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Yes. The word patron is a Scrabble US word. The word patron is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word patron is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (3 found)

PARTON,PATRON,TARPON,

5-letter words (8 found)

APORT,APRON,ORANT,PANTO,PORTA,ROTAN,TORAN,TRONA,

4-letter words (24 found)

ATOP,NOTA,PANT,PART,PONT,PORN,PORT,PRAO,PRAT,PROA,RANT,RAPT,RATO,ROAN,RONT,ROTA,TARN,TARO,TARP,TORA,TORN,TRAP,TRON,TROP,

3-letter words (31 found)

ANT,APO,APT,ART,NAP,NAT,NOR,NOT,OAR,OAT,OPA,OPT,ORA,ORT,PAN,PAR,PAT,POA,POT,PRO,RAN,RAP,RAT,ROT,TAN,TAO,TAP,TAR,TON,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (12 found)

AN,AR,AT,NA,NO,ON,OP,OR,PA,PO,TA,TO,

You can make 78 words from patron according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of patron

patron

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ.tɹən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtɹən
  • Hyphenation: pa‧tron

Noun

patron (plural patrons)

  1. One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
    1. A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.
  2. An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
  3. A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
  4. (historical, Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
  5. (UK, ecclesiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
  6. (nautical) A padrone.
  7. (obsolete or historical) A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • pattern

Translations

See also

  • sponsor

Verb

patron (third-person singular simple present patrons, present participle patroning, simple past and past participle patroned)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To treat as a patron.

Anagrams

  • Parton, parton, protan, tarpon

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Noun

patron (plural patrons)

  1. (uncommon) patron; wealthy person who supports an artist, craftsman, a scholar, etc.
  2. (uncommon, Roman Catholicism) patron saint
  3. (uncommon, Roman antiquity) patron

Synonyms

  • patroon

Esperanto

Noun

patron

  1. accusative singular of patro

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.tʁɔ̃/

Noun

patron m (plural patrons)

  1. boss, employer
  2. (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

  1. patron saint

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French patron. Doublet of padrone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈtrɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔn
  • Hyphenation: pa‧tròn

Noun

patron m (invariable)

  1. patron (of a sports event etc.)
  2. pattern (paper, for knitting)

References

Anagrams

  • pronta

Middle English

Noun

patron

  1. Alternative form of patroun

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

patron m (plural patrons)

  1. (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)

  1. a patron (person who gives financial or other support)
  2. a cartridge (ammunition)
  3. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. a cartridge (ammunition)
  2. a cartridge (e.g. ink cartridge)
Derived terms
  • blekkpatron

References

  • “patron” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin patrōnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpat.rɔn/
  • Rhymes: -atrɔn
  • Syllabification: pat‧ron

Noun

patron m pers (female equivalent patronka)

  1. patron, sponsor
  2. (Christianity) patron saint
  3. 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)

  1. employer, business owner

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǎtroːn/
  • Hyphenation: pat‧ron

Noun

pàtrōn m (Cyrillic spelling па̀тро̄н)

  1. patron
  2. protector

Declension

Swedish

Noun

patron c

  1. a cartridge (for a fire arm, or holding for example ink)

Declension

Derived terms

  • bläckpatron (“ink cartridge”)

Noun

patron c

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

Declension

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(key): /pat.ɾɔn/

Noun

patron (definite accusative patronu, plural patronlar)

  1. boss

Declension


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