illegitimate

English

Adjective

illegitimate (comparative more illegitimate, superlative most illegitimate)

1. Illegal; against the law.
2. Born to unmarried parents.

   an illegitimate child

3. Illogical; incorrectly deduced.

   an illegitimate inference

4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious.

   an illegitimate word

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:illegitimate

Antonyms

• legal
• legitimate
• logical

Translations

against the law

• Danish: uretmæssig, uberettiget
• Dutch: illegaal (nl), onrechtmatig (nl)
• Esperanto: malrajta (eo)
• Finnish: laiton (fi)
• French: illégitime (fr)
• German: illegitim (de), unrechtmäßig (de)

• Italian: illegale (it)
• Polish: nielegalny (pl)
• Russian: незаконный (ru) (nezakónnyj), противозаконный (ru) (protivozakónnyj), нелегальный (ru) (nelegál'nyj), нелегитимный (ru) (nelegitímnyj)
• Swedish: olaglig (sv), illegal (sv), illegitim (sv), lagstridig (sv)

born to unmarried parents

• Danish: illegitim
• Esperanto: nelegitima (eo)
• Finnish: avioton (fi)

• Greek: νόθος (el) (nóthos)
• Italian: illegittimo (it)
• Swedish: illegitim (sv), utomäktenskaplig (sv)

illogical

• Danish: ulogisk

• Finnish: väärä (fi)

External links

• Illegitimate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia