compatriot
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French compatriote, from Latin cum (“with”) + patria (“homeland”). Displaced native Old English ġelanda.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
compatriot (plural compatriots)
- Somebody from one's own country.
- 1858, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England
- the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America
- 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner.
- 1858, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
somebody from one's own country
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AdjectiveEdit
compatriot (comparative more compatriot, superlative most compatriot)
- Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
- 1736, [James] Thomson, The Prospect: Being the Fifth Part of Liberty. A Poem, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 10833525, lines 71–72, page 8:
- She [Britain] rears to Freedom an undaunted Race: / Compatriot zealous, hoſpitable, kind, […]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for compatriot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French compatriote, Latin compatriota.
NounEdit
compatriot m (plural compatrioți, feminine equivalent compatrioată)
- compatriot
- Synonym: simpatriot
DeclensionEdit
Declension of compatriot
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) compatriot | compatriotul | (niște) compatrioți | compatrioții |
genitive/dative | (unui) compatriot | compatriotului | (unor) compatrioți | compatrioților |
vocative | compatriotule | compatrioților |
Further readingEdit
- compatriot in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)