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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin pathēticus, from Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned”), from παθητός (pathētós, “one who has suffered, subject to suffering”), from πάσχω (páskhō, “to suffer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈtɛ.ti.ko/
- Rhymes: -ɛtiko
- Hyphenation: pa‧tè‧ti‧co
Adjective
patetico (feminine patetica, masculine plural patetici, feminine plural patetiche)
- pathetic, pitiful
- moving (of a play)
- (rare) with pathos
Derived terms
Noun
patetico m (plural patetici)
- sentimentalism
Noun
patetico m (plural patetici, feminine patetica)
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Further reading
- patetico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- patetico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- patetico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- patetico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- patètico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- patètico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana