copyright

== 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) (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. (countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works. (uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: copyright ==== Translations ==== === Verb === copyright (third-person singular simple present copyrights, present participle copyrighting, simple past and past participle copyrighted) (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. (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 copyright ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “copyright”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: co‧py‧right === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English copyright. ==== Noun ==== copyright n (plural copyrights, no diminutive) copyright Synonym: auteursrecht ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== copyright inflection of copyrighten: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Further reading === copyright on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Finnish == === Etymology === From English copyright. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkopirɑi̯t/, [ˈko̞pirɑ̝i̯t̪] Rhymes: -opirɑit === Noun === copyright 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 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English copyright. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.pi.ʁajt/ === Noun === copyright m (plural copyrights) 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 copyright === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English copyright === Pronunciation === === Noun === copyright m (invariable) copyright Synonyms: direito autoral, direitos autorais, direito de autor, direitos de autor, (Brazil) copirraite === Further reading === “copyright”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “copyright”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English copyright. === Noun === copyright n (uncountable) copyright ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English copyright. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkopirait/ [ˈko.pi.rai̯t̪] Rhymes: -opirait IPA(key): /kopiˈrait/ [ko.piˈrai̯t̪] Rhymes: -ait Syllabification: co‧py‧right === Noun === copyright m (plural copyrights) 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025