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patronal

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin patronalis; compare French patronal.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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patronal (comparative more patronal, superlative most patronal)

  1. patron; protecting; favouring
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: [], 2nd edition, London: [] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, [], →OCLC:
      Lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their penates and patronal god might be called forth by charms and incantations.
    • 2013, Michael Bhaskar, The Content Machine:
      Nor has the state lost its patronal role, with ministries of culture and publicly funded arts bodies sustaining the cultural economy.
  2. Pertaining to a strong authoritarian leader who controls access to resources.
    • 1988, Dietrich Denecke, Gareth Shaw, Alan R H Baker, Urban Historical Geography: Recent Progress in Britain and Germany, →ISBN:
      Aristocratic involvement in the development of towns and cities in nineteenth-entury Britain has long been recognised, but much less attention has been paid to the character of the patronal relationships which existed between aristocratic urban landlords and their tenantry.
    • 2012, Zeba A. Crook, Reconceptualising Conversion, →ISBN:
      Manumission loyalty also offers us insights into how ancient conversion might look in a context of patronage and benefaction, for slaves did not change patrons when they attained their freedom, but rather underwent a considerable change within the patronal relationship.
    • 2015, Henry E. Hale, Patronal Politics, →ISBN, page 455:
      In considering how the preceding analysis relates to the rest of the world, one can think of the post-Soviet countries as providing something like a pristine context in which to study the fundamental characteristics of patronal politics.

Catalan

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Etymology

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From Latin patrōnālis.

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Adjective

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patronal m or f (masculine and feminine plural patronals)

  1. patronal
  2. (relational) patron saint
    festa patronalsaint's day
  3. (relational) owner, employer, management
    organització patronalemployers' organization

Derived terms

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Noun

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patronal f (plural patronals)

  1. employers' organization

Further reading

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French

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Etymology

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From patron +‎ -al. Compare Italian patronale.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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patronal (feminine patronale, masculine plural patronaux, feminine plural patronales)

  1. (relational) saint
  2. (relational) employer's

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.tɾuˈnal/ [pɐ.tɾuˈnaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.tɾuˈna.li/

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: pa‧tro‧nal

Adjective

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patronal m or f (plural patronais, not comparable)

  1. (relational) employer

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French patronal. By surface analysis, patron +‎ -al.

Adjective

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patronal m or n (feminine singular patronală, masculine plural patronali, feminine and neuter plural patronale)

  1. patronal
  2. relating to an employer

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite patronal patronală patronali patronale
definite patronalul patronala patronalii patronalele
genitive-
dative
indefinite patronal patronale patronali patronale
definite patronalului patronalei patronalilor patronalelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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From patrono +‎ -al or patrón +‎ -al.

Adjective

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patronal m or f (masculine and feminine plural patronales)

  1. (relational) patron saint
  2. patronal
  3. (relational) owner of a house where someone is a guest
  4. (relational) employer
  5. (relational) management
  6. (nautical, relational) skipper

Derived terms

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Noun

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patronal f (plural patronales)

  1. management
  2. employers

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