patriot

See also: Patriot

English

Etymology

From Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patriōta (fellow countryman) from the Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs, of the same country), from πατρίς (patrís, father land", "country), from πατήρ (patḗr, father).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/, /ˈpæ.tɹi.ət/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/
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Noun

patriot (plural patriots)

  1. A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
    • 1712 (date written), [Alexander] Pope, “Prologue, by Mr. Pope. Spoken by Mr. Wilks.”, in [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. [], London: [] J[acob] Tonson, [], published 1713, →OCLC:
      Here Tears ſhall flovv from a more gen'rous Cauſe, / Such Tears as Patriots ſhed for dying Lavvs: []
    • 1901, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “A Defence of Patriotism”, in The Defendant, London: R. Brimley Johnson, →OCLC, page 125:
      'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
    • 1953, Sydney J. Harris, “Purely Personal Prejudices”, in Strictly Personal, Regnery, page 228:
      The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.
    • 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian:
      Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar.
  2. (archaic) A fellow countryman, a compatriot.

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Czech

Noun

patriot m anim

  1. patriot
    Synonym: vlastenec

Declension

Further reading

  • patriot in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • patriot in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • patriot in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French patriote, from Latin patriōta, from Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpaː.triˈɔt/
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  • Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧ot
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

patriot m (plural patriotten, diminutive patriotje n)

  1. patriot
  2. (historical, chiefly Netherlands) A republican opponent of the House of Orange-Nassau during the second half of the eighteenth century, in favour of centralisation and administrative rationalisation.
  3. (obsolete) compatriot
    Synonyms: landgenoot, medeburger

Derived terms

  • patrizot

Descendants

  • Indonesian: patriot

Adjective

patriot (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) patriotic

Inflection

Inflection of patriot
uninflected patriot
inflected patriotte
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial patriot
indefinite m./f. sing. patriotte
n. sing. patriot
plural patriotte
definite patriotte
partitive patriots

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch patriot, from Middle French patriote, from Latin patriōta, from Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pat̚ˈriɔt̚]
  • Hyphenation: pat‧ri‧ot

Noun

patriot (first-person possessive patriotku, second-person possessive patriotmu, third-person possessive patriotnya)

  1. patriot: a person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

Noun

patriot m (definite singular patrioten, indefinite plural patrioter, definite plural patriotene)

  1. a patriot

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

Noun

patriot m (definite singular patrioten, indefinite plural patriotar, definite plural patriotane)

  1. a patriot

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πατριώτης (patriótis) or French patriote or German Patriot.

Noun

patriot m (plural patrioți)

  1. patriot

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Patriot, from French patriote, from Latin patriota, from Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /patrǐot/
  • Hyphenation: pat‧ri‧ot

Noun

patrìot, patriȍt m (Cyrillic spelling патрѝот, патрио̏т)

  1. patriot
    Synonyms: rȍdoljūb, dȍmoljūb

Declension

References

  • patriot” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

patriot c

  1. a patriot

Declension

Declension of patriot 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative patriot patrioten patrioter patrioterna
Genitive patriots patriotens patrioters patrioternas

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