1. Pays où l'on est né ou auquel on appartient comme citoyen, et pour lequel on a un attachement affectif.
Synonyme :
pays natal
2. Province, ville, etc., où l'on est né : Saint-Malo est la patrie de Jacques Cartier.
3. Communauté, nation à laquelle quelqu'un a le sentiment d'appartenir : Avoir une seconde patrie.
4. Lieu où l'on compte un grand nombre de personnes, d'animaux, de plantes, etc., d'un genre déterminé : La Hollande est la patrie des tulipes.
Expressions avec patrie
Mère patrie,
pays où l'on est né.
Citations avec patrie
Aristophane (Athènes vers 445-vers 386 avant J.-C.) Où l'on est bien, là est la patrie. Ploutos, 1151 (traduction J.-C. Labracherie)
Pierre Laurent Buirette, dit Dormont deBelloy (Saint-Flour 1727-Paris 1775) Académie française, 1771 Plus je vis d'étrangers, plus j'aimai ma patrie. Le Siège de Calais
Charles de Brosses (Dijon 1709-Paris 1777) L'amour de la patrie, vertu dominante des grandes âmes, me saisit toujours à l'aspect d'une bouteille de vin de Bourgogne. Lettres italiennes, à MM. de Tournay et de Neuilly
Albert Camus (Mondovi, aujourd'hui Deraan, Algérie, 1913-Villeblevin, Yonne, 1960) Oui, j'ai une patrie : la langue française. Carnets, Gallimard
Cicéron en latin Marcus Tullius Cicero (Arpinum 106-Formies 43 avant J.-C.) Partout où l'on est bien, là est la patrie. Tusculanes, V, 37 Patria est ubicumque est bene.
Commentaire Cette pensée, citée par Cicéron et dont il ne nomme pas l'auteur, peut être un vers de Pacuvius. On ne la connaît et on ne la cite guère que sous la forme : « Ubi bene, ibi patria ».
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (Reims 1619-Paris 1683) Pour le roi, souvent ; pour la patrie, toujours. Pro rege saepe, pro patria semper.
Commentaire Devise de Colbert.
Georges Jacques Danton (Arcis-sur-Aube 1759-Paris 1794) Est-ce qu'on emporte la patrie à la semelle de ses souliers ?
Commentaire Par cette phrase, Danton condamnait l'attitude des émigrés. Il refusa de fuir lorsqu'on le lui conseilla et brava la vindicte de Robespierre.
Denis Diderot (Langres 1713-Paris 1784) Il n'y a plus de patrie ; je ne vois d'un pôle à l'autre que des tyrans et des esclaves. Le Neveu de Rameau
François de Salignac deLa Mothe-Fénelon (château de Fénelon, Périgord, 1651-Cambrai 1715) La patrie d'un cochon se trouve partout où il y a du gland. Dialogue des morts
François de Salignac deLa Mothe-Fénelon (château de Fénelon, Périgord, 1651-Cambrai 1715) Le bon historien n'est d'aucun temps ni d'aucun pays : quoiqu'il aime sa patrie, il ne la flatte jamais en rien. Lettre à l'Académie
Anatole François Thibault, dit AnatoleFrance (Paris 1844-La Béchellerie, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, 1924) Académie française, 1896 On croit mourir pour la patrie ; on meurt pour des industriels. In l'Humanité 30 novembre 1922
Robert Garnier (La Ferté-Bernard 1545 ?-Le Mans 1590) Le pays est partout où l'on se trouve bien, La terre est aux mortels une maison commune. Bradamante
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Vienne 1874-Rodaun, près de Vienne, 1929) La langue est tout ce qui reste à celui qui est privé de sa patrie. Mais la langue, il est vrai, contient tout. Tournures françaises Die Sprache ist alles, was einem bleibt, der seine Heimat entbehren muß. Aber sie enthält auch alles. Französische Redensarten
Horace en latin Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Venusia, Apulie, 65-Rome ? 8 avant J.-C.) Il est doux, il est beau de mourir pour sa patrie. Odes, III, II, 13 Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Victor Hugo (Besançon 1802-Paris 1885) Gloire à notre France éternelle ! Gloire à ceux qui sont morts pour elle ! Aux martyrs ! aux vaillants ! aux forts ! Les Chants du crépuscule, Hymne
