legislation

See also: législation and législâtion

English

Etymology

From Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌlɛd͡ʒɪsˈleɪʃən/
Hyphenation: le‧gis‧la‧tion
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

legislation (usually uncountable, plural legislations)

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

Hyponyms

(enacted laws): rooster (obsolete slang; legislation solely intended to benefit the legislators)

Translations

the act of legislating

Arabic: تَشْرِيع‎ m (tašrīʿ)
Asturian: llexislación f
Catalan: legislació f
Cebuano: lehislasyon
Chinese:
Mandarin: 立法 (zh) (lìfǎ)
Czech: zákonodárství n
Dutch: wetgeving (nl) f
Finnish: lainsäädäntö (fi)
French: législation (fr) f
Galician: lexislación (gl) f
Georgian: კანონმდებლობა (ḳanonmdebloba)
German: Gesetzgebung (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: νομοθεσία f (nomothesía)
Hungarian: törvényhozás (hu)
Irish: reachtaíocht f

Italian: legislazione (it) f
Japanese: 法制化 (hōseika), 法制 (ja) (hōsei), 立法 (ja) (りっぽう, rippō)
Korean: 입법 (ko) (ipbeop)
Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
Maori: whakaturetanga
Norman: législâtion f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lovgivning m or f
Persian: قانون‌گذاری‎
Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
Russian: законода́тельство (ru) n (zakonodátelʹstvo)
Spanish: legislación (es) f
Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
Turkish: yasama (tr), kanun (tr)
Ukrainian: законодавство n (zakonodávstvo)

law already enacted by legislature

Arabic: شَرِيعَة‎ (ar) f (šarīʿa), قَانُون‎ (ar) m (qānūn)
Asturian: llexislación f
Cebuano: lehislasyon
Chinese:
Mandarin: 立法 (zh) (lìfǎ), 法規 (zh), 法规 (zh) (fǎguī)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: wet (nl) f
Finnish: lainsäädäntö (fi)
French: loi (fr) f
Galician: lexislación (gl) f
Georgian: კანონი (ḳanoni)
German: Gesetz (de) n
Hungarian: becikkelyezett törvény
Irish: reachtaíocht f

Italian: leggi (it) f pl
Japanese: 法律 (ja) (ほうりつ, hōritsu)
Korean: 법률 (ko) (beopnyul)
Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lovgivning m or f
Persian: قانون‎ (fa)
Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
Russian: зако́н (ru) m (zakón)
Spanish: legislación (es) f
Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
Ukrainian: закон (uk) m (zakón)

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