inspired by patriotism
  • Turkmen: watançylyk — inspired by patriotism
  • Ukrainian: патріоти́чний (patriotýčnyj) — inspired by patriotism
  • Urdu: مُحِب وَطَن (muhibb-e vatan) — inspired by patriotism
  • Urdu: وَطَن دوسْت — inspired by patriotism
  • Uyghur: ۋەتەنپەرۋەرلىك (wetenperwerlik) — inspired by patriotism
  • Uzbek: vatanparvarlik — inspired by patriotism
  • Vietnamese: yêu nước — inspired by patriotism
  • Vietnamese: ái quốc — inspired by patriotism
  • Volapük: lomänälik — inspired by patriotism
  • Yiddish: פּאַטריאָטיש (patryotish) — inspired by patriotism
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