mécène

French

Etymology

From Mécène (“Maecenas”), a Roman advisor (70 BCE – 8 BCE) and important patron for the Augustan poets, from Latin Maecenas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /me.sɛn/
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Noun

mécène m or f by sense (plural mécènes)

patron (of arts)

Derived terms

mécénat

Further reading

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

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