patrimoine

French

Etymology

From Old French patrimoine (13th c.), patremoine (12th c.), a borrowing from Latin pātrimōnium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.tʁi.mwan/

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Noun

patrimoine m (plural patrimoines)

1. patrimony, estate
2. heritage
3. capital, holdings

Further reading

• “patrimoine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012