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patent
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pe?t?nt/, /?pæ-/
- (General American) enPR: p?t??nt, p?t??nt, IPA(key): /?pæt?nt/, [p?æ??n?t], /?pe?-/, [p?e??-]
- Hyphenation: pa?tent
Etymology 1
The noun is derived from Middle English patent (“document granting an office, property, right, title, etc.; document granting permission, licence; papal indulgence, pardon”) [and other forms], which is either:
- a clipping of lettre patent, lettres patente, lettres patentes [and other forms]; or
- directly from Anglo-Norman and Middle French patente (modern French patent), a clipping of Anglo-Norman lettres patentes, Middle French lettres patentes, lettre patente, and Old French patentes lettres (“document granting an office, privilege, right, etc., or making a decree”) (compare Late Latin patens, littera patens, litterae patentes).
For the derivation of Anglo-Norman and Middle French patente (adjective) in lettre patente, see etymology 2 below.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
patent (countable and uncountable, plural patents)
- (law)
- An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
- (specifically)
- (originally) A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
- 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.
- (US, historical) A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
- An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
- (by extension) A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
- (uncountable) Short for patent leather (“a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for accessories and shoes”).
- (figuratively)
- A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
- A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular (hyperbolic) as if exclusively; a monopoly.
- A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
patent (third-person singular simple present patents, present participle patenting, simple past and past participle patented)
- (transitive, law)
- 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.
- (US, historical) To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
- 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.
- (transitive, figuratively) To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English patent, patente (“wide open; clear, unobstructed; unlimited; of a document: available for public inspection”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman and Middle French patent (modern French patent), and directly from their etymon Latin pat?ns (“open; accessible, passable; evident, manifest; exposed, vulnerable”), the present active participle of pate? (“to be open; to be accessible, attainable; to be exposed, vulnerable; of frontiers or land: to extent, increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth?- (“to spread out; to fly”).
Adjective
patent (comparative more patent, superlative most patent)
- Conspicuous; open; unconcealed.
- Synonym: overt
- (baking) Of flour: fine, and consisting mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of the grain from which it is milled.
- (medicine) Open, unobstructed; specifically, especially of the ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale in the heart, having not closed as would have happened in normal development.
- (medicine, veterinary medicine) Of an infection: in the phase when the organism causing it can be detected by clinical tests.
- Explicit and obvious.
- Synonyms: express, monosemous, unambiguous; see also Thesaurus:explicit, Thesaurus:obvious
- (archaic)
- Especially of a document conferring some privilege or right: open to public perusal or use.
- Appointed or conferred by letters patent.
- Especially of a document conferring some privilege or right: open to public perusal or use.
- (botany) Of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the axis.
- (law) Protected by a legal patent.
- Synonym: patented
- (by extension, figuratively) To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- patent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Patten, patten, pét-nat
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p??tent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p??ten/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pa?tent/
Noun
patent m (plural patents)
- patent
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pat?nt]
Noun
patent m
- patent (declaration issued by a government to an inventor)
Derived terms
- patentový
Danish
Noun
patent n (singular definite patentet, plural indefinite patenter)
- patent
Declension
Related terms
References
- “patent” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa??t?nt/
- Hyphenation: pa?tent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French patente, from lettres patentes (“letter in which a privilege is granted”), from Latin litterae patentes.
Noun
patent n (plural patenten, diminutive patentje n)
- patent [from 16th c.]
- Synonym: octrooi
Derived terms
- patentrecht
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: paten
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German patent, originating in student slang. Related to etymology 1.
Adjective
patent (comparative patenter, superlative patentst)
- excellent, exquisite [from mid 19th c.]
- Synonyms: geweldig, voortreffelijk
Inflection
German
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Adjective
patent (comparative patenter, superlative am patentesten)
- clever
- ingenious
Declension
Further reading
- “patent” in Duden online
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?pa.tent/, [?pät??n?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?pa.tent/, [?p??t??n?t?]
Verb
patent
- third-person plural present active indicative of pate?
Middle English
Etymology 1
From a short form of lettres patentes, from Anglo-Norman lettre patente (“open letter”), from Latin littera patens.
