proprietary

breveté, exclusif

Fabriqué ou développé par une entreprise qui en détient les droits exclusifs.

En anglais simple : Made or developed by a company that holds the exclusive legal rights to it.

• The company uses a proprietary formula.
• Their proprietary technology makes the batteries last longer.
• Several manufacturers license this proprietary process.

Synonymes : patented, exclusive

Expressions courantes : proprietary technology, proprietary formula, proprietary product

propriétaire

Contrôlé par une seule organisation et différent d’une norme commune.

En anglais simple : Controlled by one organization and different from a shared standard.

• The file uses a proprietary format.
• This proprietary extension only works in one browser.
• Can the program read documents from proprietary systems?

Synonymes : closed, vendor-specific

Contraires : open, standard

Expressions courantes : proprietary format, proprietary software, proprietary extension

de propriété

Qui concerne le droit légal de posséder quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Connected with the legal right to own something.

• The agreement protects her proprietary rights.
• He has a proprietary interest in the land.
• The court examined their proprietary claims to the assets.

Synonymes : proprietorial

Expressions courantes : proprietary rights, proprietary interest, proprietary claim

propriétaire

Qui possède des biens ou appartient à un groupe de propriétaires.

En anglais simple : Owning property or belonging to a group of property owners.

• The proprietary class owned much of the land.
• Proprietary families controlled several large estates.
• The reforms reduced the influence of the proprietary elite.

Synonymes : property-owning

Expressions courantes : proprietary class, proprietary families

privé

Qui appartient à une personne privée ou à une entreprise.

En anglais simple : Owned by a private person or company.

• The village had a proprietary chapel.
• Access to the proprietary lake required the owner’s permission.
• The report compared public and proprietary hospitals.

Synonymes : privately owned, private

Contraires : public

Expressions courantes : proprietary hospital, proprietary chapel, proprietary lake

possessif, jaloux

Qui considère quelqu’un ou quelque chose comme sien et supporte mal que d’autres s’en approchent.

En anglais simple : Showing that you consider someone or something yours and dislike others having a connection with them.

• He spoke with a proprietary air.
• She gave her partner a proprietary smile.
• He became surprisingly proprietary about the shared garden.

Comment l'utiliser : proprietary about someone/something (She was proprietary about her collection.)

Synonymes : possessive, territorial

Expressions courantes : proprietary air, proprietary attitude, proprietary interest