patience
patience
noun pah-SYAHNS Less Common
Origin: Latin patientia (suffering, endurance)
Usage Note
Patience is also the French word for the card game known in English as 'solitaire'. The idiom prendre son mal en patience means 'to grin and bear it'. The adjective form is patient (masculine) / patiente (feminine).
Examples
"Il faut de la patience pour apprendre une langue."
Natural Translation
It takes patience to learn a language.
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