treaty

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Etymology

From Old French traité, from Latin tractatus, from tractare.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtriː.ti/

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Noun

treaty (plural treaties)

1. (international law) A binding agreement under international law concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations.

Synonyms

• international agreement
• protocol
• covenant
• convention
• exchange of letters
• exchange of note

Related terms

• treat
• treatable
• treatment
• treatise

Translations

binding an agreement under international law

Czech: mezinárodní smlouva (cs) f. Dutch: verdrag (nl), overeenkomst (nl), traktaat (nl) Finnish: sopimus (fi) French: traité (fr) m. Galician: tratado (gl) m. German: Vertrag (de) m., Bündnis (de) n. Greek: συνθήκη (el) (sinthíki) f. Hungarian: szerződés (hu) Italian: trattato (it) m. Japanese: 条約 (ja) (jōyaku)

Norwegian: traktat (no) m. Polish: traktat (pl), umowa (pl) Portuguese: tratado (pt) m.,acordo (pt) m. Romanian: tratat (ro) n. Russian: договор (ru) (dogovór, dógovor) m. Scottish Gaelic: cùmhnant (gd) m. Spanish: tratado (es) m. Swedish: fördrag (sv) n. Telugu: ఒడంబడిక (te) (oDambaDika)

External links

• treaty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• treaty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• treaty at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• yatter