Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

patron

/ˈpeɪ.tɹən/ noun, verb

Forms patrons patroning patroned

  1. noun One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
  2. noun A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint. “St. Joseph is the patron of many different places.”
  3. noun An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
  4. noun A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant. “This car park is for patrons only.”
  5. noun (historical, Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
  6. noun (UK, ecclesiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
  7. noun (nautical) A padrone.
  8. noun (obsolete or historical) A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
  9. verb (transitive, obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
  10. verb (transitive, obsolete) To treat as a patron.

Synonyms

friend frequenter sponsor supporter

Etymology

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

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. "Patron of my life and liberty." Shak. "The patron of true holiness." Spenser.
  2. noun (a) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. (b) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.
  3. verb To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
  4. adjective Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

Etymology [F., fr. L. patronus, fr. pater a father. See Paternal, and cf. Patroon, Padrone, Pattern.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “patron”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “patron” (best matches first).

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