What is the feminine of a patron?

Answer 1

The gender specific noun for a male who supports the arts is a patron.

The gender specific noun for a female who supports the arts is patroness.

The noun 'patron' as a word for a customer of a business is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female.

Answer 2

The noun 'patron' is a common gender noun as a word for a regular customer of a store, restaurant, or other business.

The noun 'patron' is a common gender noun or a gender specific noun for a male as a word for someone who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause.

The gender specific noun for a female who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause is patroness.

Answer 3

In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.

The gender specific noun for a male who supports the arts is a patron.

The gender specific noun for a female who supports the arts is patroness.

The noun 'patron' as a word for a customer of a business is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female.

Answer 4

"Patron" is used as a title for both genders, as the Latin form of the word, patronus, is gender-neutral.

People mistakenly associate "patron" with the Old French word "pater", which meant "father". But the origin of "patron" was not French, it was Latin.

Although "patron" is gender-neutral, some people have invented a more feminine-variant such as patroness and patrone.

Some organisations refer to female patrons as "matrons", though these days it is easy to mistake the title for that of a head nurse.

Answer 5

The noun 'patroness' is a gender specific noun for a female.

There is no gender specific noun for a male.

The noun patron is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female.

Answer 6

'Patroness' However, 'patron' is masculine and indicates 'father'. So 'patroness' is making a 'father' into a 'woman'. A better word in 'matron' , but this has medical/hospital overtones.

Answer 7

The term saint applies to both male and female.

Answer 8

The feminine form of patron is patroness.

Answer 9

matron or matriarch work in most cases.

Answer 10

The masculine form of the noun is patron.