Patrick
pronunciation
How to pronounce Patrick in British English:
UK [ˈpætrik]
How to pronounce Patrick in American English:
US [ˈpætrɪk]
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- Noun:
- Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century
Word Origin
- Patrick
- masc. proper name, from Old Irish Patraicc (Irish Padraig), from Latin Patricius, literally "a patrician" (see patrician). As a given name, chiefly in northern England and Scotland, in Ireland only a popular name after 1600, due probably to the Scots settlers in Ulster. [Reaney]
Example
- 1. Patrick loves trains , so it was the perfect poem .
- 2. Patrick madden was compiling a list of bars where fight clubs met .
- 3. In spite of this political success , patrick realised that a social gulf remained .
- 4. A neurosurgeon called patrick kenny is about to insert two stainless steel pins into harry 's skull .
- 5. Dan patrick , a senator from houston , announced that he was starting a tea party caucus .