Accordpaziente
il paziente
patient
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How do you say paziente in Italian?
How do you pronounce paziente in Italian?
paziente is pronounced /il patˈtsjɛnte/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il paziente anziano è stato dimesso dall'ospedale dopo tre settimane di cure intensive.
The elderly male patient was discharged from the hospital after three weeks of intensive care.
Il paziente tedesco ha chiesto un medico che parlasse la sua lingua.
The German male patient asked for a doctor who spoke his language.
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Why is it masculine?
Paziente is a common gender noun in modern Italian, derived from Latin "patiens" (present participle of "patī," meaning "to suffer" or "to endure"). Rather than being inherently masculine, it agrees in gender with the person it describes: "un paziente" (a male patient) or "una paziente" (a female patient). The word functions as both masculine and feminine depending on the biological sex or gender identity of the person being described.
What is the Italian word for patient?
The Italian word for patient is il paziente — masculine.
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