Polyglot Dictionary

Pathos

/ˈpaːtɔs/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. pathos

    • Seine Rede war voller Pathos.

      His speech was full of pathos.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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English

pity

Close — pathos relates to pity.

Practice

1 What does Pathos mean?

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