# patron
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, patroon, and pattern.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpeɪ.tɹən/
* Rhymes: -eɪtɹən
* Hyphenation: pa‧tron
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

patron (plural patrons)
* One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
** c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:patron of my life and liberty
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:the patron of true holiness
** 1834–1838 (date written), Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Virginia”, in Lays of Ancient Rome, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 154:Let him who works the client wrong beware the patron’s ire!
** A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.
    St. Joseph is the patron of many different places.
* An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
* A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
    This car park is for patrons only.
** 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:In our trial of the AOT, a transect was used to collect data about the languages being spoken by patrons of the NIE cafeteria during lunchtimes.
* (historical, Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
* (UK, ecclesiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
* (nautical) A padrone.
* (obsolete or historical) A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
** 1879, Annie Allnutt Brassey, A Voyage in the "Sunbeam", page 170:Half-a-dozen little boys carried it to the inn, where I had to explain to the patron, in my best Spanish, that we wanted a carriage to go to the baths, seven leagues off.
** 1992, Eric O. Ayisi, St. Eustatius, Treasure Island of the Caribbean:[...] would obtain permission from the West India Company to settle in certain areas in the New World and cultivate the land. Sometimes absentee patrons would give the colony to a group of interested persons and the patrons would finance ...

#### Derived terms

* copatron
* patronage
* patroness
* patronize, patronise
* patron saint

#### Related terms

* pattern

#### Translations

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#### See also

* sponsor

### Verb

patron (third-person singular simple present patrons, present participle patroning, simple past and past participle patroned)
* (transitive, obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
** 1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC:a good cause needs not to be patroned by passion
* (transitive, obsolete) To treat as a patron.

### Anagrams

* Parton, parton, protan, tarpon

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

patron (plural patrons)
* (uncommon) patron; wealthy person who supports an artist, craftsman, a scholar, etc.
* (uncommon, Roman Catholicism) patron saint
* (uncommon, Roman antiquity) patron

#### Synonyms

* patroon

## Esperanto
### Noun

patron
* accusative singular of patro

## French
### Etymology

From Old French patron (“patron, protector”), from Latin patrōnus, from pater (“father”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.tʁɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

patron m (plural patrons, feminine patronne)
* boss, employer
    Mon patron m’a accordé quelques jours de vacances supplémentaires.My boss gave me some extra vacation days.
* (sewing and knitting) pattern

#### Usage notes

* This is a false friend, the only English sense of this word shared in French is saint patron (“patron saint”).

#### Related terms

* patronat

#### Descendants

* → German: Patrone
* → Italian: patron
* → Romanian: patron
* → Russian: патро́н (patrón)
* → Turkish: patron

### Further reading

* “patron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* prônât

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patrón.

### Noun

patrón
* patron saint

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French patron. Doublet of padrone.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈtrɔn/
* Rhymes: -ɔn
* Hyphenation: pa‧tròn

### Noun

patron m (invariable)
* patron (of a sports event etc.)
* pattern (paper, for knitting)

### References

* ↑ patron in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* pronta

## Middle English
### Noun

patron
* Alternative form of patroun

## Norman
### Etymology

From Latin patrōnus, from pater (“father”).

### Noun

patron m (plural patrons)
* (Jersey, sewing and knitting) pattern

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin patronus (sense 1), and French patron (senses 2 & 3).

### Noun

patron m (definite singular patronen, indefinite plural patroner, definite plural patronene)
* a patron (person who gives financial or other support)
* a cartridge (ammunition)
* a cartridge (e.g. ink cartridge)

#### Derived terms

* blekkpatron

### References

* “patron” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Latin patronus.

#### Noun

patron m (definite singular patronen, indefinite plural patronar, definite plural patronane)
* a patron (person who gives financial or other support)

### Etymology 2

From French patron.

#### Noun

patron f (definite singular patrona, indefinite plural patroner, definite plural patronene)
* a cartridge (ammunition)
* a cartridge (e.g. ink cartridge)

##### Derived terms

* blekkpatron

### References

* “patron” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

From Latin patrōnus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.trɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atrɔn
* Syllabification: pa‧tron

### Noun

patron m pers (female equivalent patronka)
* patron, sponsor
* (Christianity) patron saint
* guardian, protector

#### Declension
### Further reading

* patron in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* patron in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French patron, from Latin patronus.

### Noun

patron m (plural patroni)
* employer, business owner

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pǎtroːn/
* Hyphenation: pat‧ron

### Noun

pàtrōn m (Cyrillic spelling па̀тро̄н)
* patron
* protector

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

patron c
* a cartridge (for a fire arm, or holding for example ink)

#### Derived terms

* bläckpatron (“ink cartridge”)

### Noun

patron c
* (somewhat dated) a squire or millowner (owner of an industrial facility, usually dealing with iron, wood, or glass)

#### Derived terms

* brukspatron

### References

* patron in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* patron in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* patron in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* norpat

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French patron.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pat.ɾɔn/

### Noun

patron (definite accusative patronu, plural patronlar)
* boss

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
patron
patronlar
definite accusative
patronu
patronları
dative
patrona
patronlara
locative
patronda
patronlarda
ablative
patrondan
patronlardan
genitive
patronun
patronların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
patronum
patronlarım
2nd singular
patronun
patronların
3rd singular
patronu
patronları
1st plural
patronumuz
patronlarımız
2nd plural
patronunuz
patronlarınız
3rd plural
patronları
patronları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
patronumu
patronlarımı
2nd singular
patronunu
patronlarını
3rd singular
patronunu
patronlarını
1st plural
patronumuzu
patronlarımızı
2nd plural
patronunuzu
patronlarınızı
3rd plural
patronlarını
patronlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
patronuma
patronlarıma
2nd singular
patronuna
patronlarına
3rd singular
patronuna
patronlarına
1st plural
patronumuza
patronlarımıza
2nd plural
patronunuza
patronlarınıza
3rd plural
patronlarına
patronlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
patronumda
patronlarımda
2nd singular
patronunda
patronlarında
3rd singular
patronunda
patronlarında
1st plural
patronumuzda
patronlarımızda
2nd plural
patronunuzda
patronlarınızda
3rd plural
patronlarında
patronlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
patronumdan
patronlarımdan
2nd singular
patronundan
patronlarından
3rd singular
patronundan
patronlarından
1st plural
patronumuzdan
patronlarımızdan
2nd plural
patronunuzdan
patronlarınızdan
3rd plural
patronlarından
patronlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
patronumun
patronlarımın
2nd singular
patronunun
patronlarının
3rd singular
patronunun
patronlarının
1st plural
patronumuzun
patronlarımızın
2nd plural
patronunuzun
patronlarınızın
3rd plural
patronlarının
patronlarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
patronum
patronlarım
2nd singular
patronsun
patronlarsın
3rd singular
patron patrondur
patronlar patronlardır
1st plural
patronuz
patronlarız
2nd plural
patronsunuz
patronlarsınız
3rd plural
patronlar
patronlardır :