patriotic B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /peɪ.tɹiˈɑ.tɪk/ UK /pæt.ɹiˈɒ.tɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #11759 Meanings 1 adj Feeling or showing great love and support for your country. On the national holiday, people wore patriotic colours and waved flags. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · feeling or showing great... loyal ↔ Opposites unpatriotic Word family Forms unpatriotic Etymology AI details From French patriotique, from Late Latin patriōticus, from Ancient Greek πατριωτικός (patriōtikós), from πατριώτης (patriṓtēs), equivalent to patriot + -ic. Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # patriotic **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /peɪ.tɹiˈɑ.tɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /pæt.ɹiˈɒ.tɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 11759 ## Meanings 1. Feeling or showing great love and support for your country. ## Examples - On the national holiday, people wore patriotic colours and waved flags. ## Antonyms - unpatriotic ## Etymology From French patriotique, from Late Latin patriōticus, from Ancient Greek πατριωτικός (patriōtikós), from πατριώτης (patriṓtēs), equivalent to patriot + -ic. ## AI Etymology Patriotic comes from French patriotique, from Late Latin patriōticus, from Ancient Greek πατριωτικός (patriōtikós), from πατριώτης (patriṓtēs), equivalent to patriot + -ic. Modern senses include feeling or showing great love and support for your country. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown