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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pat-ee-oh, pah-tee-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæt iˌoʊ, ˈpɑ tiˌoʊ



Définition of patio

Origin :
  • 1818, "inner court open to the sky," from Spanish patio probably from Old Provençal patu, pati "untilled land, communal pasture," from Latin pactum "agreement" (see pact). Another theory traces the Spanish word to Latin patere "to lie open." Meaning "paved and enclosed terrace beside a building" first recorded 1941. Patio furniture is attested from 1969.
  • noun porch
Example sentences :
  • It was twilight when the body was brought down from the upper room to the patio.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • It was a strange procession which then passed out of the patio.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • He rose up and fled out of the patio into his own room, to bury his swimming face.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • Quaking, reeling, almost falling, she came tottering down the patio.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • When Ben Aboo came to himself the patio was aglow with flames.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • Ben Aboo had tried to follow them, but he had been killed in the alcove of the patio.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • He found him alone in the patio, pacing to and fro, his head sunk on his breast.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Upon this patio the several stories open, each with a line of balcony.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • Rotil entered the sala from the patio, and stood just inside, looking about him.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • Voices and the clank of chains were heard in the patio, and then in the next room.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan

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