How to say “patient” in 33 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Tagalog, where ng is the 4th most used word.
- Arabic تمهل to act slowly, to be patient, to delay #1,107
- Basque gaixo #583
- Bengali রোগী #1,111
- Bosnian pacijent #1,721
- Bulgarian пациент #1,524
- Catalan pacient #2,057
- Chinese 病人 patient; invalid; sick person #414
- Croatian pacijent #1,612
- Czech pacient #2,187
- Danish patient #1,774
- Dutch patiënt patient, someone who receives therapeutic… #1,253
- French patient patient, outpatient #1,353
- German patienten #1,522
- Greek πελάτης customer, client, patient #1,575
- Hebrew מטופל A patient: a person receiving medical… #2,011
- Icelandic sjúklingur a patient, sick person #1,872
- Indonesian pasien patient, a person or animal who receives… #1,132
- Italian paziente #1,155
- Korean 환자 a medical patient #314
- Lithuanian pacientas #1,848
- Macedonian пациент #1,790
- Malay sabar #907
- Norwegian pasient a patient #2,277
- Persian صبور #2,442
- Portuguese paciente #1,350
- Romanian pacient #1,830
- Serbian pacijent #1,717
- Slovenian bolnik #1,271
- Spanish paciente #1,188
- Swedish patient a patient #1,985
- Tagalog ng the patient, undergoer, or theme of the… #4
- Telugu రోగి patient, sick person, sufferer #819
- Urdu مریض patient, ill person #2,101
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.