lawful

§English

§Etymology

From Middle English laweful, equivalent to law +‎ -ful, conflated with Middle English leful, leeful, leveful (“according to law, lawful, pertaining to law”). See also leveful.

§Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːfʊl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːfʊl

§Adjective

lawful (comparative more lawful, superlative most lawful)

1. Conforming to, or recognised by law or rules.

§Synonyms

• just
• legitimate
• licit

§Antonyms

• unlawful

§Derived terms

• lawfully

§Translations

conforming to or recognised by law or rules

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合法的 (zh) (héfǎ de)

• Dutch: wettig (nl), rechtmatig (nl)
• Finnish: lainmukainen, laillinen (fi)
• French: légal (fr)
• German: gesetzlich (de), legal (de), rechtsmäßig
• Hungarian: törvényes (hu), törvényszerű (hu)
• Japanese: 合法な (ja) (ごうほうな, gōhō na)

• Latvian: likumīgs
• Luxembourgish: gesetzlech
• Portuguese: legal (pt), legalizado
• Romanian: legal (ro) m
• Russian: зако́нный (ru) (zakónnyj), лега́льный (ru) (legálʹnyj), правоме́рный (ru) (pravomérnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dligheach
• Swedish: laglig (sv), berättigad (sv), rättmätig (sv)
• Turkish: yasal (tr)