patronize

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpætɹəˌnaɪz/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈpeɪtɹəˌnaɪz/
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• /ˈpeɪtɹəˌnaɪz/
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• /ˈpætɹəˌnaɪz/ “to act as a patron of; to be a customer of”
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• CMU ARPABET: P EY1 T R AH0 N AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: P AE1 T R AH0 N AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From patron + -ize (verb ending); or from Old French patroniser, from Medieval Latin patronizāre (“to lead a galley as patron”). Piecewise doublet of patternize.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Old Armenian: խնամեմ (xnamem) — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Bulgarian: покровителствам (pokrovitelstvam) — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Chinese Cantonese: 栽培 (zoi1 pui4) — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Hakka Chinese: 栽培 (châi-phì) — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Chinese: 栽培 (zh-min-nan) — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Chinese Mandarin: 栽培 (zāipéi) — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• German: fördern — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• German: beschirmen — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• German: beschützen — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• German: unterstützen — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Japanese: 愛顧する (aiko suru) — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Mongolian: ивээх (iveex) — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Polish: patronować — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Portuguese: apadrinhar — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Russian: опека́ть (opekátʹ) — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Spanish: patrocinar — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Tagalog: tangkilik — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Welsh: noddi — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support
• Bulgarian: посещавам (poseštavam) — to be a customer of a business
• Chinese Cantonese: 光顧 /光顾 (gwong1 gu3) — to be a customer of a business
• Chinese Cantonese: 幫襯 /帮衬 (bong1 can3) — to be a customer of a business
• Chinese Mandarin: 光顧 /光顾 (guānggù) — to be a customer of a business
• Finnish: asioida — to be a customer of a business
• Finnish: olla asiakkaana — to be a customer of a business
• French: fréquenter — to be a customer of a business
• German: frequentieren — to be a customer of a business
• German: als Kunde regelmäßig besuchen — to be a customer of a business
• Hungarian: véd — to be a customer of a business
• Italian: patrocinare — to be a customer of a business
• Italian: frequentare — to be a customer of a business
• Italian: sponsorizzare — to be a customer of a business
• Japanese: 取り付ける (toritsukeru) — to be a customer of a business
• Portuguese: frequentar — to be a customer of a business
• Spanish: frecuentar — to be a customer of a business
• Thai: อุดหนุน (ùt-nǔn) — to be a customer of a business
• Albanian: begenis — to treat condescendingly
• Bulgarian: отнасям се снизходително (otnasjam se snizhoditelno) — to treat condescendingly
• Dutch: betuttelen — to treat condescendingly
• Dutch: denigreren — to treat condescendingly
• Dutch: bevoogden — to treat condescendingly
• Finnish: holhota — to treat condescendingly
• Finnish: suhtautua alentuvasti — to treat condescendingly
• French: patrociner — to treat condescendingly
• French: prendre de haut — to treat condescendingly
• French: paternaliser — to treat condescendingly
• German: bevormunden — to treat condescendingly
• German: gönnerhaft behandeln — to treat condescendingly
• German: herablassend behandeln — to treat condescendingly
• Italian: degnarsi — to treat condescendingly
• Italian: trattare dall'alto in basso — to treat condescendingly
• Nepali: हेप्नु (hepnu) — to treat condescendingly
• Polish: wywyższać się — to treat condescendingly
• Portuguese: tratar condescendentemente — to treat condescendingly
• Russian: смотре́ть свысока́ (smotrétʹ svysoká) — to treat condescendingly
• Russian: обраща́ться снисходи́тельно (obraščátʹsja snisxodítelʹno) — to treat condescendingly
• Spanish: hablar con tono paternalista — to treat condescendingly
• Spanish: menospreciar — to treat condescendingly
• Spanish: sermonear — to treat condescendingly
• Spanish: huevonear — to treat condescendingly
• Spanish: huevear — to treat condescendingly
• Spanish: condescender — to treat condescendingly
• Swedish: vara nedlåtande mot — to treat condescendingly
• Swedish: mästra — to treat condescendingly
• Turkish: yukarıdan konuşmak — to treat condescendingly
• Turkish: küçümsemek — to treat condescendingly