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patron

/ˈpeɪtɹən/PAY-truhn
/ˈpeɪtɹən/PAY-truhn

Meaninga father figure

Common meaning: a supporter or regular customer

Journey through time

  1. Latinpater, patris‘father’
  2. Frenchpatron
  3. Middle Englishpatronsource
  4. Englishpatron‘a supporter or regular customer’ · today

patr also in: patriotpatricianpatrimonypaternal

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pater ‘father’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pater, p. 1314 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

paternalpatricianpatrimonypatriot

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