From en.wiktionary.org:
[Patent]
** English
[2021]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [pătʹənt] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
[2]
- In the United Kingdom, the pronunciation beginning [/peɪ-/] is more common than the one beginning [/pæ-/] but some use the former for the senses of “obvious” and “open” and the latter for senses relating to “letters patent” and the noun. [1]
- In the United States, the pronunciation beginning [/pæ-/] is the usual one. The pronunciation beginning [/peɪ-/] is an alternative in the senses of “obvious” and “open”. [2]
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*** Etymology 1
The [noun] is derived from [en][patente, patentt],[3] which is either:[4]
- a [enm] , [enm] , [enm] [patent lettre, patent lettres, patente lettre, patente lettres] ; or
- directly from [en] and [en] (modern [fr] ), a clipping of [en] , [en] , [frm] , and [en] (compare [LL.] , [LL.] , [LL.] ). <ref name="OED"/>
For the derivation of [en] and [en] in [frm], see etymology 2 below.
The [verb] is derived from the noun.[5]
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en]
1. An official document granting an appointment , privilege , or right , or some property or title ; letters patent .
2. * [volume=I]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1858 | author=John M. Neale | title=A History of the So-called Jansenist Church of Holland | page=116
|passage=Philip of Spain had offered a reward of 25,000 crowns, a PATENT of
nobility, and immunity for all past crimes, to the assassinator of the Prince
of Orange.}}
1. [en]
1. [en] A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture , sale , and use of goods .
2. A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making , selling , or using the claimed invention for a specified period .
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
2. [en] A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property ; a land patent .
1. [en] A product in respect of which a patent _(sense 1.2.2)_ has been obtain ed.
2. [en] [en] .
3. [en]
1. A licence or ( formal ) permission to do something.
2. * [act=IV]
3. A characteristic or quality that one possess es; in particular [en] as if exclusively ; a monopoly.
4. * [act=I]
4. [en] The combination of seven bet s on three selection s, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en|patent leathers |antipatent |biopatent |blocking patent |land patent
|nonpatent |patentee |patenter |patentese |patentholder |patentizing<ll:rare>
|patentless |patentlike |patent of precedence |patentometrics|patent
office|patentor |patent pool |patent thicket |patent troll |patent trolling
|pat. pend.|triadic patent |prepatent |submarine patent |subpatent<pos:noun>
}}
***** Translations
[official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some
property or title]
[grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods]
- Maori: [mi]
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[declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new
invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed
invention for a specified period]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my] , [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Lao: [lo]
- Luxembourgish: [lb] , [lb]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[specific grant of ownership of a piece of property]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Japanese: [ja]
[trans-bottom]
[product in respect of which a patent has been obtained]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[_ellipsis of_ patent leather] [formal permission]
[characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular as if
exclusively]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en]
1. To ( successfully ) register (a new invention ) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture , sale , and use for a specified period .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. [en] To obtain (over a piece of real property ) a specific grant of ownership .
2. [en] To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize .
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en |nonpatentability |nonpatentable |nonpatented |patentability
|patentable |patentably |patented<pos:adjective> |patenting<pos:noun>
|repatent |unpatentability |unpatentable |unpatented }}
***** Translations
[to (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to
obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified
period]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership]
[trans-bottom]
[to be closely associated or identified with (something)] [trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
[en] From [en], [enm][patant, pattent],[6] from [en] and [en] (modern [fr]),
and directly from their [etymon] [en], the [present] [active] [participle] of
[la], from [en].<ref name="OED"/>
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. Conspicuous ; open ; unconcealed .
2. * [volume=I]
1. [en] Of flour : fine , and consist ing mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of the grain from which it is milled .
2. [en] Open, unobstructed ; specifically, especially of the ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale in the heart , having not closed as would have happen ed in normal development .
3. [en] Of an infection : in the phase when the organism causing it can be detect ed by clinical tests .
3. [en] Explicit and obvious .
4. * [en]
5. [en]
1. Especially of a document confer ring some privilege or right : open to public perusal or use .
2. Appointed or conferred by letters patent .
3. * [volume=I]
6. [en] Of a branch , leaf , etc.: outspread ; also, spreading at right angle s to the axis .
7. [en] Protected by a legal patent .
