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Definition: Patio |
PatioNoun1. 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) |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PATIO | English | Platform for ATM Tools Integration up to pre-Operation | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: PatioSynonym: terrace (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Patio |
| English words defined with "patio": Lanai ♦ overgrow ♦ Torta. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "patio": patio process ♦ YARD 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). |
| Domain | Usage | |
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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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & 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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| "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. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.93% | 411 | 13,718 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.59% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (common) | 0.47% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 424 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pactum. (various references) |
| Old Provenal | 900-1500 | patu, pati. (various references) |
| Spanish | 900-Modern | patio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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) | |
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"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). | |
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. | |
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