patente — meaning in English
French → English · translate English → French instead
English meaning
- patent noun An official government grant giving an inventor sole rights to make, use, or sell an invention for a set period.
- thingamajig noun Something that one does not know the name of.
Senses
patente is used for these senses in English:
- patent 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.
- thingamajig (informal) Something that one does not know the name of.
patent — full definition
- noun An official government grant giving an inventor sole rights to make, use, or sell an invention for a set period.
- verb To obtain a patent for an invention.
- adj Obvious or clear to see; completely evident.