PATIO


Meaning of PATIO in English

/ ˈpætiəʊ; NAmE -oʊ/ noun

( pl. -os ) a flat hard area outside, and usually behind, a house where people can sit :

Let's have lunch out on the patio .

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: from Spanish , denoting an inner courtyard.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.