Word: patentees
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pa
ten
tees
Definition: Plural of patentee; the inventor to whom a patent is issued
Morphemes:
Affix: patent
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: patentes lettres
Language: fro
Decoded: patentes lettres
Meaning: document granting an office, privilege, right, etc., or making a decree
Affix: -ee
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ee
Language: fro
Decoded: -ee
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).