"proprietary" meaning in English

See proprietary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/ [UK], /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tɹi/ [UK], /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tɛ.ɹi/ [US] Audio: En-us-proprietary.ogg [US] Forms: more proprietary [comparative], most proprietary [superlative]
Etymology: From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|propriétaire}} French propriétaire, {{der|en|la|proprietārius}} Latin proprietārius, {{surf|en|propriety|-ary}} By surface analysis, propriety + -ary, {{cog|la|proprietas||property}} Latin proprietas (“property”), {{m|la|proprius||ownership}} proprius (“ownership”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} proprietary (comparative more proprietary, superlative most proprietary)
  1. Of or relating to property or ownership. Translations (relating to property or ownership): eigendoms- (Dutch), ognar- (Faroese), oma (Finnish), omistus- (Finnish), მესაკუთრული (mesaḳutruli) (Georgian), მესაკუთრეობრივი (mesaḳutreobrivi) (Georgian), პროპრიეტარული (ṗroṗrieṭaruli) (Georgian), Eigentums- (German), Eigentümer- (German), ιδιοκτησιακός (idioktisiakós) (Greek), ⁧קִנְיָנִי⁩ (Hebrew), tulajdonjogi (Hungarian), tulajdoni (Hungarian), własnościowy (Polish), proprietário (Portuguese), proprietar (Romanian), de proprietate (Romanian), со́бственнический (sóbstvenničeskij) (Russian), проприета́рный (proprijetárnyj) (Russian), vlasnički (Serbo-Croatian), de propiedad (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-proprietary-en-adj-ZkTHtt8o Disambiguation of 'relating to property or ownership': 63 26 9 1 0 1
  2. Owning something; having ownership.
    Sense id: en-proprietary-en-adj-rpJ3Cw66
  3. Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret. Translations (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner): navnvardur (Faroese), navnvarnar- (Faroese), alkuperäinen (Finnish), alkuperäis- (Finnish), omisteinen (Finnish), proprietär (German), urheberrechtlich geschützt (German), geschützt (German), szabadalmazott (Hungarian), szabadalmaztatott (Hungarian), bejegyzett (Hungarian), védett (Hungarian), proprietær (Norwegian Bokmål), proprietær (Norwegian Nynorsk), proprietário (Portuguese), проприета́рный (proprijetárnyj) (Russian), originalan (Serbo-Croatian), licenciran (Serbo-Croatian), privativo (Spanish), proprietär (Swedish) Translations (of or relating to the quality of being an owner): bezittend (Dutch), omistava (Finnish), omistaja- (Finnish), დაპატენტებული (daṗaṭenṭebuli) (Georgian), პატენტიანი (ṗaṭenṭiani) (Georgian), besitzend (German), tulajdonosi (Hungarian), vagyonos (Hungarian), własnościowy (Polish), proprietário (Portuguese), патенто́ванный (patentóvannyj) (english: patent) (Russian), vlasnički (Serbo-Croatian), ägande- (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-proprietary-en-adj-KmJFSM4I Disambiguation of 'created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner': 3 5 77 4 6 5 Disambiguation of 'of or relating to the quality of being an owner': 8 13 38 13 2 27
  4. Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
    Sense id: en-proprietary-en-adj-SH2kboZW
  5. Privately owned. Translations (privately owned): particulier (Dutch), yksityisomisteinen (Finnish), კერძო (ḳerʒo) (Georgian), privat (German), Privat- (German), Eigen- (German), magán- (Hungarian), magántulajdonú (Hungarian), privado (Portuguese), particular (Portuguese), ча́стный (částnyj) (Russian), прива́тный (privátnyj) (Russian), privado (Spanish), particular (Spanish), privatägd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-proprietary-en-adj-c4fMVS-P Disambiguation of 'privately owned': 0 3 4 1 91 1
  6. (of a person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial. Tags: of a person
    Sense id: en-proprietary-en-adj-FIuic67Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonproprietary, proprietary eponym, proprietary trading

Noun

IPA: /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/ [UK], /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tɹi/ [UK], /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tɛ.ɹi/ [US] Audio: En-us-proprietary.ogg [US] Forms: proprietaries [plural]
Etymology: From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|propriétaire}} French propriétaire, {{der|en|la|proprietārius}} Latin proprietārius, {{surf|en|propriety|-ary}} By surface analysis, propriety + -ary, {{cog|la|proprietas||property}} Latin proprietas (“property”), {{m|la|proprius||ownership}} proprius (“ownership”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} proprietary (plural proprietaries)
  1. A proprietor or owner.
    Sense id: en-proprietary-en-noun-w1~ASFm9
  2. A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
    Sense id: en-proprietary-en-noun-Q~MeyODQ
  3. The rights of a proprietor.
    Sense id: en-proprietary-en-noun-M~mQAO2O
  4. A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
    Sense id: en-proprietary-en-noun-oCH9hrk6
  5. (espionage) A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage. Categories (topical): Espionage
    Sense id: en-proprietary-en-noun-oPbXZCAl Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "ka",
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          "code": "ru",
          "english": "patent",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "patentóvannyj",
          "sense": "of or relating to the quality of being an owner",
          "word": "патенто́ванный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 13 38 13 2 27",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "of or relating to the quality of being an owner",
          "word": "vlasnički"
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          "_dis1": "8 13 38 13 2 27",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "of or relating to the quality of being an owner",
          "word": "ägande-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "navnvardur"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "navnvarnar-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "alkuperäinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "alkuperäis-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "omisteinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "proprietär"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "urheberrechtlich geschützt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "geschützt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "szabadalmazott"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "szabadalmaztatott"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "bejegyzett"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "védett"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "proprietær"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "proprietær"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "proprietário"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "proprijetárnyj",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "проприета́рный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "originalan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "licenciran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "privativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 77 4 6 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
          "word": "proprietär"
        }
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          "text": "a proprietary extension to the HTML standard for Web page structure",
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          "text": "a proprietary lake; a proprietary chapel",
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          "_dis1": "0 3 4 1 91 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "privately owned",
          "word": "particulier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 4 1 91 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "privately owned",
          "word": "yksityisomisteinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 4 1 91 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳerʒo",
          "sense": "privately owned",
          "word": "კერძო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 4 1 91 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "privately owned",
          "word": "privat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 4 1 91 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "privately owned",
          "word": "Privat-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 4 1 91 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "privately owned",
          "word": "Eigen-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 4 1 91 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "magán-"
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      "word": "eigendoms-"
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      "sense": "relating to property or ownership",
      "word": "მესაკუთრეობრივი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ṗroṗrieṭaruli",
      "sense": "relating to property or ownership",
      "word": "პროპრიეტარული"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "relating to property or ownership",
      "word": "Eigentums-"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "relating to property or ownership",
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "⁧קִנְיָנִי⁩"
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      "word": "własnościowy"
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      "word": "со́бственнический"
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      "sense": "created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner",
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\"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"\\u010d\\u00e1stnyj\", \"sense\": \"privately owned\", \"word\": \"\\u0447\\u0430\\u0301\\u0441\\u0442\\u043d\\u044b\\u0439\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"priv\\u00e1tnyj\", \"sense\": \"privately owned\", \"word\": \"\\u043f\\u0440\\u0438\\u0432\\u0430\\u0301\\u0442\\u043d\\u044b\\u0439\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"privately owned\", \"word\": \"privado\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"privately owned\", \"word\": \"particular\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"privately owned\", \"word\": \"privat\\u00e4gd\"}], \"word\": \"proprietary\"}",
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