patro

See also: patró

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech patro, from Proto-Slavic *pętro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpatro]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

patro n

  1. floor, storey
  2. (anatomy) palate (roof of the mouth)

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Further reading

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)

  1. 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

  • (diminutive) patreto
  • (nonstandard) patriĉo (father)
  • (child's term) paĉjo (dad, daddy)

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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)

  1. father
  2. (figuratively) title showing respect
  3. (Christianity) Father
  4. (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".

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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

pater (father) +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

patrō (present infinitive patrāre, perfect active patrāvī, supine patrātum); first conjugation

  1. to execute, conclude, finish, accomplish
    Synonyms: perficiō, dēfungor, cōnficiō, agō, cumulō, absolvō, nāvō, inclūdō, conclūdō, condō, claudō, expleō, fungor, efficiō, exsequor, perpetrō, trānsigō, exhauriō
  2. to orgasm, ejaculate

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.