patos

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

patos (uncountable)

1. pathos; a property of anything that touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions
2. any feelings that are touched or excited through the use of pathos in music, literature, film, etc.

Related terms

• patetiek

Asturian

Noun

patos

1. plural of patu

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧tos
• IPA^(key): /paˈtos/ [paˈtos]

Noun

patós

1. wrapper; wrapping

Derived terms

• magpatos
• mampatos
• pampatos
• patoson

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos), from πάσχω (páskhō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpatos]

Noun

patos m inan

1. pathos

Declension

Declension of patos (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	patos	patosy
genitive	patosu	patosů
dative	patosu	patosům
accusative	patos	patosy
vocative	patose	patosy
locative	patosu	patosech
instrumental	patosem	patosy

Related terms

• antipatický
• antipatie
• apatický
• apatie
• empatický
• empatie
• homeopat
• homeopatický
• homeopatie
• neuropatie
• patetický
• patogen
• patogeneze
• patolog
• patologický
• patologie
• psychopat
• sociopat
• sympatický
• sympatie
• sympatizant
• sympatizovat
• sympaťák
• telepat
• telepatický
• telepatie

Further reading

• “pathos”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “patos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “patos”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Noun

patos c (singular definite patossen, not used in plural form)

1. pathos

Declension

Declension of patos

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	patos	patossen
genitive	patos'	patossens

Related terms

• patetisk

References

• “patos” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

patos

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch pathos, from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpatos/ [ˈpa.t̪ɔs]
• Rhymes: -atos
• Syllabification: pa‧tos

Noun

patos (uncountable)

1. pathos

Related terms

• patetis

Further reading

• “patos”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Noun

patos m (invariable)

1. pathos

Anagrams

• Tapso, pasto, posta, spato

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

patos

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English pathos, French pathos, German Pathos, ultimately from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tɔs/
• Rhymes: -atɔs
• Syllabification: pa‧tos

Noun

patos m inan

1. pathos (quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)
2. (derogatory) bombast, grandiloquence, pathos (use of exaggerated or elevated language in speech or writing)

Declension

Declension of patos

	singular
nominative	patos
genitive	patosu
dative	patosowi
accusative	patos
instrumental	patosem
locative	patosie
vocative	patosie

Further reading

• patos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• patos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

patos m (uncountable)

1. alternative spelling of páthos

Noun

patos m

1. plural of pato

Further reading

• “patos”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos) or French pathos.

Noun

patos n (uncountable)

1. pathos

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	patos	patosul
genitive-dative	patos	patosului
vocative	patosule

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάτος (pátos, “path”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǎtos/
• Hyphenation: pa‧tos

Noun

pàtos m inan (Cyrillic spelling па̀тос)

1. floor

   Synonym: pȍd

2. flooring

   Synonym: pȍd

Declension

Declension of patos

	singular	plural
nominative	patos	patosi
genitive	patosa	patosa
dative	patosu	patosima
accusative	patos	patose
vocative	patose	patosi
locative	patosu	patosima
instrumental	patosom	patosima

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâːtos/
• Hyphenation: pa‧tos

Noun

pȃtos m inan (Cyrillic spelling па̑тос)

1. pathos

Declension

Declension of patos

	singular	plural
nominative	patos	patosi
genitive	patosa	patosa
dative	patosu	patosima
accusative	patos	patose
vocative	patose	patosi
locative	patosu	patosima
instrumental	patosom	patosima

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpatos/ [ˈpa.t̪os]
• Rhymes: -atos
• Syllabification: pa‧tos

Noun

patos

1. plural of pato

Anagrams

• pasto

Tagalog

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish zapatos, plural of zapato (“shoe”), with clipping. The first syllable may have been misinterpreted as the preposition sa (“in; on; at”). Doublet of sapatos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpatos/ [ˈpaː.t̪os]
• Rhymes: -atos
• Syllabification: pa‧tos

Noun

patos (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜓᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

1. shoe

   Synonyms: sapatos, (obsolete) paruka

   Patusin mo itong patos.

   Wear this shoe as your shoe.

Derived terms

• magpatos
• patos-na-kahoy
• patusan
• patusin

Further reading

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 135: “Calçar) Patos (pp) C. los çapatos a alguno”
  • page 608: “Zapatos) Patos (pp) C. de Caſtilla”

Anagrams

• sapot, tapos