Patio

  

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Patio

Definition: Patio

Patio

Noun

1. Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "patio" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Patio

DomainDefinition

Mining

A. Mex. Cloth used by miners. b. Sp. Place where minerals are concentrated. The patio floor is one on which silver and/or gold ore is amalgamated. See also:patio process;arrastre. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Patio

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

PATIO

EnglishPlatform for ATM Tools Integration up to pre-OperationN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Patio

Synonym: terrace (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Patio

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Receptacle

Portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck; lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway; ante room, ante chamber; lounge; piazza.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Patio

English words defined with "patio": LanaiovergrowTorta. (references)
Specialty definitions using "patio": patio processYARD WORKER. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Patio" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (patio), French (patio), German (patio), Italian (patio), Romanian (patio), Spanish (area, areaway, Causey, court, courtyard, farmyard, forecourt, Grove, patio, playground, quad, quadrangle, schoolyard, stalls, yard), Swedish (patio).

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Modern Usage: Patio

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Patio party (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Maybe being a rebel in my family would have been selling patio furniture on route 22. (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España)

Lyrics

Climbed out and collapsed on the patio (Murder Murder (Remix) *; performing artist: Eminem)

Movie/TV Titles

Quinto patio (1970)

La Niña del patio (1967)

El Patio de Tlaquepaque (1966)

Patio andaluz (1958)

Retorno a quinto patio (1951)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Patio

DomainTitle

Books

  • Complete Patio Book (reference)

  • Deck and Patio Planner (reference)

  • Garden & Patio Living Spaces (reference)

  • Ortho's All About Deck and Patio Upgrades (Ortho's All About Home Improvement) (reference)

  • Outdoor Decor : Decorative Projects for the Porch, Patio & Yard (Arts & Crafts for Home Decorating Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Patio

Photos:
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Photo Album: Patio

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

U.S. Air Force Hospital, Tyndale Air Force Base, Panama City, FL. : Patient enjoying the hospital patio. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Granada. Interior de la galeria y del templete poniente del patio de los Leones (Alhambra) / J. Lacoste, Madrid. Credit: Library of Congress.

Navajo Indian Na Glee Nona Ba (Peacemaker), weaving a rug on the patio of her home, Palm Springs, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

Patio, The. Credit: Library of Congress.

Patio and central fountain, International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union), Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Patio on Bourbon Street, New Orleans. Credit: Library of Congress.

Unidentified group of people, possibly members of the Jewett family, standing or sitting on a patio. Credit: Library of Congress.

Good Samaritan Hospital, West Palm Beach, Florida. Patio. Credit: Library of Congress.

Albert D. Williams, residence in Naples, Florida. Patio. Credit: Library of Congress.

Colonel John Tysowski, Cobbler Mountain Farm, Delaplane, Virginia. View of house with patio. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Patio
 

"Patio Weed" by Dan Willis
Commentary: "A weed on my patio - shadow from evening sun."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Patio

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Equatorial Guinea

Students at the National University published a magazine, AYO; the Guinean-Hispano Cultural Center also published a monthly cultural review, El Patio. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

His articles continued to appear in El Patio. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Patio

"Patio" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.93% of the time. "Patio" is used about 424 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)96.93%41113,718
Noun (proper)2.59%11106,044
Noun (common)0.47%2245,945
                    Total100.00%424N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Patio

Expressions using "patio": patio doors patio furniture. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "patio": patio-friendly.

Ending with "patio": cream-tea-on-the-patio.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Patio

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

patio furniture

9,926

patio furniture cushion

315

patio

1,512

wrought iron patio furniture

274

patio umbrella

1,386

patio pavers

267

patio cover

1,380

aluminum patio furniture

251

patio design

1,077

teak patio furniture

238

patio door

929

patio furniture set

227

patio set

653

patio chair

219

outdoor patio furniture

637

patio idea

207

patio enclosure

597

build a patio

201

patio awning

504

patio plan

195

patio table

482

flagstone patio

191

patio deck

480

concrete patio

187

patio light

452

patio rooms

182

patio heater

407

patio block

181

brick patio

399

patio room

177

discount patio furniture

362

wicker patio furniture

175

patio cushion

359

patio building

163

stone patio

339

patio fireplace

159

patio furniture cover

329

samsonite patio furniture

159

patio swing

318

patio bar

153
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Patio

Language Translations for "patio"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

oborr spanjol. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فناء (cessation of being, court, courtyard, dissolution, dooryard, dying, precinct, yard), ‏الفناء المرصوف, ‏باحة مرصوفة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

вътрешен двор (court, forecourt, inner court). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

露台 (Terraced). (various references)

   

Czech

  

patio, vnitřní dvùr, nádvoří (at the close of the day, courtyard, quadrangle, yard). (various references)

   

Danish

  

patio, indre gård. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

patio. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پاسیو, حیاط (Compound, Court, Curtilage, Quirk), طارمی (Balustrade), ایوان (Balcony, Cloister, Porch, Portal, Portico). (various references)

