proprietary
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proprietary
- /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/ UK
- /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tɹi/ UK
- /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.əˌtɛɹ.i/ Canada, US
- /pɹəˈpɹɑɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/ Australia
- /pɹəˈpɹɑɪ.ə.tɹi/ Australia
Where it comes from
From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”).
adjective more proprietary · most proprietary
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Of or relating to property or ownership.
proprietary rights
Similar: proprietorial
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Owning something; having ownership.
the proprietary class
Similar: proprietorial
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Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.
Opposite: nonproprietary
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Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
a proprietary extension to the HTML standard for Web page structure
Opposite: nonproprietary, open source
- Privately owned. a proprietary lake; a proprietary chapel
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Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
Similar: proprietorial
noun proprietaries
- A proprietor or owner. Wherefore what issue soever shall result from my mind , by his means most happily married to a retired life , must , of due , redound to his honour , as the sole proprietary of my pains during my present condition
- A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
- The rights of a proprietor.
- A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
- A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage. For all practical purposes, the proprietaries conduct their own financial affairs with a minimum of oversight from CIA headquarters.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: proprietorship, patented, copyright, trademarked, copyrighted, branded, ownership, property, owner, proprietor, licensed, patent, patrimonial, franchise, heritage, landlord
Translations
Every language
adj relating to property or ownership
| Español | de propiedad |
|---|---|
| Português | proprietário |
| Deutsch | Eigentums-, Eigentümer- |
| Ελληνικά | ιδιοκτησιακός idioktisiakós |
| Română | proprietar, de proprietate |
| Русский | со́бственнический sóbstvenničeskij, проприета́рный proprijetárnyj |
| עברית | קִנְיָנִי |
adj of or relating to the quality of being an owner
| 中文 | 業主的 /业主的 yèzhǔ de |
|---|---|
| Português | proprietário |
| Deutsch | besitzend |
| Русский | патенто́ванный patentóvannyj |
adj created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner
| Español | privativo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 專賣的 /专卖的 zhuānmài de, 專營的 /专营的 zhuānyíng de |
| Português | proprietário |
| Deutsch | proprietär, urheberrechtlich geschützt, geschützt |
| Русский | проприета́рный proprijetárnyj |
adj privately owned
| Español | privado, particular |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 私有的 sīyǒu de |
| Português | privado, particular |
| Deutsch | privat, Privat-, Eigen- |
| Русский | ча́стный částnyj, прива́тный privátnyj |
Talk about this word "proprietary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/proprietary. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. proprietary. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/proprietary "proprietary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/proprietary.Cite this
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title = {proprietary},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/proprietary},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
