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Pronunciation / Transliteration: nintai
"成功するには忍耐力が不可欠です。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.
"Losing your patience in a traffic jam will not make the cars move any faster." - 2
A card game played by one person, also commonly known as solitaire.
"She sat by the window playing a quiet game of patience to pass the afternoon."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'patience' originates from the Latin 'patientia', meaning 'suffering' or 'endurance', which evolved through Old French 'patience' before entering Middle English. The term has shifted from a focus on enduring hardship to a broader sense of calmness and tolerance in the face of delay or adversity.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Patience" is said worldwide
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patience
Transliteration: /pa.sjɑ̃s/
"Il faut de la patience pour apprendre une nouvelle langue."
Geduld
Transliteration: /ɡəˈdʊlt/
"Übe dich in Geduld, die Ergebnisse werden bald kommen."
pazienza
Transliteration: /paˈtsjɛn.tsa/
"Ci vuole molta pazienza per fare questo lavoro."
paciencia
Transliteration: /paˈsjen.sja/
"La paciencia es la madre de todas las ciencias."
paciência
Transliteration: /paˈsĩ.si.ɐ/
"Ele teve paciência para explicar tudo detalhadamente."
धैर्य
Transliteration: dhairya
"कठिन समय में धैर्य रखना बहुत आवश्यक है।"
耐心
Transliteration: nàixīn
"老师对学生总是充满耐心。"
인내
Transliteration: innae
"목표를 달성하려면 많은 인내가 필요하다."
忍耐
Transliteration: nintai
"成功するには忍耐力が不可欠です。"
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