patriote, n.m.f. and adj., patriot; patriotic.
patriotique, adj., patriotic.
patriotiquement (-tik-mān), adv., like a patriot, patriotically.
patriotisme, n.m., patriotism.
☉patrociner, v.n., (jest.) to argue; to lecture, to talk.
patron, n.m., patron; patron saint; master (of a house); master, employer; (fam.) governor; principal; (nav.) coxswain; master (of slaves); (canon law) advowee; pattern, model; (tech.) templet. — d’un vaisseau marchand; master of a merchantman. — de chaloupe; coxswain of a longboat. Je veux parler au —; I want to speak to the principal, to the governor. Faire un —; to take a pattern. Dès — minette; from cockcrow.
patronage, n.m., patronage; pattern-work; advowson.
patronal, -e, adj., patronal. Fête —e; patron saint’s day.
patronat, n.m., (Rom. hist.) protection, patronizing; patronate; employment of labor.