patronyme
French, noun\pa.tʁo.nim\
patronyme is spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-Y-M-E (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patronyme is a French masculine noun meaning “surname; patronym” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom dérivé du prénom du père, dans certaines traditions”.
What does patronyme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurname; patronym
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom dérivé du prénom du père, dans certaines traditions. 2. Nom de famille hérité du père.
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 patronyme
- patronymes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patronyme?
- \pa.tʁo.nim\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patronyme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patronyme in French?
patronyme appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).