petition

See also Petition, and pétition

English

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Etymology

Middle English, from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”)

Noun

petition (plural petitions)

1. A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
2. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
3. (law) A formal written request for judicial action.
4. A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
   • Bible, 1. Macc. vii. 37

     A house of prayer and petition for thy people.

Translations

formal, written request made to an official person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 請願 (cmn), 请愿 (cmn) (qǐngyuàn)

• Dutch: verzoekschrift n, petitie f
• Esperanto: peticio (eo), petskribo (eo)
• Finnish: vetoomus (fi)
• French: pétition (fr)
• German: Petition (de) f, Eingabe (de) f
• Greek: αίτηση (el) (aítisi) f, αναφορά (el) (anaforá) f

• Japanese: 請願 (ja) (せいがん, seigan)
• Korean: 청원 (ko) (cheong-won) (請願 (ko))
• Polish: petycja (pl) f
• Portuguese: petição (pt) f
• Romanian: petiție (ro)
• Russian: петиция (ru) (petícija) f, ходатайство (ru) (xodátajstvo) n, прошение (ru) (prošénije) n, заявление (ru) (zajavlénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: athchuinge (gd) f

compilation of signatures

• Finnish: adressi (fi)
• Greek: αίτηση (el) (aítisi) f

• Russian: петиция (ru) (petícija) f
• Scottish Gaelic: athchuinge (gd) f

legal: formal request for judicial action

• German: Petition (de) f
• Greek: αίτηση (el) (aítisi) f

• Russian: заявление (ru) (zajavlénije) n, ходатайство (ru) (xodátajstvo) n, жалоба (ru) (žáloba) f, петиция (ru) (petícija) f
• Scottish Gaelic: tagairt (gd) f, athchuinge (gd) f

Verb

petition (third-person singular simple present petitions, present participle petitioning, simple past and past participle petitioned)

1. To make a request, commonly in written form.

Translations

to make a request

• Finnish: vedota (fi)
• French: pétitionner (fr)
• Greek: αιτούμαι (el) (aitoúmai)

• Russian: ходатайствовать (ru) (xodátajstvovatʹ), подавать (ru) (podavátʹ) impf. / подать (ru) (podátʹ) (заявление, петицию, etc.) pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: tagair (gd)