patenter
French, verb/pa.tɑ̃.te/
patenter is a French verb meaning “patent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assujettir à la patente”.
What does patenter mean in English?
verb
- 1
patent
- 2
Quebecinvent, make up
- 3
Quebecrepair
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Assujettir à la patente. 2. Délivrer une patente à. 3. Inventer, fabriquer. 4. Réparer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of patenter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- patentant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- patenté participle past
- patente first-person indicative present
- patentes indicative present second-person
- patentons first-person indicative plural
- patentez indicative plural present
- patentent indicative plural present
- patentais first-person imperfect indicative
- patentait imperfect indicative singular
- patentions first-person imperfect indicative
- patentiez imperfect indicative plural
- patentaient imperfect indicative plural
- patentai first-person historic indicative
- patentas historic indicative past
- patenta historic indicative past
- patentâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patenter?
- /pa.tɑ̃.te/
- \pa.tɑ̃.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.