🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

专利

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhānlì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
patent/ˈpæt.ənt/
nounadjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他为他的新发明申请了专利。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A government authority or licence conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.

    "He applied for a patent for his new invention."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French patente, from medieval Latin patenta (littera) 'open (letter)', from Latin patere 'be open'.

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