PATIO
What does "PATIO" mean?
A paved outdoor area beside a house, used for sitting and dining.
Meanings
- A paved or surfaced area adjoining a house, typically used for relaxing or eating outdoors. They grilled dinner on the patio as the sun went down.
- An inner courtyard open to the sky, in Spanish-style architecture. A fountain trickled in the shaded patio at the heart of the house.
Word origin
From Spanish 'patio' (inner courtyard), of uncertain origin, possibly from Old Occitan 'patu' (pasture, untilled land) via Latin 'pactum' (an enclosed agreement) or from Latin 'patere' (to lie open).
Remember it
PATIO: Pavement And Tables In the Open.
A little poem
Warm flagstones at dusk
hold the day's heat in their backs-
we sit where sun sat.
haiku
What it teaches
A good threshold belongs to two worlds at once; the best rooms are the ones half outdoors.
Quick facts
What does PATIO mean?
A paved outdoor area beside a house, used for sitting and dining.
Is PATIO a valid word?
Yes — PATIO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PATIO?
PATIO has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does PATIO come from?
From Spanish 'patio' (inner courtyard), of uncertain origin, possibly from Old Occitan 'patu' (pasture, untilled land) via Latin 'pactum' (an enclosed agreement) or from Latin 'patere' (to lie open).
What can PATIO teach us?
A good threshold belongs to two worlds at once; the best rooms are the ones half outdoors.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.