Alternative forms
- patente, patentt
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?t?nt/, /?pat?nt/
Noun
patent (plural patentes)
- A letter conferring a privilege or status.
- Such a privilege or status conferred.
- (rare) A letter conferring other advantages.
Descendants
- English: patent (noun)
References
- “patent(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Middle French patent, from Old French, from Latin pat?ns.
Alternative forms
- patente
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?t?nt/, /?pat?nt/
Adjective
patent
- (rare) open, unconfined, unrestricted
Descendants
- English: patent (adjective)
References
- “patent(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
Noun
patent
- Alternative form of patene
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Short form of Anglo-Norman lettre patente.
Noun
patent n (definite singular patentet, indefinite plural patent or patenter, definite plural patenta or patentene)
- patent
Related terms
- patentere
References
- “patent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Short form of Anglo-Norman lettre patente.
Noun
patent n (definite singular patentet, indefinite plural patent, definite plural patenta)
- patent
References
- “patent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From French patente, from Latin pat?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.t?nt/
Noun
patent m inan
- patent (official declaration that someone is the inventor of something)
Declension
Further reading
- patent in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- patent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French patent.
Adjective
patent m or n (feminine singular patent?, masculine plural paten?i, feminine and neuter plural patente)
- patent
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?tent/
- Hyphenation: pa?tent
Noun
pàtent m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- patent (official declaration that someone is the inventor of something)
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?t?nt/
Noun
patent n
- patent
Declension
Related terms
Anagrams
- patten
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pure
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin p?rus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere”) (from Old English hl?tor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear”) (from Old English sc?re and Old Norse sk?r), Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English sc?r), Middle English smete, smeate (“pure, refined”) (from Old English sm?te; compare Old English m?re (“pure”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pj??/, /?pj??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?pj??/, /?pj??/
- (cure-fir merger, rhotic) IPA(key): /?pj?/
- (cure-fir merger, non-rhotic) IPA(key): /?pj??/
- (US)
- Rhymes: -??(r), -??(?)
Adjective
pure (comparative purer or more pure, superlative purest or most pure)
- Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
- Free of foreign material or pollutants.
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
- A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
- Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
- c. 1530, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, 1 Timothy, 5:22,
- Laye hondes sodely[suddenly] on no man nether be partaker of other mes[men's] synnes: kepe thy silfe pure.
- c. 1530, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, 1 Timothy, 5:22,
- Mere; that and that only.
- That idea is pure madness!
- (of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
- (phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
- (of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
Synonyms
- (free of flaws): see Thesaurus:pure
- (free of foreign material): see Thesaurus:raw
- (free of immoral behavior): innocent
Antonyms
- (free of flaws): dirty, flawed, impure
- (free of foreign material): contaminated, impure
- (free of immoral behavior): corrupt, guilty, sinful
- (done for its own sake): applied
Derived terms
- pure finder
- as pure as the driven snow
Related terms
- purification
- purify
- purity
- puritan
- puritanism
- purist
- purism
Translations
Adverb
pure (not comparable)
- (Liverpudlian, Scotland) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
- You’re pure busy.
- 1996, Trainspotting (film)
- I just get pure shy with the interview cats.
Translations
Verb
pure (third-person singular simple present pures, present participle puring, simple past and past participle pured)
- (golf) to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately
- Tiger Woods pured his first drive straight down the middle of the fairway.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cleanse; to refine.
Noun
pure (countable and uncountable, plural pures)
- One who, or that which, is pure.
- 1845, The Lancet, page 187:
- ... the establishment of an inferior College, and the consequent connexion of the many thousands of British practitioners in medicine and surgery with a subordinate institution, and one that should be subservient to the government of the pures.
- c. 1870, D. K. Gavan, Rocky Road to Dublin:
- Took a drop of the pure, to keep my spirits from sinking, […]
- 1998, Christopher Leigh Connery, The Empire of the Text: Writing and Authority in Early Imperial China, Rowman & Littlefield (?ISBN), page 30:
- All interpretive frames will impose their categories on the object of historical analysis, and I am not proposing that this narrative of the "pures"; be rejected in favor of some phantasmatic framework that claims to derive more purely from the sources themselves. I will show in chapter 3 that, since the "pures" possibly did not even exist […]
- 1845, The Lancet, page 187:
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pj??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
- (US) IPA(key): /pj??/
Noun
pure (uncountable)
- Alternative form of puer (“dung (e.g. of dogs)”)
- 1851, H. Mayhew, London Labour and the London poor, vII. 142/1:
- […] Dogs'-dung is called ‘Pure’, from its cleansing and purifying properties.
