| anglais > français | |
| patronize | |
| 1. v. Infantiliser, paternaliser, prendre de haut. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
| patronize | |
| 1. v. To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support. |  |
| Synonyms: enpatron, q1=obsolete, patrocinate, q2=obsolete |  |
| 2. v. (anchor, Customer)To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer. |  |
| 3. v. (anchor, Condescend)To assume a tone of unjustified superiority; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly. |  |
| Synonyms: condescend, infantilize |  |
| 4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To blame, to reproach. |  |