patente

See also: Patente and patenté

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.tɑ̃t/

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Noun

patente f (plural patentes)

1. patent

Further reading

• “patente” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

patente

1. inflection of patent:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtɛn.te/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: pa‧tèn‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin patēns.

Adjective

patente (plural patenti)

1. obvious

Derived terms

• patentemente

Noun

patente f (plural patenti)

1. licence, permit

Related terms

• patentato
• patentino
• patentare

Further reading

• patente¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• patente² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Verb

patente

1. present participle of patire

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

patente

1. Alternative form of patent

Etymology 2

Adjective

patente

1. Alternative form of patent

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin patens.

Adjective

patente m or f (plural patentes, comparable)

1. patent (explicit and obvious)

   Synonyms: evidente, claro

   Está patente que é como digo.

   It's obviously as I say.

Derived terms

• patentear
• patentemente
• patentizar

 

Noun

patente f (plural patentes)

1. patent (declaration issued by a government to an inventor)
2. rank (level in an organisation, such as the military)
3. (South Brazil) outhouse (outbuilding containing a toilet)

Further reading

• “patente” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtente/, [paˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]

Etymology 1

From Latin patens.

Adjective

patente (plural patentes)

1. patent
2. blatant, obvious
3. clear, clear-cut

Derived terms

• patentemente

Noun

patente m (plural patentes)

1. patent (declaration issued by a government to an inventor)
2. (Argentina, Chile) the license plate of a vehicle

Etymology 2

Verb

patente

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of patentar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of patentar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of patentar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of patentar.

Further reading

• “patente” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.