patriotic

See also: patriòtic

English

Alternative forms

• patriotick (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pæt.ɹiˈɒ.tɪk/, (less commonly) /peɪ.tɹiˈɒ.tɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /peɪ.tɹiˈɑ.tɪk/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

patriotic (comparative more patriotic, superlative most patriotic)

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

   a patriotic statesman

   a patriotic song

   • 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC:

     But if patriotic sentiment is wanted,
     I've patriotic ballads cut and dried;
     For where'er our country's banner may be planted,
     All other local banners are defied!

   • 2026 February 7, Richard Luscombe, Shrai Popat, Robert Mackey, “Trump refuses to apologize for video with racist imagery of Obamas posted on his social media”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 7 February 2026:

     [Hakeem] Jeffries hailed the Obamas as “brilliant, compassionate and patriotic Americans” and denounced Trump as “a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder”.

Antonyms

• unpatriotic

Derived terms

• antipatriotic
• hyperpatriotic
• impatriotic
• overpatriotic
• patriotical
• patriotically
• patriotic correctness
• patrioticness
• pseudopatriotic
• semi-patriotic
• semipatriotic
• superpatriotic
• ultrapatriotic

Related terms

• patriot
• patriotism

Translations

inspired by patriotism

• Albanian: patriotik (sq), atdhedashës (sq)
• Arabic: وَطَنِيّ (waṭaniyy)
• Armenian: հայրենասիրական (hy) (hayrenasirakan)
• Azerbaijani: vətənpərvərlik
• Belarusian: патрыяты́чны (patryjatýčny)
• Bengali: স্বদেশভক্তিপূর্ণ (śodeśobhoktipurno), স্বদেশহিতৈষী (śodeśhitōiśi), স্বদেশপ্রেমিক (śodeśopremik), স্বদেশপ্রেমী (śodeśopremi)
• Bulgarian: патриоти́чен (bg) (patriotíčen)
• Catalan: patriòtic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 愛國 / 爱国 (oi³ gwok³)

  Mandarin: 愛國的 / 爱国的 (zh) (àiguó de)

• Czech: vlastenecký
• Danish: patriotisk
• Dutch: patriottisch (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: patriootiline, patriootlik, isamaaline
• Finnish: isänmaallinen (fi), patrioottinen (fi)
• French: patriotique (fr)
• Galician: patriótico (gl), patriota (gl)
• Georgian: პატრიოტული (ṗaṭrioṭuli), მამულიშვილური (mamulišviluri)
• German: patriotisch (de)
• Greek: πατριωτικός (el) (patriotikós)
• Hebrew: פַּטרִיוֹטִי (he) (patriyoti)
• Hindi: देशभक्तिपूर्ण (deśbhaktipūrṇ)
• Hungarian: hazafias (hu)
• Indonesian: patriotik (id)
• Italian: patriottico (it)
• Japanese: 愛国の (ja) (あいこくの, aikoku no)
• Kazakh: отансүйгіштік (otansüigıştık), отаншылдық (otanşyldyq), патриоттық (patriottyq)
• Khmer: ស្នេហាជាតិ (snaehaa ciət)
• Korean: 애국의 (ko) (aegugui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: welatperwer (ku), welatparêz (ku)

• Kyrgyz: патриоттук (patriottuk)
• Lao: ຮັກຊາດ (hak sāt)
• Latvian: patriotisks, patriotiskais
• Lithuanian: patriotinis, patriotiškas
• Macedonian: патрио́тски (patriótski)
• Malay: patriotik
• Māori: tāmauwhenua
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: эх оронч (ex oronč), эх орны (ex orny), эх орончийн (ex orončiin)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: patriotisk

  Nynorsk: patriotisk

• Persian: میهن‌پرست (mihan-parast), میهن‌دوست (mihan-dôst), وطن‌پرست (vatan-parast)
• Polish: patriotyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: patriota (pt), patriótico (pt)
• Romanian: patriotic (ro)
• Russian: патриоти́ческий (ru) (patriotíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: патрѝотскӣ, ро̏дољӯбан

  Latin: patrìotskī (sh), rȍdoljūban (sh)

• Slovak: vlastenecký
• Slovene: domoljuben (sl), patriotski, rodoljuben
• Spanish: patriótico (es), patriota (es)
• Swedish: patriotisk (sv)
• Tagalog: makabansa
• Tajik: ватандӯстӣ (vatandüsti), ватанпарастӣ (tg) (vatanparasti)
• Thai: รักชาติ (rák-châat)
• Turkish: vatansever (tr), yurtsever (tr)
• Turkmen: watançylyk
• Ukrainian: патріоти́чний (patriotýčnyj)
• Urdu: مُحِب وَطَن (muhibb-e vatan), وَطَن دوسْت (vatan dost)
• Uyghur: ۋەتەنپەرۋەرلىك (wetenperwerlik)
• Uzbek: vatanparvarlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: yêu nước, ái quốc (vi)
• Volapük: lomänälik (vo)
• Yiddish: פּאַטריאָטיש (patryotish)

Noun

patriotic (plural patriotics)

1. A postage stamp, Civil War token, etc. bearing a patriotic design.
   • 1971, Grover C. Criswell, The Official Guide to Confederate Money & Civil War Tokens, Tradesmen & Patriotic, page 121:

     Most patriotics in copper or brass are common. They are rare in off-metals.

Anagrams

• Capriotti, parotitic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French patriotique. By surface analysis, patriot +‎ -ic.

Adjective

patriotic m or n (feminine singular patriotică, masculine plural patriotici, feminine/neuter plural patriotice)

1. patriotic

Declension

Declension of patriotic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	patriotic		patriotică		patriotici	patriotice
	definite	patrioticul		patriotica		patrioticii	patrioticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	patriotic		patriotice		patriotici	patriotice
	definite	patrioticului		patrioticei		patrioticilor	patrioticelor