patent

See also Patent

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpeɪtənt/, X-SAMPA: /"peIt@nt/ or IPA: /ˈpætənt/, X-SAMPA: /"p{t@nt/
• (US) enPR: pătʹənt, IPA: /ˈpætənt/, X-SAMPA: /"p{t@nt/ or enPR: pātʹənt, IPA: /ˈpeɪtənt/, X-SAMPA: /"peIt@nt/

pronunciation notes

In the UK, the pronunciation beginning pāt-, /peɪt-/, /peIt-/ is more common than the one beginning păt-, /pæt-/, /p{t-/, but some use the former for the senses of "open" and the latter for senses relating to "letters patent" and the noun. Reference: OED, second edition, 1989 In the US, the pronunciation beginning păt-, /pæt-/, /p{t-/ is the usual one. The pronunciation beginning pāt-, /peɪt-/, /peIt-/ is an alternative in the sense of "obvious" and "open". Reference: dictionary.com

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Etymology 1

Short form of Anglo-Norman lettre patente, "open letter", from Latin littera patens.

Noun

patent (plural patents)

1. A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent.
2. A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent.
3. Patent leather: a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.

Translations

declaration issued by a government to an inventor

• Armenian: արտոնագիր (hy) (artonagir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 專利 (cmn), 专利 (cmn) (zhuānlì)

• Czech: patent (cs) m
• Dutch: patent (nl) n, octrooi (nl) n
• Finnish: patentti (fi)
• French: brevet (fr) m
• German: Patent (de) n
• Hungarian: szabadalom (hu)
• Italian: brevetto (it) m

• Japanese: 特許 (ja) (とっきょ, tokkyo)
• Khmer: ប៉ាតង (km) (paatɑɑng)
• Luxembourgish: Brevet (lb) m, Patent (lb) n
• Polish: patent (pl) m
• Portuguese: patente (pt) f
• Russian: патент (ru) (patént) m
• Serbo-Croatian: patent (sh) m
• Spanish: patente (es) m
• Swedish: patent (sv) n

specific grant of ownership of a piece of property

• Japanese: 権利証 (ja) (けんりしょう, kenri shō)

patent leather — see patent leather

Verb

patent (third-person singular simple present patents, present participle patenting, simple past and past participle patented)

1. To successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.

Translations

successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent

• Finnish: patentoida (fi)
• German: patentieren (de), patentieren (de) lassen (de)
• Hungarian: szabadalmaztat (hu)
• Japanese: 特許取得 (ja) (とっきょしゅとく, tokkyo shutoku)

• Polish: opatentować (pl)
• Portuguese: patentear (pt)
• Russian: патентовать (ru) (patentovatʹ), брать патент (ru) (bratʹ patent)
• Swedish: patentera (sv)

Etymology 2

From Latin patens (“open, lying open”), present participle of patere (“to lie open”).

Adjective

patent (comparative more patent, superlative most patent)

1. (biology) open, unobstructed, expanded.

   That is a patent ductus arteriosus.

2. explicit and obvious.
3. (of flour) that is fine, and consists mostly of the inner part of the endosperm

Derived terms

• patent nonsense
• patently

Translations

explicit and obvious

• Finnish: suoranainen (fi), ilmeinen (fi)
• Japanese: 明らかな (ja) (akirakana)
• Polish: oczywisty (pl) m

• Portuguese: patente (pt)
• Russian: очевидный (ru) (očevidnyj), явный (ru) (javnyj)
• Spanish: patente (es)

Anagrams

• patten

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Czech

Noun

patent m

1. patent (declaration issued by a government to an inventor)

Derived terms

• patentový

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

patent n (^??? please provide the plural!, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. patent

Synonyms

• octrooi

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German

Adjective

patent (comparative patenter, superlative am patentesten)

1. clever
2. ingenious

Declension

positive forms of patent

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist patent	sie ist patent	es ist patent	sie sind patent
strong declension (without article)	nominative	patenter	patente	patentes	patente
	genitive	patenten	patenter	patenten	patenter
	dative	patentem	patenter	patentem	patenten
	accusative	patenten	patente	patentes	patente
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der patente	die patente	das patente	die patenten
	genitive	des patenten	der patenten	des patenten	der patenten
	dative	dem patenten	der patenten	dem patenten	den patenten
	accusative	den patenten	die patente	das patente	die patenten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein patenter	eine patente	ein patentes	(keine) patenten
	genitive	eines patenten	einer patenten	eines patenten	(keiner) patenten
	dative	einem patenten	einer patenten	einem patenten	(keinen) patenten
	accusative	einen patenten	eine patente	ein patentes	(keine) patenten

comparative forms of patent

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist patenter	sie ist patenter	es ist patenter	sie sind patenter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	patenterer	patentere	patenteres	patentere
	genitive	patenteren	patenterer	patenteren	patenterer
	dative	patenterem	patenterer	patenterem	patenteren
	accusative	patenteren	patentere	patenteres	patentere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der patentere	die patentere	das patentere	die patenteren
	genitive	des patenteren	der patenteren	des patenteren	der patenteren
	dative	dem patenteren	der patenteren	dem patenteren	den patenteren
	accusative	den patenteren	die patentere	das patentere	die patenteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein patenterer	eine patentere	ein patenteres	(keine) patenteren
	genitive	eines patenteren	einer patenteren	eines patenteren	(keiner) patenteren
	dative	einem patenteren	einer patenteren	einem patenteren	(keinen) patenteren
	accusative	einen patenteren	eine patentere	ein patenteres	(keine) patenteren

superlative forms of patent

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am patentesten	sie ist am patentesten	es ist am patentesten	sie sind am patentesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	patentester	patenteste	patentestes	patenteste
	genitive	patentesten	patentester	patentesten	patentester
	dative	patentestem	patentester	patentestem	patentesten
	accusative	patentesten	patenteste	patentestes	patenteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der patenteste	die patenteste	das patenteste	die patentesten
	genitive	des patentesten	der patentesten	des patentesten	der patentesten
	dative	dem patentesten	der patentesten	dem patentesten	den patentesten
	accusative	den patentesten	die patenteste	das patenteste	die patentesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein patentester	eine patenteste	ein patentestes	(keine) patentesten
	genitive	eines patentesten	einer patentesten	eines patentesten	(keiner) patentesten
	dative	einem patentesten	einer patentesten	einem patentesten	(keinen) patentesten
	accusative	einen patentesten	eine patenteste	ein patentestes	(keine) patentesten

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Latin

Verb

patent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of pateō

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpatɛnt/

Noun

patent m

1. patent (official declaration that someone is the inventor of something)

Declension

    declension of patent

	singular	plural
nominative	patent	patenty
genitive	patentu	patentów
dative	patentowi	patentom
accusative	patent	patenty
instrumental	patentem	patentami
locative	patencie	patentach
vocative	patencie	patenty

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Serbo-Croatian

Wikipedia ^sh

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pǎtent/
• Hyphenation: pa‧tent

Noun

pàtent m (Cyrillic spelling па̀тент)

1. patent (official declaration that someone is the inventor of something)

Declension

    declension of patent

	singular	plural
nominative	pàtent	patenti
genitive	patenta	patenātā
dative	patentu	patentima
accusative	patenta	patente
vocative	patente	patenti
locative	patentu	patentima
instrumental	patentom	patentima

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Swedish

Noun

patent n

1. a patent

Declension

Declension of patent

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	patent	patentet	patent	patenten
genitive	patents	patentets	patents	patentens

Related terms

• patentansökan
• patentanspråk
• patentbyrå
• patentera
• patentlås
• patentskydd
• patentskydda
• pantentsökt
• patentverk