proprietary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /pɹəˈpɹɑɪ.ə.tɹi/ (Australia)
- (California) audio
- /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /pɹəˈpɹɑɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/ (Australia)
- /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.əˌtɛɹ.i/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”).
Meanings
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Of or relating to property or ownership.
proprietary rights
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Owning something; having ownership.
the proprietary class
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Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.
It was reported that the recipes for the secret sauce and grinder sandwiches were proprietary, known only to the current president of the corporation and the former owner of the restaurant.
1996, Michael Craig Budden, Protecting Trade Secrets under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act: Practical Advice for Executives, Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books, →ISBN, page 20:
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Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
a proprietary extension to the HTML standard for Web page structure
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Privately owned.
a proprietary lake; a proprietary chapel
- (of a person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more proprietary | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most proprietary | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
nonproprietary · open source · nonproprietary
Deriveds
proprietarity · proprietarian · proprietariness · proprietarial · proprietarily · nonproprietary · proprietary trading · proprietary eponym · non-proprietary
Relateds
proper name · proprialization · proper noun · proper
Synonyms
proprietorial · proprietorial · proprietorial
Translations (81)
hu vagyonos (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · fi alkuperäis- (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · pl prywatny (privately owned) · sh vlasnički (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · es privativo (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · hu tulajdonosi (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · fi alkuperäinen (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · nb proprietær (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · bg на собственост (relating to property or ownership) · ru патенто́ванный (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · de besitzend (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · ka მესაკუთრეობრივი (relating to property or ownership) · sh originalan (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · ka პროპრიეტარული (relating to property or ownership) · hu tulajdoni (relating to property or ownership) · hu szabadalmaztatott (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · nl bezittend (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · pt proprietário (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · sv ägande- (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · bg частен (privately owned) · ka დაპატენტებული (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · da privateje (privately owned) · de privat (privately owned) · bg личен (privately owned) · ru проприета́рный (relating to property or ownership) · cmn 私有的 (privately owned) · pl markowy (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · cmn 業主的 /业主的 (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · bg собственически (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · de Privat- (privately owned) · pt proprietário (relating to property or ownership) · fi omisteinen (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · hu bejegyzett (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · hu védett (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · fi omistaja- (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · el ιδιοκτησιακός (relating to property or ownership) · nn proprietær (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · de proprietär (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · ru прива́тный (privately owned) · sv privatägd (privately owned) · he קִנְיָנִי (relating to property or ownership) · fo navnvarnar- (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · sv proprietär (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · pl własnościowy (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · cmn 專營的 /专营的 (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · de Eigen- (privately owned) · sh vlasnički (relating to property or ownership) · ru со́бственнический (relating to property or ownership) · hu magán- (privately owned) · nl particulier (privately owned) · fi oma (relating to property or ownership) · pt particular (privately owned) · de Eigentums- (relating to property or ownership) · hu magántulajdonú (privately owned) · ka მესაკუთრული (relating to property or ownership) · ka კერძო (privately owned) · es particular (privately owned) · fi omistus- (relating to property or ownership) · ka პატენტიანი (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · es privado (privately owned) · ru ча́стный (privately owned) · fi yksityisomisteinen (privately owned) · ro de proprietate (relating to property or ownership) · ru проприета́рный (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · fo navnvardur (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · pt privado (privately owned) · hu tulajdonjogi (relating to property or ownership) · de geschützt (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · pl własnościowy (relating to property or ownership) · pt proprietário (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · ro proprietar (relating to property or ownership) · de urheberrechtlich geschützt (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · fo ognar- (relating to property or ownership) · fi omistava (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) · hu szabadalmazott (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · nl eigendoms- (relating to property or ownership) · es de propiedad (relating to property or ownership) · bg патентован (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · de Eigentümer- (relating to property or ownership) · cmn 專賣的 /专卖的 (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) · sh licenciran (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner)