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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin proprietārius.
Pronunciation
Noun
propriétaire m or f by sense (plural propriétaires)
- owner (one who owns something)
- le propriétaire du véhicule ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (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
Adjective
propriétaire (plural propriétaires)
- proprietary
- un logiciel propriétaire ― proprietary software
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