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