   

French

  

patio. (various references)

   

German

  

Innenhof (court yard, inner courtyard, quad, quadrangle), Patio. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πλακόστρωτη εσωτερική αυλή. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

פטיו, אכסדרה (corridor, porch, portico, terrace). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

zárt földszinti terasz, szénmosó (jig), sétaudvar, kis zárt fedetlen belső udvar, ércamalgámozó páholy. (various references)

   

Italian

  

patio. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

パチンコ台 (glassed-over arcade, pachinkomachine, pack, package, package media, package program, package tour, packaging, Packard, packing, pad, paddle, paddling, paddock, Panama, Panamax, Panasert hole, panavision, pap, passage, passenger, passing, passion, passionate, passive, passive smoking, passive solar house, passive sonar, pat, patch, patch test, patchwork, pate, patent, pathos, patriotism, patrol, patrol car, patron, patting, priest, puck, putt, putting, putting green, putty, rotating warning light similar to the one on a "patokaa."). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

パティオ . (various references)

   

Maya

  

kab (arm). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atiopay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

pátio aberto interior. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

patio, curte interioarã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

внутренний дворик. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pacio, otvoreno dvorište. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

patio (court, courtyard, yard). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

patio, uteplats, kringbyggd gård. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

veranda (porch, veranda, verandah), taraça (belvedere, gazebo, Piazza, platform, porch, terrace), bahçe avlusu. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

патіо. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Patio

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

pactum. (various references)

Old Provenal900-1500

patu, pati. (various references)

Spanish900-Modern

patio. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Patio

Derivations

Words beginning with "patio": patios. (additional references)

Words containing "patio": anticipation, anticipations, constipation, constipations, dissipation, dissipations, emancipation, emancipationist, emancipationists, emancipations, exculpation, exculpations, extirpation, extirpations, inculpation, inculpations, nonoccupational, nonparticipation, nonparticipations, occupation, occupational, occupationally, occupations, palpation, palpations, participation, participational, participations, preoccupation, preoccupations, pupation, pupations, reoccupation, reoccupations, spatiotemporal, spatiotemporally, syncopation, syncopations, usurpation, usurpations. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Patio" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Appio, Aptdo, apti, batzio, hatao, latior, Pacho, pagio, Paita, paite, Pajtim, Paktia, palio, Panizo, Pantino, Paotao, Papio, Papior, pario, partio, Pastino, patae, Patak, pathi, pathia, patho, pati, patia, patic, patie, patino, patiol, patiom, pation, Patior, patiot, patiou, patis, pato, Patob, patoe, patoit, patro, patti, pattie, Patto, Patxi, pavior, Paxinou, pecho, peration, petia, petie, petito, Petkim, Petko, peto, Pistoia, Pitiao, potio, potior, Psamtik, puti, Putilov, pwtio, Spazio, tapio, Vattimo. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Patio

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-o-p-t"

-1 letter: atop, iota, pita, topi.

-2 letters: ait, apt, oat, opt, pat, pia, pit, poi, pot, tao, tap, tip, top.

-3 letters: ai, at, it, op, pa, pi, ta, ti, to.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-o-p-t"
 

+1 letter: atopic, opiate, optima, patios, patois, utopia.

 

+2 letters: airport, airpost, antipot, aphotic, apomict, apostil, appoint, apricot, aprotic, atopies, atropin, capitol, caption, coalpit, ectopia, galipot, impasto, maintop, opacity, opiated, opiates, optical, optimal, opuntia, paction, parotic, parotid, patriot, pigboat, pintado, pintano, pivotal, potamic, psoatic, ptomain, talipot, tampion, tapioca, timpano, topiary, topical, topsail, utopian, utopias.

 

+3 letters: adaption, adopting, adoption, adoptive, agitprop, airports, airposts, antiphon, antipode, antipole, antipope, antiporn, anviltop, aphorist, apomicts, apostils, appoints, apposite, apricots, atrophia, atrophic, atropine, atropins, atropism, autopsic, capitols, captions, captious, coalpits, coapting, dioptase, dioptral, diplomat, dystopia, ectopias, expiator, galipots, gallipot, hospital, hospitia, impactor, impastos, lipomata, maintops, occipita, operatic, opiating, oppilant, oppilate, optative, optician, optional, opuntias, outpaint, pactions, panoptic, parodist, parotids, parotoid, pastromi, patootie, patriots, petaloid, petiolar, photopia, pigboats, pilotage, pintados, pintanos, piscator, pivotman, platonic, podiatry, poetical, poignant, pointman, polarity, ponytail, portrait, postpaid, potassic, potation, priorate, prosaist, protamin, protasis, protatic, ptomaine, ptomains, pupation, saponite, satinpod, scotopia, soapiest, spiccato, spoliate, subtopia, talapoin, talipots, tampions, tapiocas, thiotepa, topazine, topsails, tripodal, troopial, tropical, troupial, utopians.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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