patient

 
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪʃ(ə)nt/

adjective

  • able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious: be patient, your time will come a patient and painstaking approach

noun

  • 1a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment: many patients in the hospital were more ill than she was
  • 2 Linguistics the semantic role of a noun phrase denoting something that is affected or acted upon by the action of a verb.

Derivatives

patiently

adverb

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patient- 'suffering', from the verb pati

Spelling help

Remember that patient ends with -ient.