patriot

See also Patriot

English

Etymology

From the Middle French compatriot around 1600, from Late Latin patriōta (“fellow countryman”) from the Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriotēs, “of the same country”), from πατρίς (patris, “father land", "country”), from πατήρ (pater, “father”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpæt.ɹi.ət/, /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/, SAMPA: /"p{t.ri:.@t/, /"peI.tri.@t/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/, SAMPA: /"peI.tri.@t/

Noun

patriot (plural patriots)

1. A person who loves and zealously supports and defends his or her country.

Derived terms

• patriotic
• patriotism
• Patriot missile

Translations

person who loves, supports and defends their country

Albanian: atdhetar (sq) m., atdhetare (sq) f. Arabic: وطني‎ (ar) (waTanii) m. Basque: abertzale (eu) Bulgarian: родолюбец (bg) (rodolyubets) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 愛國者 (zh), 爱国者 (zh) (àiguózhě) Croatian: patriot (hr) m., domoljub (hr) m., rodoljub (hr) m. Czech: vlastenec (cs) m. Dutch: patriot (nl) m. Finnish: patriootti (fi) French: patriote (fr) m. and f. German: Patriot (de) m., Patriotin (de) f. Greek: πατριώτης (el) (patriótis) m. Hebrew: פַּטְרִיוֹט (he) (patri'ot) m. Hungarian: hazafi (hu)

Japanese: 愛国者 (ja) (aikokusha) Korean: 애국자 (ko) (aegugja) (愛國者 (ko)) Kurdish: نیشتیمان په‌روه‌ر Macedonian: патриот (mk) (patriót) m., родољуб (mk) (ródoljub) m., родољубец (mk) (rodoljúbec) m. Norwegian: patriot (no) m. Romanian: patriot (ro) m. Russian: патриот (ru) (patriót) m. Serbian: domoljub m., domoljubac m., rodoljub m., rodoljubac m. Spanish: patriota (es) Swedish: patriot (sv) c. Turkish: vatansever (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Volapük: (male or female) lomänälan (vo), (male) hilomänälan (vo), (female) jilomänälan (vo) Yiddish: פּאַטריאָט (yi) (patri'ot) m.

References

• patriot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Dutch

Noun

patriot m. (plural patriotten)

1. patriot

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

patrìot m. (Cyrillic spelling патрѝот)

1. patriot

Declension

    declension of patriot

	singular	plural
nominative	patriot	patrioti
genitive	patriota	patriota
dative	patriotu	patriotima
accusative	patriota	patriote
vocative	patriote	patrioti
locative	patriotu	patriotima
instrumental	patriotom	patriotima

Synonyms

• rȍdoljūb
• dȍmoljūb