patronymique
French, adjective\pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\
patronymique is spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-Y-M-I-Q-U-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patronymique is a French adjective meaning “patronymic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au patronyme, qui dérive du nom du père”.
What does patronymique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
patronymic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au patronyme, qui dérive du nom du père.
noun: 1. Nom dérivé du prénom du père, dans certaines traditions.
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 patronymique
- patronymiques plural
- patronimique
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patronymique?
- \pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patronymique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patronymique in French?
patronymique appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).