mécène
French
Etymology
From Mécène (“Maecenas”), a Roman advisor (70 BCE – 8 BCE) and important patron for the Augustan poets.
Pronunciation
Noun
mécène m (plural mécènes)
- patron (of arts)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mécène”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.