-pathie
French, suffix/pa.ti/
-pathie is a French feminine suffix meaning “-pathy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe utilisé pour désigner des sentiments ou attitudes”.
What does -pathie mean in English?
suffix
- 1
feminine-pathy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Suffixe utilisé pour désigner des sentiments ou attitudes. 2. Suffixe utilisé pour former des noms d'affections (de pathos, affection) ou de maladies (de pathê : maladie). → voir acropathie 3. Suffixe utilisé pour former des noms de thérapies (de pathos, souffrance, douleur). → voir homéopathie
noun: 1. Réaction de mouvement suite à une gêne.
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.
Forms of -pathie
- pathies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -pathie?
- /pa.ti/
- \pa.ti\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -pathie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is -pathie in French?
-pathie appears about once in every 71 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).