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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtɛn.te/

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

Etymology 1

From Latin patentem.

Adjective

patente m or f by sense (plural patenti)

1. obvious

Derived terms

• patentemente

Noun

patente f (plural patenti)

1. licence/license, 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

Participle

patente m or f by sense (plural patenti)

1. present participle of patire

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

patente

1. alternative form of patent

Etymology 2

Adjective

patente

1. alternative form of patent

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.

Latin pateō

Latin patentemlbor.

Portuguese patente

Learned borrowing from Latin patentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈtẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ten‧te

Adjective

patente m or f (plural patentes)

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
4. (South Brazil, by extension) toilet (fixture in a bathroom)

   Synonym: vaso sanitário

Derived terms

• → Hunsrik: Patent

Further reading

• “patente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “patente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtente/ [paˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: pa‧ten‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin patentem.

Adjective

patente m or f (masculine and feminine plural patentes)

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

Derived terms

• patentemente

Noun

patente f (plural patentes)

1. patent (declaration issued by a government to an inventor)
2. (Argentina, Paraguay, Chile) license plate
   1. (Rioplatense, Chile) license plate number
3. (Rioplatense, Chile) vehicle tax

Derived terms

• patente de corso
• patente de invención
• patente de navegación
• patente de sanidad
• patente en blanco

Etymology 2

Verb

patente

1. inflection of patentar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “patente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025