- 2001, Wendy Lawton, The Tinker's Daughter, ch. 8:
- Mary smelled the rancid odor of the tannery on the right side of the road. […]
- "What is that, Mary?" Jake asked.
- "'Tis a bag for collecting pure. That is going to be your job, Jake. You are to collect pure."
- "Pure? What is pure?"
- "Pure is another word for dung," Mary answered.
- 2013, Terry Pratchett, Raising Steam, p. 28:
- […] surely there was something better for him than chasing the pure (footnote: A term, technically speaking, for dog muck, much prized by the tanneries.) […]
- 1851, H. Mayhew, London Labour and the London poor, vII. 142/1:
Further reading
- pure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Peru, Pre-U, Prue, Pu'er, Rupe, pu'er, puer, re-up, reup
Danish
Etymology 1
From Latin p?re, the adverb of p?rus (“clean, pure”); or the definite form of pur (“pure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu?r?/, [?p?u???]
Adjective
pure
- complete
- (adverbial) completely
Inflection
Etymology 2
From French purée (“puree”).
Alternative forms
- puré
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pyre/, [p?y??æ]
Noun
pure c (singular definite pureen, plural indefinite pureer)
- puree
Inflection
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu?r?/, [?p?u???]
Adjective
pure
- definite of pur
- plural of pur
Esperanto
Adverb
pure
- purely
Finnish
Verb
pure
- inflection of purra:
- indicative present connegative
- second-person singular imperative present/present connegative
Anagrams
- Peru, peru
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py?/
- Homophones: pur, purs, pures
- Rhymes: -y?
Adjective
pure
- feminine singular of pur
Anagrams
- peur
- puer
- repu
- rupe, rupé
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
pure
- inflection of pur:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pu.re/
- Rhymes: -ure
Etymology 1
Adjective
pure
- feminine plural of puro
Etymology 2
From Latin p?r?, the adverb of p?rus.
Adverb
pure
- too, also, as well
- Synonym: anche
- well, surely
- please, by all means
- if you like; if you want (etc.)
Conjunction
pure
- even though, even if, although
- nevertheless
References
Anagrams
- Perù
- prue
- rupe
Latin
Etymology 1
From p?rus (“clean; pure”) and -e (“-ly, -ily”).
Adverb
p?r? (comparative p?rius, superlative p?rissim?)
- clearly, brightly, cleanly
- correctly, faultlessly, perfectly, purely
- Loqui pure.
- To speak correctly.
- Loqui pure.
Synonyms
- (correctly): ?mend?t?
Etymology 2
Noun
p?re
- ablative singular of p?s
References
- pure in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pure in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Anagrams
- puer, r?pe
Middle English
Alternative forms
- pur, puyr, pore, poure, peure, pu?r, puir, puire, puyre
Etymology
From Old French pur, from Latin p?rus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piu?r/
Adjective
pure (comparative purer, superlative purest)
- pure, unadulterated, undiluted, untarnished
- entire, total, all
- perfect, wonderful, unflawed
- morally clean, pure, or upstanding
- chaste
- true, real, genuine, not counterfeit
- clear, obvious, simple
Descendants
- Scots: puir, pure
- English: pure
- ? Cornish: pur
References
- “p?r(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
pure m (definite singular pureen, indefinite plural pureer, definite plural pureene)
- alternative spelling of puré
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??re?/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
pure m (definite singular pureen, indefinite plural purear, definite plural pureane)
- alternative spelling of puré
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²p??.r?/ (example of pronunciation)
Adjective
pure
- definite singular of pur
- plural of pur
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *pule.
Noun
pure
- cowrie
Swedish
Adjective
pure
- absolute definite natural masculine form of pur.
Anagrams
- Peru
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