Patrick
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: pătʹrĭk, IPA(key): /ˈpætɹɪk/, [ˈpʰætʃ.ɹɪk]
- Rhymes: -ætɹɪk
Proper noun
Patrick
- A male given name.
- 1594 William Shakespeare: Hamlet: Act I, Scene V :
- Yes, by Saint Patrick, but there is, Horatio,
- And much offence, too.
- 1993 Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha: page 138:
- - Are unusual names nice?
- - Yes.
- - Then why am I called Patrick?
- She laughed but only for a little bit. She smiled at me, I think to make sure that I knew she wasn't laughing at me.
- - Because your daddy's called Patrick, she said.
- I liked that, being called after my da.
- - There are five Patricks in our class, I said.
- - Is that right?
- - Patrick Clarke. That's me. Patrick O'Neill. Patrick Redmond. Patrick Genocci. Patrick Flynn.
- - That's a lot, she said. - It's a nice name. Very dignified.
- - Three of them are called Paddy, I told her. - One Pat and one Patrick.
- 1594 William Shakespeare: Hamlet: Act I, Scene V :
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given name
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.tʁik/
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Proper noun
Patrick c (genitive Patricks)
- A male given name, a less common spelling variant of Patrik.
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