patrulo
Ido
Etymology
From patro (“parent”) + -ulo (“male”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈtru.lo/
Noun
patrulo (plural patruli)
- (archaic) father
Usage notes
Originally patro meant "parent", while the derivatives patrulo meant "father" and patrino meant "mother", but in later times this was changed so patro meant father, while adding genitoro and matro to mean "parent" and "mother".
Synonyms
- patro
- papa
- (diminutive) patreto
Hypernyms
- genitoro (“parent”)
- (archaic) patro (“parent”)
Coordinate terms
- matro (“mother”)
- mama (“mother”)
- (diminutive) matreto
- (archaic) patrino
Further reading
- patr-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924