patro
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech patro, from Proto-Slavic *pętro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpatro]
Audio: (file)
Noun
patro n
Declension
Derived terms
- dvoupatrový
- jednopatrový
- měkké patro n (“soft palate”)
- tvrdé patro n (“hard palate”)
See also
Further reading
- “patro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “patro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “patro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpatro/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -atro
- Hyphenation: pa‧tro
Noun
patro (accusative singular patron, plural patroj, accusative plural patrojn)
- father
- Mia patro amas min.
- My father loves me.
- La patro de mia patro estas mia avo.
- My father's father is my grandfather.
- La amiko kiun vidis mia patro.
- The friend whom my father saw.
- La amiko kiu vidis mian patron.
- The friend who saw my father
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- gepatro (“parent”)
Coordinate terms
- patrino (“mother”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- patr' in Fundamento de Esperanto by L. L. Zamenhof, 1905
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto patro, from German Pater, Italian padre, Spanish padre, all ultimately from Latin pater, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.tro/
Noun
patro (plural patri)
- father
- (figuratively) title showing respect
- (Christianity) Father
- (archaic) parent
Usage notes
Originally patro meant "parent", while the derivatives patrulo meant "father" and patrino meant "mother", but in later times this was changed so patro meant father, while adding genitoro and matro to mean "parent" and "mother".
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- genitoro (“parent”)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- baptopatro (“godfather”)
- bopatro (“father-in-law”)
- patrala (“fatherly, paternal; patronymic”)
- patratra (“fatherly, paternal”)
- patreto (“daddy”)
- stifa patro, stif-patro (“stepfather”)
Further reading
- patr-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpa.troː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpaː.t̪ro]
Verb
patrō (present infinitive patrāre, perfect active patrāvī, supine patrātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
References
- “patro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- patro in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “patro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- patro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “patro”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- 1826, Pierre Pierrugues, Glossarium Eroticum Linguae Latinae, pages 381-382.