bilateral

English

Adjective

bilateral (comparative more bilateral, superlative most bilateral)

1. having two sides
2. involving both sides equally
3. binding on both parties to an agreement
4. having bilateral symmetry
5. (anthropology) involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family

Derived terms

• isobilateral

Translations

having two sides

• Arabic: ثنائي (ar) (thunaa'iy)
• Bulgarian: двустранен (bg) (dvustranen)
• Catalan: bilateral (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙邊 (cmn), 双边 (cmn) (shuāngbiān), 雙方 (cmn), 双方 (cmn) (shuāngfāng)

• Dutch: tweezijdig (nl)
• Finnish: kaksipuolinen (fi)
• French: bilatéral (fr)

• German: zweiseitig (de)
• Hungarian: kétoldalú (hu)
• Icelandic: tvíhliða (is)
• Japanese: 双方 (ja) (そうほう, sōhō)
• Luxembourgish: bilateral (lb)
• Russian: двусторонний (ru) (dvustorónnij)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-thaobhach (gd)
• Spanish: bilateral (es)

involving both sides equally

• Bulgarian: двустранен (bg) (dvustranen)
• Finnish: bilateraalinen (fi)
• German: bilateral (de)
• Irish: déthaobhach (ga)

• Japanese: (of countries) 二国間 (ja) (nikokukan), 相互的な (ja) (そうごてきな, sōgoteki-na)
• Russian: двусторонний (ru) (dvustorónnij)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-thaobhach (gd)

binding on both parties to an agreement

• Icelandic: tvíhliða (is)

having bilateral symmetry

involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

bilateral

1. bilateral

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Portuguese

Adjective

bilateral m and f (plural bilaterais; comparable)

1. bilateral

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Spanish

Adjective

bilateral m and f (plural bilaterales)

1. bilateral