Czech

Noun

patro n

1. floor, storey
2. (anatomy) palate (roof of the mouth)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• podlaží n
• poschodí n

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin pater ‎(“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpatro/
• Hyphenation: pa‧tro

Noun

patro ‎(accusative singular patron, plural patroj, accusative plural patrojn)

1. father

   Mia patro amas min.‎

   My father loves me.

   La patro de mia patro estas mia avo.‎

   My father's father is my grandfather.

2. (nonstandard) parent

Synonyms

• (diminutive) patreto
• (neologism) patriĉo ‎(“father”)
• (child's term) paĉjo ‎(“dad, daddy”)

Coordinate terms

• patrino ‎(“mother”)

Hypernyms

• gepatro ‎(“parent”)

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto patro, from German Pater, Italian padre, Spanish padre, all ultimately from Latin pater, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tro/

Noun

patro (plural patri)

1. father
2. (figuratively) title showing respect
3. (Christianity) Father
4. (archaic) parent

Usage notes

Originally patro meant "parent", while the derivatives patrulo meant "father" and patrino meant "mother", but in later times this was changed so patro meant father, while adding genitoro and matro to mean "parent" and "mother".

Hypernyms

• genitoro ‎(“parent”)

Synonyms

• papa
• (diminutive) patreto
• (archaic) patrulo

Coordinate terms

• matro
• mama
• (diminutive) matreto
• (archaic) patrino

Derived terms

• patrala ‎(“fatherly, paternal; patronymic”)
• patratra ‎(“fatherly, paternal”)
• patreto ‎(“daddy”)
• stifa patro/stif-patro ‎(“stepfather”)
• baptopatro ‎(“godfather”)
• bopatro ‎(“father-in-law”)

Latin

Etymology

From pater.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.troː/

Verb

pātrō ‎(present infinitive pātrāre, perfect active pātrāvī, supine pātrātum); first conjugation

1. I bring about, accomplish
2. I ejaculate

Inflection

Derived terms

• impetrō
• perpetrō

Descendants

• Romanian: împătra

References

• patro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• patro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “patro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• patro in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• 1826, Pierre Pierrugues, Glossarium Eroticum Linguae Latinae, pages 381-382.

Novial

Noun

patro ‎(plural patros)

1. father

Coordinate terms

• matra
• patra

Hypernyms

• patre