copyright

English Online Dictionary. What means copyright‎? What does copyright mean?

English

Etymology

From copy +‎ right.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/
• Homophone: copywrite
• Hyphenation: copy‧right
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

copyright (usually uncountable, plural copyrights)

1. (uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.

2. (countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
3. (uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

copyright (third-person singular simple present copyrights, present participle copyrighting, simple past and past participle copyrighted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
   • 2002, Spider-Man (film)

     J. J. Jameson: The Green Goblin. You like that? Made it up myself. These weirdos all gotta have a name now. Hoffman! Call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin". I want a quarter every time somebody says it.
2. (transitive, informal, nonstandard) To flag for copyright violation, to copystrike.

Derived terms

• copyrightable

Translations

See also

• copyfight
• copyleft
• copyright infringement
• exclusive right
• copywrong

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from English copyright.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kopirai̯t/ [ko.pi.rai̯t̪]
• Rhymes: -irai̯t, -ai̯t

Noun

copyright inan

1. copyright

Declension

Further reading

• “copyright”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Finnish

Etymology

From English copyright.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopirɑi̯t/, [ˈko̞pirɑ̝i̯t̪]
• Rhymes: -opirɑit

Noun

copyright

1. Synonym of tekijänoikeus (“copyright”)

Declension

Further reading

• “copyright”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English copyright.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.pi.ʁajt/

Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)

1. copyright

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English copyright.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.piˈrajt/, /ˌkɔ.piˈrajt/
• Rhymes: -ajt

Noun

copyright m

1. copyright

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English copyright

Pronunciation

Noun

copyright m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of copirraite

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English copyright.

Noun

copyright n (uncountable)

1. copyright

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English copyright.

Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)

1. copyright

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “copyright”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10