propriétaire

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin proprietārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.pʁi.je.tɛʁ/

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Noun

propriétaire m or f by sense (plural propriétaires)

1. owner (one who owns something)

   le propriétaire du véhicule ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   1. (especially) property owner, landlord

      Coordinate term: locataire

      un propriétaire terrien ― a landowner, a landholder

      faire le tour du propriétaire ― to look around a property, to visit a place such as an apartment, to be shown around a place (literally, “to make the owner's tour”)

Derived terms

• proprio

Related terms

• propriété

Adjective

propriétaire (plural propriétaires)

1. proprietary

   un logiciel propriétaire ― proprietary software

Further reading

• “propriétaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.