constitution

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Noun

constitution (plural constitutions)

1. The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
2. The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
3. A legal document describing such a formal system.
4. The general health of a person.
5. A person's physique or temperament

Derived terms

• constitutional
• metaconstitution

Related terms

• constitute
• constituent
• constituency
• constitutive

Translations

act or process of setting something up, or establishing something; composition, structure, makeup

Bulgarian: устройство (bg) (ustrójstvo) n. Finnish: kokoaminen (fi), perustaminen (fi), perustus (fi); koostumus (fi), rakenne (fi) French: constitution (fr) f. German: Verfassen (de) n.; Verfassung (de) f. Hebrew: הרכב (he) (herkev) m. (composition) Hungarian: alkotmány (hu) Ido: konstituco

Italian: costituzione (it) f. Japanese: 編成 (ja) (hensei), 構成 (ja) (kōsei) Korean: 헌법 (ko) Macedonian: состав (mk) (sóstav) n., уредување (mk) (uredúvanje) n. Portuguese: constituição (pt) f. Russian: устройство (ru) (ustrójstvo) n. Swahili: katiba (sw)

formal or informal system of primary principles and laws regulating a government or other institutions

Arabic: دستور (ar) (dustuur) m., نظام (ar) (niZaam) m., قانون أساسي (ar) (qanuun 'asaasiy) m. Armenian: սահմանադրություն (hy) (sahmanadrut'yun) Breton: bonreizh f. Bulgarian: конституция (bg) (konstitúcija) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 憲法 (cmn), 宪法 (cmn) (xiànfǎ) Danish: forfatning (da), grundlov (da), forfatning (da), grundlov (da) Dutch: grondwet f.m. Finnish: perustuslaki (fi) French: constitution (fr) f. German: Verfassung (de) f., Konstitution (de) f., Grundgesetz (de) f. Greek: Σύνταγμα (el) (Sýntagma) Haitian Creole: konstitisyon Hindi: संविधान (hi) (sanvidhān) Hungarian: alkotmány (hu) Ido: konstituceso Irish: bunreacht (ga)

Italian: costituzione (it) f. Japanese: 憲法 (ja) (けんぽう, kenpō) Korean: 헌법 (ko) (heonbeop) (憲法 (ko)) Kurdish: ده‌ستور Luxembourgish: Konstitutioun (lb) Macedonian: устав (mk) (ústav) m. Manx: bunraght (gv) m. Norwegian: grunnlov (no) m. Persian: قانون اساسی (fa) Portuguese: constituição f. Russian: конституция (ru) (konstitúcija) f., основной закон (ru) (osnovnój zakón) m. Scottish Gaelic: bun-reachd (gd) m. Serbian: ustav (sr) m. Slovene: ustava (sl) f. Spanish: constitución (es) f., constituciones (es) pl. Swahili: katiba (sw) Swedish: grundlag (sv) n. Thai: รัฐธรรมนูญ (th) (rát-tà-tam-má-noon) Vietnamese: hiến pháp (vi) (憲法 (vi))

legal document describing such a formal system

Armenian: սահմանադրություն (sahmanadrut'yun) Breton: bonreizh f. Bulgarian: конституция (bg) f. Czech: ústava (cs) f. Danish: forfatning (da), grundlov (da) Dutch: grondwet f.m. Esperanto: konstitucio (eo) Finnish: perustuslaki (fi) French: constitution (fr) f. German: Verfassung f., Konstitution f., Grundgesetz f. Greek: Σύνταγμα Haitian Creole: konstitisyon Hebrew: חוקה (khuqa) f.

Irish: bunreacht (ga) Italian: costituzione (it) f. Japanese: 憲法 (ja) (けんぽう, kenpō) Kurdish: ده‌ستور Macedonian: устав (mk) (ústav) m. Malayalam: ഭരണഘടന (bharaNa ghatana) Manx: bunraght (gv) m. Norwegian: grunnlov (no) m. Portuguese: constituição f. Scottish Gaelic: bun-reachd (gd) m. Slovene: ustava (sl) f. Spanish: constitución (es) f., constituciones (es) pl. Swahili: katiba (sw)

general health of a person

Bulgarian: телосложение (bg) n. Finnish: yleiskunto (fi) French: constitution (fr) f. German: Verfassung f., Konstitution f. Hindi: शरीरावस्था (hi) (śarīrāvasthā) Ido: konstituciono Italian: costituzione (it) f.

Norwegian: helse (no) m. Portuguese: constituição f. Russian: состояние организма (ru) (sostojánije organízma) n., телосложение (ru) (telosložénije) n. Spanish: constitución (es) f. Swahili: katiba (sw)

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Crimean Tatar: konstitutsiya French: constitution f. Indonesian: undang-undang dasar, konstitusi Interlingua: constitution

Malay: Piagam,Dasar Perundangan Norwegian: grunnlov m. Spanish: constitución f.

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃stitysjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /kO~stitysjO~/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: constitutions

Noun

constitution f. (plural constitutions)

1. constitution