different between dutch vs patroon

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?ch, IPA^(key): /d?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Etymology 1

Clipping of duchess

Noun

dutch (plural dutches)

1. (slang) wife

Etymology 2

See Dutch.

Verb

dutch (third-person singular simple present dutches, present participle dutching, simple past and past participle dutched)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Dutch (“treat cocoa with alkali”)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch patroon (“patron saint; boss”), from Middle Dutch patroon, from Latin patr?nus (“protector; patron”). Doublet of patron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??t?u?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n
• Hyphenation: pa?troon

Noun

patroon (plural patroons)

1. (US) One of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.

Derived terms

• patroonship

Related terms

• patron

Further reading

• patroon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pronota

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

Noun

patroon (plural patrone, diminutive patroontjie)

1. pattern or example from which a copy is made
2. (textiles) template or pattern
3. pattern; an artistic design or decorative arrangement
4. pattern; a regular or repeating arrangment (such as in music or concerning events)

Synonyms

• (template): sjabloon

Etymology 2

Noun

patroon (plural patrone, diminutive patroontjie)

1. (firearms) cartridge
2. cartridge; a container for ink, powder, gas, etc.

Etymology 3

Noun

patroon (plural patrone, diminutive patroontjie, feminine patrones)

1. a child that behaves either old-fashionedly or like an adult
2. patron; wealthy person who supports an artist, craftsman, a scholar, etc.
3. (Roman catholicism) patron; patron saint
4. (historical, Roman antiquity) patron; a master who had freed his slave but still retained some rights over him

Synonyms

• patron

Derived terms

• skutspatroon

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa??tro?n/
• Hyphenation: pa?troon
• Rhymes: -o?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch patroon, from Medieval Latin patr?nus.

Noun

patroon m or f (plural patroons or patronen, diminutive patroontje n)

1. patron saint
2. patron, Maecenas
3. boss

Synonyms

• (boss): baas

Derived terms

• patronaat (“patronage”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch patroon, from Old French patron (“model”), from Latin patr?nus.

Noun

patroon n (plural patronen, diminutive patroontje n)

1. pattern, model

Etymology 3

From German Patrone, ultimately from Latin patr?nus.

Noun

patroon f (plural patronen, diminutive patroontje n)

1. cartridge (of a firearm)