How do you pronounce proprietary?

The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.əˌtɛɹ.i/.

proprietary

/pɹəˈpɹaɪ.əˌtɛɹ.i/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: pro-pri-etary
IPA: /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.əˌtɛɹ.i/

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Meaning

adj

Of or relating to property or ownership.

adj

Owning something; having ownership.

adj

Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.

adj

Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.

adj

Privately owned.

adj

Possessive, jealous, or territorial.

noun

A proprietor or owner.

noun

A body of proprietors, taken collectively.

Example Sentences

"proprietary rights"
"the proprietary class"
"The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products."
"It was reported that the recipes for the secret sauce and grinder sandwiches were proprietary, known only to the current president of the corporation and the former owner of the restaurant."
"a proprietary extension to the HTML standard for Web page structure"
"a proprietary lake; a proprietary chapel"

Etymology

From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: propriétaire, proprietārius

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.əˌtɛɹ.i/
British English: /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/

Inflected Forms

more proprietary (comparative) most proprietary (superlative) proprietaries (plural)

Derived Forms

nonproprietary proprietarial proprietarian proprietarily proprietariness proprietarity

Phrases

non-proprietary proprietary eponym proprietary trading proper name proper noun

Frequently Paired Words

proper proper name proper noun proprialization

Synonyms

proprietorial proprietorship

Antonyms

nonproprietary open source

Rhymes With

dietary