patriotic

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).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæt.ɹi.ɒ.tɪk/, /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɒ.tɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɑ.tɪk/

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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 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

     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!

Antonyms

• unpatriotic

Derived terms

• patriotically

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 (sẇdeśôbhôktipūrṇô), স্বদেশহিতৈষী (sẇdeśôhit‌ôoiṣī), স্বদেশপ্রেমিক (sẇdeśôpremik), স্বদেশপ্রেমী (sẇdeśôpremī) Bulgarian: патриоти́чен (bg) (patriotíčen) Catalan: patriòtic (ca) Chinese: 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, 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 Maori: 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 Roman: patrìotskī (sh), rȍdoljūban (sh) Slovak: vlastenecký Slovene: domoljuben (sl), patriotski, rodoljuben Spanish: patriótico (es), patriota (es) Swedish: patriotisk (sv) Tajik: ватандӯстӣ (vatandüstī), ватанпарастӣ (tg) (vatanparastī) 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)

Anagrams

• Capriotti, parotitic

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Romanian

Etymology

From French patriotique.

Adjective

patriotic m or n (feminine singular patriotică, masculine plural patriotici, feminine and 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