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)
• Jèrriais: constitution f
• Korean: 헌법 (ko)
• Macedonian: состав (mk) (sóstav) n, уредување (mk) (uredúvanje) n
• Malay: penubuhan (ms)
• Portuguese: constituição (pt) f
• Russian: устройство (ru) (ustrójstvo) n
• Scottish Gaelic: dèanamh (gd) m
• 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 fm
• 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)
• Jèrriais: constitution f
• Korean: 헌법 (ko) (heonbeop) (憲法 (ko))

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ده‌ستور

• Luxembourgish: Konstitutioun (lb)
• Macedonian: устав (mk) (ústav) m
• Malay: perlembagaan (ms)
• Manx: bunraght (gv) m
• Maori: kaupapa ture (mi)
• 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
• Serbo-Croatian: ustav (sh) m
• Slovene: ustava (sl) f
• Spanish: constitución (es) f, constituciones (es) pl
• Swahili: katiba (sw)
• Swedish: grundlag (sv) n
• Telugu: రాజ్యాంగము (te)
• Thai: รัฐธรรมนูญ (th) (rát-tà-tam-má-noon)
• Turkish: anayasa (tr)
• Vietnamese: hiến pháp (vi) (憲法 (vi))

legal document describing such a formal system

• Armenian: սահմանադրություն (sahmanadrut'yun)
• Breton: bonreizh f
• Bulgarian: конституция (bg) (konstitucija) f
• Czech: ústava (cs) f
• Danish: forfatning (da), grundlov (da)
• Dutch: grondwet fm
• 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
• Icelandic: stjórnarskrá (is) f
• Igbo: òdénàíwú
• Irish: bunreacht (ga)
• Italian: costituzione (it) f

• Japanese: 憲法 (ja) (けんぽう, kenpō)
• Jèrriais: constitution f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ده‌ستور

• Limburgish: gronjdwet (li)
• Macedonian: устав (mk) (ústav) m
• Malay: perlembagaan (ms)
• Malayalam: ഭരണഘടന (bharaNa ghatana)
• Manx: bunraght (gv) m
• Norwegian: grunnlov (no) m
• Portuguese: constituição f
• Russian: конституция (ru) (konstitutsija) 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) (telosloženie) n
• Finnish: yleiskunto (fi)
• French: constitution (fr) f
• German: Verfassung f, Konstitution f
• Hindi: शरीरावस्था (hi) (śarīrāvasthā)
• Ido: konstituciono
• Italian: costituzione (it) f
• Jèrriais: constitution f

• Malay: resam tubuh (ms)
• Norwegian: helse (no) m
• Portuguese: constituição f
• Russian: состояние организма (ru) (sostojánije organízma) n, телосложение (ru) (telosložénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: dèanamh (gd) m
• Spanish: constitución (es) f
• Swahili: katiba (sw)

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

• 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

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin cōnstitūtiō, cōnstitūtiōnem.

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Noun

constitution f (plural constitutions)

1. constitution