jurisprudence

English

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin iūrisprūdentia (“astuteness in the law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʊəɹɪsˌpɹuːdəns/, /ˌdʒʊəɹɪsˈpɹuːdəns/
• Homophone: jurisprudents

Noun

jurisprudence (usually uncountable, plural jurisprudences)

1. (law) The philosophy, science, and study of law

Related terms

• prudence

Translations

the philosophy, science and study of law and decisions

• Arabic: إجْتِهَاد m (ʔijtihād), فِقْه (ar) m (fiqh)
• Bulgarian: юриспруденция (bg) f (jurisprudencija), право (bg) n (pravo)
• Burmese: ဥပဒေပညာ (u.pa.depa.nya)
• Catalan: jurisprudència f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法學／法学 (zh) (fǎxué), 法学 (zh) (fǎxué), 法律學／法律学 (zh) (fǎlǜxué), 法律学 (zh) (fǎlǜxué), 法理學／法理学 (zh) (fǎlǐxué), 法理学 (zh) (fǎlǐxué)

• Danish: jura (da), retsvidenskab
• Dutch: rechtswetenschap (nl) f, rechtsgeleerdheid (nl) f
• Faroese: løgfrøði f
• Finnish: oikeustiede (fi)
• French: philosophie du droit f, science du droit f
• Georgian: კანონთმცოდნეობა (ḳanontmcodneoba), სამართლისმცოდნეობა (samartlismcodneoba), იურისპრუდენცია (iurisṗrudencia), სამართალმცოდნეობა (samartalmcodneoba)
• German: Rechtswissenschaft (de) f
• Icelandic: lögfræði f
• Ido: yurocienco (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: jurisprudentia
• Irish: dlí-eolaíocht f
• Japanese: 法学 (ja) (ほうがく, hōgaku)
• Korean: 법학 (ko) (beophak)
• Latin: iuris prudentia, iurisprudentia f
• Macedonian: јуриспруде́нција f (jurisprudéncija)
• Polish: prawoznawstwo (pl) n, nauki prawne f pl, jurysprudencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: jurisprudência (pt) f
• Russian: законове́дение (ru) n (zakonovédenije), пра́во (ru) n (právo), правове́дение (ru) n (pravovédenije), юриспруде́нция (ru) f (jurisprudéncija)
• Spanish: jurisprudencia (es) f
• Swedish: rättsvetenskap c, juridik (sv) c
• Tagalog: palahatulan
• Thai: นิติศาสตร์ (th) (ní-dtì-sàat)
• Vietnamese: pháp luật học, luật học (vi)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “jurisprudence”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūrisprūdentia (“astuteness in the law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ʁis.pʁy.dɑ̃s/

Noun

jurisprudence f (uncountable)

1. case law

Further reading

• “jurisprudence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.