sublicense
noun, verb
sublicense is spelled S-U-B-L-I-C-E-N-S-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sublicense means “A license granted by a licensee to a third party, under the authority of the license originally granted by a licensor to the licensee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sublicense is sublicenses.
How many letters and syllables are in sublicense?
| Letters | 10: S-U-B-L-I-C-E-N-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 43 million words; the 201,693rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sublicense?
Sublicense appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of sublicense
- sublicenses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sublicence
- sublicensing participle, present
- sublicensed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sublicense mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A license granted by a licensee to a third party, under the authority of the license originally granted by a licensor to the licensee.
Joe received a license from McDonald's to develop twenty McDonald's restaurants in Dearborn, which included permission to grant a sublicense to the individual restaurant managers.
verb
- 1
to grant a sublicense
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sublicense in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Unterlizenz , unterlizenzieren |
| French | sous-licencier |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sublicense come from?
From sub- + license.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).