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-pathe

French, suffix/pat/

-pathe is a French feminine suffix meaning “-path” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe nominal ou adjectival indiquant un type de malade : névropathe, psychopathe, sociopathe..”.

What does -pathe mean in English?

suffix

  1. 1

    femininemasculine-path

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Suffixe nominal ou adjectival indiquant un type de malade : névropathe, psychopathe, sociopathe... 2. Suffixe nominal ou adjectival indiquant une catégorie de praticien non conventionnel : étiopathe, homéopathe, hydropathe, naturopathe, ostéopathe...

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce -pathe?

  • /pat/
  • \pat\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to -pathe

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.