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registrable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English register Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English registrable From register + -able (“able, capable”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Able or needing to be registered.
    • Every mortgage of land evidenced in writing is registrable with the Land Office. 1994, Derek Roebuck, Law Relating to Banking in Hong Kong, page 212:
  2. (not-comparable) Able or needing to be registered. ▸ In United States trademark law, capable of receiving trademark registration.
    • Even if the symbol were a variation on an apostrophe, Vodafone claimed, the Work would still be registrable, because symbols and typographic elements may be protectable where a work in combination contains expressive elements, as is the case here. 2018 August 21, U.S. Copyright Office Review Board, “Second Request for Reconsideration for Refusal to Register Vodafone Speechmark”, in United States Copyright Office, page 3:

Antonyms

unregistrable

Deriveds

nonregistrable · registrability