Victor Hugo (Besançon 1802-Paris 1885) Ceux qui pieusement sont morts pour la patrie Ont droit qu'à leur cercueil la foule vienne et prie. Les Chants du crépuscule, Hymne
Henri Lacordaire (Recey-sur-Ource, Côte-d'Or, 1802-Sorèze 1861) Académie française, 1860 Le gouvernement d'un pays n'est pas la nation, encore moins la patrie. Lettres, à un jeune homme
Alphonse de Prât deLamartine (Mâcon 1790-Paris 1869) C'est la cendre des morts qui créa la patrie. La Chute d'un ange
Alphonse de Prât deLamartine (Mâcon 1790-Paris 1869) L'égoïsme et la haine ont seuls une patrie ; La fraternité n'en a pas ! Poésies diverses, la Marseillaise de la paix
Charles de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (château de La Brède, près de Bordeaux, 1689-Paris 1755) Si je savais quelque chose qui me fût utile et qui fût préjudiciable à ma famille, je le rejetterais de mon esprit. Si je savais quelque chose utile à ma famille et qui ne le fût pas à ma patrie, je chercherais à l'oublier. Si je savais quelque chose utile à ma patrie et qui fût préjudiciable à l'Europe, ou bien qui fût utile à l'Europe et préjudiciable au genre humain, je la regarderais comme un crime. Mes pensées
Alfred de Musset (Paris 1810-Paris 1857) Les grands artistes n'ont pas de patrie. Lorenzaccio, I, 5, l'orfèvre
Neftalí Ricardo Reyes, dit PabloNeruda (Parral 1904-Santiago 1973) Nous demandons une patrie pour celui qui a été humilié. Chant général Pedimos patria para el humillado. Canto General, IV, XXXVI, à Émiliano Zapata con musica de Tata Nacho
Louis Pasteur (Dole 1822-Villeneuve-l'Étang, Marnes-la-Coquette, 1895) La science n'a pas de patrie. Discours d'inauguration de l'Institut Pasteur, 14 novembre 1888
Charles Péguy (Orléans 1873-Villeroy, Seine-et-Marne, 1914) Les patries sont toujours défendues par les gueux, livrées par les riches. Notre patrie, Gallimard
Pierre Joseph Proudhon (Besançon 1809-Paris 1865) Périsse la patrie, et que l'humanité soit sauvée. La Fédération et l'unité en Italie
Paul Raynal (Narbonne 1885-Paris 1971) Nous n'avons de patrie que dans nos âmes. A souffert sous Ponce Pilate, Stock
Ernest Renan (Tréguier 1823-Paris 1892) Une patrie se compose des morts qui l'ont fondée aussi bien que des vivants qui la continuent. Discours et conférences, Réponse au discours de réception de Ferdinand de Lesseps, à l'Académie française, 23 avril 1884 , Lévy
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (Lons-le-Saunier 1760-Choisy-le-Roi 1836) Allons, enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé. La Marseillaise
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (Lons-le-Saunier 1760-Choisy-le-Roi 1836) Amour sacré de la Patrie, Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs. La Marseillaise
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (Lons-le-Saunier 1760-Choisy-le-Roi 1836) Mourir pour la patrie, C'est le sort le plus beau, le plus digne d'envie ! Roland à Roncevaux
Commentaire Vers repris par A. Dumas et A. Maquet pour le chœr des Girondins de leur drame le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge (1847).
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Genève 1712-Ermenonville, 1778) Ces deux mots patrie et citoyen doivent être effacés des langues modernes. Émile ou De l'éducation
Louis Antoine Léon Saint-Just (Decize 1767-Paris 1794) Soyons ingrats si nous voulons sauver la patrie. Fragments sur les institutions républicaines
François Marie Arouet, dit Voltaire (Paris 1694-Paris 1778) La patrie est aux lieux où l'âme est enchaînée. Le Fanatisme ou Mahomet le prophète, I, 2, Palmire
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