patent

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[edit] English

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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

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] 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.
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declaration issued by a government to an inventor
specific grant of ownership of a piece of property
patent leather — see patent leather

[edit] 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.
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successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] 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
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explicit and obvious

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patent m.

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

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[edit] Dutch

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

  1. patent

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patent (comparative patenter, superlative am patentesten)

  1. clever

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patent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of pateō

[edit] Polish

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  • IPA: /ˈpatɛnt/

[edit] Noun

patent m.

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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

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pàtent m. (Cyrillic spelling па̀тент)

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

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    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

[edit] Swedish

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patent n.

  1. a patent

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

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