patent

Pronunciation





 * In the United Kingdom, the pronunciation beginning is more common than the one beginning  but some use the former for the senses of “obvious” and “open” and the latter for senses relating to “letters patent” and the noun.
 * In the United States, the pronunciation beginning is the usual one. The pronunciation beginning  is an alternative in the senses of “obvious” and “open”.

Etymology 1
The is derived from, which is either:


 * a, , ; or
 * directly from and  (modern 🇨🇬), a clipping of, , , and  (compare 🇨🇬, , ).

For the derivation of and  in, see etymology 2 below.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1) An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
 * 2)  A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
 * 3) 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.
 * 4)  A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
 * 5)  A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
 * 6) A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
 * 7) A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular  as if exclusively; a monopoly.
 * 8)  The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
 * 1)  A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
 * 2)  A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
 * 3) A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
 * 4) A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular  as if exclusively; a monopoly.
 * 5)  The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
 * 1) A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
 * 2) A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular  as if exclusively; a monopoly.
 * 3)  The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
 * 1)  The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
 * 1)  The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.

Translations

 * Maori: mana waihanga


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:, မူပိုင်ခွင့်
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:, , , पेटेन्ट
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 専売特許
 * Kazakh: иеқұжат
 * Khmer: ប៉ាតង
 * Korean: ,
 * Lao: ປະຕັງ
 * Luxembourgish: Patent, Brevet
 * Maori: manatitonga
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, тусгай ашиг
 * Mongolian: ᠫᠠᠲ᠋ᠧᠨ᠍ᠲ, ᠲᠤᠰᠬᠠᠶ ᠠᠰᠢᠭ
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: па̀тент
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: karapatang-tuklas
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: bằng độc quyền sáng chế, bằng sáng chế


 * Finnish: maaoikeus
 * Hindi:
 * Japanese: 権利証


 * Finnish: patentoitu tuote


 * Finnish: ,

Verb

 * 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)  To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
 * 3)  To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.
 * 1)  To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
 * 2)  To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.
 * 1)  To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: патентовам
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, faire breveter
 * German:, patentieren lassen
 * Hindi: पेटेंट करना
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 特許取得
 * Occitan: patentar
 * Polish: patentować, opatentować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: брать пате́нт,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 2
From, , from and  (modern 🇨🇬), and directly from their  , the    of , from.

Adjective

 * 1) Conspicuous; open; unconcealed.
 * 2)  Of flour: fine, and consisting mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of the grain from which it is milled.
 * 3)  Open, unobstructed; specifically, especially of the ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale in the heart, having not closed as would have happened in normal development.
 * 4)  Of an infection: in the phase when the organism causing it can be detected by clinical tests.
 * 5) Explicit and obvious.
 * 6) Especially of a document conferring some privilege or right: open to public perusal or use.
 * 7) Appointed or conferred by letters patent.
 * 8)  Of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the axis.
 * 9)  Protected by a legal patent.
 * 10)  To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
 * 1) Especially of a document conferring some privilege or right: open to public perusal or use.
 * 2) Appointed or conferred by letters patent.
 * 3)  Of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the axis.
 * 4)  Protected by a legal patent.
 * 5)  To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
 * 1)  Of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the axis.
 * 2)  Protected by a legal patent.
 * 3)  To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
 * 1)  To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
 * 1)  To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
 * 1)  To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
 * 1)  To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
 * 1)  To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
 * 1)  To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
 * 1)  To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Irish: paiteanta
 * Japanese: 明らかな
 * Occitan:, ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Finnish:

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  declaration issued by a government to an inventor

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, from , from.

Etymology 2
Borrowed from, originating in student slang. Related to etymology 1.

Etymology 1
.

Adjective

 * , to be recognized everyone

Etymology 2
or in early 19th century student slang.

Adjective

 * 1)  clever, ingenious, sleek

Etymology
From or.

Noun

 * 1) snap fastener, press stud

Declension
or

Etymology 1
From a short form of, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A letter conferring a privilege or status.
 * 2) Such a privilege or status conferred.
 * 3)  A letter conferring other advantages.

Etymology 2
From, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  open, unconfined, unrestricted

Etymology
Short form of.

Etymology
Short form of.

Etymology
, from.

Etymology
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