legislation

See also: législation and législâtion

English

Etymology

From Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”). Morphologically legislate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

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

Noun

legislation (usually uncountable, plural legislations)

The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.
Synonym: lawmaking

pass legislation

There is a lack of legislation about human cloning.
Law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

the act of legislating

Arabic: تَشْرِيع (ar) m (tašrīʕ)
Asturian: llexislación f
Azerbaijani: qanunvericilik
Belarusian: заканада́ўства n (zakanadáŭstva)
Bulgarian: законода́телство n (zakonodátelstvo)
Catalan: legislació f
Cebuano: lehislasyon
Chinese:
Mandarin: 立法 (zh) (lìfǎ)
Czech: zákonodárství n
Dutch: wetgeving (nl) f, legislatie (nl) f
Finnish: lainsäädäntö (fi)
French: législation (fr) f
Galician: lexislación (gl) f
Georgian: კანონმდებლობა (ḳanonmdebloba)
German: Gesetzgebung (de) f
Greek: νομοθεσία (el) f (nomothesía)
Ancient: νομοθεσία f (nomothesía)
Hungarian: törvényhozás (hu)
Indonesian: legislasi (id), penyusunan (id), pembentukan (id)
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), 립법 (ko) (ripbeop) (North Korea)
Latin: lēgislātiō f
Macedonian: законодавство c (zakonodavstvo)
Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
Maori: whakaturetanga
Norman: législâtion f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lovgivning m or f
Persian: قانون‌گذاری (qânun-gozâri)
Polish: prawodawstwo n, ustawodawstwo (pl) n, legislacja (pl) f
Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
Russian: законода́тельство (ru) n (zakonodátelʹstvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: законода́вство n

Roman: zakonodávstvo (sh) n
Slovak: zákonodarstvo n
Slovene: zakonodaja f
Spanish: legislación (es) f
Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
Turkish: yasama (tr), kanun (tr)
Ukrainian: законода́вство n (zakonodávstvo)
Vietnamese: lập pháp (vi)

law already enacted by legislature

Arabic: شَرِيعَة (ar) f (šarīʕa), قَانُون (ar) m (qānūn)
Asturian: llexislación f
Belarusian: зако́н m (zakón)
Cebuano: lehislasyon
Chinese:
Mandarin: 立法 (zh) (lìfǎ), 法規／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
Greek:
Ancient: νομοθέτημα n (nomothétēma)
Hungarian: becikkelyezett törvény
Indonesian: undang-undang (id)
Irish: reachtaíocht f
Italian: leggi (it) f pl
Japanese: 法律 (ja) (ほうりつ, hōritsu)
Korean: 법률 (ko) (beomnyul)
Malay: akta
Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lovgivning m or f
Persian: قانون (fa) (qânun)
Polish: ustawodawstwo (pl) n, prawodawstwo n
Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
Russian: зако́н (ru) m (zakón)
Spanish: legislación (es) f
Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
Ukrainian: зако́н (uk) m (zakón)

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