Legislation

English

Etymology

French législation < Latin lēgislātiō (“‘the giving of the law’”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

legislation

1. The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
2. Law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body

Translations

the act of legislating

Arabic: تشريع ar(ar) (tashrii3) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 立法 cmn(cmn) (lìfǎ) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: wetgeving nl(nl) f. Finnish: lainsäädäntö fi(fi) French: législation fr(fr) f. German: Gesetzgebung de(de) f.

Hungarian: törvényhozás hu(hu) Italian: legislazione it(it) f. Japanese: 法制化 ja(ja) (hōseika), 法制 ja(ja) (hōsei) Portuguese: legislação pt(pt) f. Russian: законодательство ru(ru) (zakonodátel’stvo) n. Spanish: legislación es(es) f. Swedish: please add this translation if you can

law already enacted by legislature

Arabic: شريعة ar(ar) (sharii3a) f., قانون ar(ar) (qaanuun) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 立法 cmn(cmn) (lìfǎ) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: wet nl(nl) f. Finnish: lainsäädäntö fi(fi) French: loi fr(fr) m. German: Gesetz de(de) n.

Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: leggi it(it) f. pl. Japanese: 法律 ja(ja) (ほうりつ, hōritsu) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: закон ru(ru) (zakón) m. Spanish: legislación es(es) f. Swedish: please add this translation if you can

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