patetico

See also: patético

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

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Adjective

patetico (feminine patetica, masculine plural patetici, feminine plural patetiche)

1. pathetic, pitiful
2. moving (of a play)
3. (rare) with pathos

Derived terms

• pateticamente

Noun

patetico m (plural patetici)

1. 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