patronner
French, verb/pa.tʁɔ.ne/
patronner is spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-N-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patronner is a French verb meaning “to sponsor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Protéger, recommander, pousser dans le monde”.
What does patronner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sponsor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Protéger, recommander, pousser dans le monde. 2. Prendre la responsabilité de conduire, d’exploiter quelque chose qui vous a été confié mais qui ne vous appartient pas. 3. Soutenir. 4. Colorier à l’aide d’un patron évidé aux endroits où la couleur doit apparaître.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of patronner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- patronnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- patronné participle past
- patronne first-person indicative present
- patronnes indicative present second-person
- patronnons first-person indicative plural
- patronnez indicative plural present
- patronnent indicative plural present
- patronnais first-person imperfect indicative
- patronnait imperfect indicative singular
- patronnions first-person imperfect indicative
- patronniez imperfect indicative plural
- patronnaient imperfect indicative plural
- patronnai first-person historic indicative
- patronnas historic indicative past
- patronna historic indicative past
- patronnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patronner?
- /pa.tʁɔ.ne/
- \pat.ʁɔ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is patronner in French?
patronner appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).