Italian edit

Etymology edit

From patentare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pa.tenˈta.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ten‧tà‧to

Adjective edit

patentato (feminine patentata, masculine plural patentati, feminine plural patentate)

  1. licensed, certified
  2. permitted
  3. utter, thorough, patent (nonsense etc.)

Further reading edit

  • patentato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana