"legislation" in seven languages
Meaninglegislation
Spanish
legislación
/lexislaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
législation
/leʒislasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
legislazione
/ledʒizlatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
legislação
/leʒizlaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
legislație
/ledʒisˈlatsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
legislació
/ləʒizləsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
legislation
/lɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃən/
from Latin/French · French législation / Late Latin
English → ItalianlegislationlegislazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
LĒGISLĀTIŌNEM (Late Latin)‘the proposing of a law’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Built from LĒX, LĒGIS 'law' + LĀTIŌ 'a bringing forward'. Its inherited relative is the plain word for law: ley, loi, legge.
English relatives: legislate, legal, legislature
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In a sentence
- esLa nueva legislación protege a los inquilinos.
- frLa nouvelle législation protège les locataires.
- itLa nuova legislazione tutela gli inquilini.
- ptA nova legislação protege os inquilinos.
- roNoua legislație îi protejează pe chiriași.
- caLa nova legislació protegeix els llogaters.
- enThe new legislation protects tenants.
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