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