Meaning
patient
- patient, person receiving medical treatment
In a sentence
Il paziente aspetta il medico da mezz'ora.
The patient has been waiting for the doctor for half an hour.
Il paziente parla con il medico.
The patient is speaking with the doctor.
La paziente non ha capito la cura.
The patient didn't understand the treatment.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| paziente | masculine · singular |
| pazienti | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- As a noun for a medical patient, it's common in healthcare contexts; for everyday speech, malato can sound more like "sick person."
- Don't confuse the noun paziente with the adjective paziente, meaning "patient" in the sense of calm or tolerant.
- In grammar, paziente is a technical linguistics term; outside academic contexts, most speakers would not use it this way.