imbrevetable
\ɛ̃.bʁə.və.tabl\
The verdict
“imbrevetable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut pas faire l’objet d’un brevet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-imbrevetable · imbrevetable · French
imbrevetable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imbrevetable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.bʁə.və.tabl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
imbrevetable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.bʁə.və.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui ne peut pas faire l’objet d’un brevet.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for imbrevetable, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is imbrevetable, spelled I-M-B-R-E-V-E-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut pas faire l’objet d’un brevet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how imbrevetable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’administration doit rejeter la demande, lorsqu’elle reconnaît qu’elle est irrégulière en sa forme extrinsèque, ou bien, comme nous le verrons plus loin, qu’elle a pour objet une découverte imbrevetable.
Je suis persuadé que celui qui voudrait faire une affaire de ce procédé en retirerait grand avantage, mais j’aime mieux le voir profiter à tous, et c’est pourquoi je veux le rendre imbrevetable, en le mettant dans le domaine public par voie de publicité.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.