8. * [edition=2nd]
9. * [canto=XVI]
10. * [chapter=Is Wholly Devoted to a Full and Faithful Report of the Memorable Trial of Bardell against Pickwick]
11. * [volume=I]
12. [en] To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
13. * [chapter=How Mr. Winkle, when He Stepped Out of the Frying-pan, Walked Gently and Comfortably into the Fire]
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en |Chinese patent medicine |erectopatent |patency |patent fuel |patent
hammer |patent inside |patent leather |patent log |patently |patent medicine
|patent outside |prepatent |prepatently |subpatent<pos:adjective> |subpatently
}}
***** Translations
[conspicuous, open, unconcealed]
[explicit and obvious]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Irish: [ga]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc] , [oc]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[of flour: fine, and consisting mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of
the grain from which it is milled] [trans-bottom]
[(_medicine_ ) open, unobstructed]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it]
[trans-bottom]
[of an infection: in the phase when the organism causing it can be detected by
clinical tests] [trans-bottom]
[open to public perusal or use] [trans-bottom]
[appointed or conferred by letters patent] [trans-bottom]
[of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the
axis] [trans-bottom]
[protected by a legal patent]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[to which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
References:
[1]. [pos=adj] ; [pos=adj]
[2]. [source=Random House]
[3]. [entry=patent(e]
[4]. [pos=n] ; [pos=n]
[5]. [pos=v] ; [pos=v]
[6]. [entry=patent(e]
[7]. [R:TotfalusiNagyEty 2001]
*** Further reading
- [pedia]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Catalan
*** Etymology
[ca], from [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [ca-IPA]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [en]
2. * [ca]
*** Further reading
- [R:ca:DCVB]
- [R:ca:GDLC]
- [R:ca:IEC2]
** Czech
*** Etymology
[cs]
*** Pronunciation
- [cs-IPA]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. [en] [declaration issued by a government to an inventor]
**** Declension
[m.locě:u]
**** Derived terms
[cs]
*** Further reading
- [R:cs:PSJC]
- [R:cs:SSJC]
- [R:cs:IJP]
** Danish
*** Noun
[et]
1. [en]
**** Declension
[et]
**** Related terms
{{col2|da |patenterbar |patentere }}
*** References
- [R:DDO]
** Dutch
[lang=nl]
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Etymology 1
Borrowed from [nl], from [frm], from [nl].
**** Noun
[n]
1. [en] [from 16th c.]
***** Derived terms
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
***** Descendants
- [id]
- [pap]
*** Etymology 2
Borrowed from [nl], originating in student slang. Related to etymology 1.
**** Adjective
[nl-adj]
1. excellent , exquisite [from mid 19th c.]
***** Declension
[nl-decl-adj]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr]
*** Adjective
[fr-adj]
1. [en] [obvious]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** German
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
*** Etymology 1
[de].
**** Adjective
[comp]
1. [de] [en] , to be recognized everyone
2. * [de]
***** Declension
[comp]
*** Etymology 2
[de] or [de] in early 19th century student slang.
**** Adjective
[comp]
1. [de] clever , ingenious , sleek
***** Declension
[comp]
*** Further reading
- [R:de:Duden]
- [R:de:DWDS]
- [R:de:UniLeipzig]
[de]
** Hungarian
*** Etymology
From [hu] or [hu].[7]
*** Pronunciation
- [hu-IPA]
- [hu]
- [hu]
*** Noun
[ek]
1. snap fastener , press stud
2. [hu] [en] [official document]
**** Declension
[patento][patent] or [patente][patent]
**** Derived terms
{{col4|hu |patentos |patentol |patentolható }}
*** References
References:
[1]. [pos=adj] ; [pos=adj]
[2]. [source=Random House]
[3]. [entry=patent(e]
[4]. [pos=n] ; [pos=n]
[5]. [pos=v] ; [pos=v]
[6]. [entry=patent(e]
[7]. [R:TotfalusiNagyEty 2001]
*** Further reading
- [R:ErtSz]
** Latin
*** Pronunciation
- [la-IPA]
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la]
** Middle English
*** Etymology 1
From a short form of [enm], from [enm], from [enm].
**** Alternative forms
- [enm]
**** Pronunciation
- [enm]
**** Noun
[patentes]
1. A letter conferring a privilege or status .
2. Such a privilege or status conferred.
3. [enm] A letter conferring other advantages.
***** Descendants
- [en]
***** References
- [entry=patent(e]
*** Etymology 2
From [enm], from [enm], from [enm].
**** Alternative forms
- [enm]
**** Pronunciation
- [enm]
**** Adjective
[enm-adj]
1. [enm] open , unconfined , unrestricted
***** Descendants
- [en]
***** References
- [entry=patent(e]
*** Etymology 3
**** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
[enm]
** Norwegian Bokmål
[lang=nb]
*** Etymology
Short form of [nb].
*** Noun
[nb-noun-n3]
1. [en]
**** Related terms
- [nb]
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
[lang=nn]
*** Etymology
Short form of [nn].
*** Noun
[nn-noun-n1]
1. [en]
*** References
- [R:The Nynorsk Dictionary]
** Polish
[lang=pl]
*** Etymology
[pl], from [pl].
*** Pronunciation
[a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-patent.wav]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. [en] [official declaration that someone is the inventor of something]
**** Declension
[pl-decl-noun-m-in]
**** Derived terms
[pl]
**** Related terms
[pl]
*** Further reading
- [R:pl:WSJP]
- [R:pl:PWN]
[pl]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro].
*** Adjective
[ro-adj]
1. [en]
**** Declension
[ro-decl-adj]
** Serbo-Croatian
[lang=sh]
*** Pronunciation
- [sh]
- [sh]
*** Noun
[pàtent]
1. [en] [an official declaration that someone is the inventor of something]
**** Declension
{{sh-decl-noun |pàtent|patenti |patenta|patenātā |patentu|patentima
|patenta|patente |patente|patenti |patentu|patentima |patentom|patentima }}
[sh]
** Swedish
[lang=sv]
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
*** Noun
[n]
1. [en]
**** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-n-zero]
**** Derived terms
{{col5|sv |patentansökan |patentanspråk |patentbyrå |patentlås |patentskydd
|patentskydda |pantentsökt |patentverk }}
**** Related terms
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]
*** Anagrams
- [sv]