Word: patent
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pat
ent
Definition: A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
Morphemes:
Affix: patent
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: patentes lettres
Language: fro
Decoded: patentes lettres
Meaning: document granting an office, privilege, right, etc., or making a decree