legislation

See also: législation and législâtion

English

Etymology

From Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

legislation (usually uncountable, plural legislations)

1. The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
2. Law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body

Translations

the act of legislating

• Arabic: تشريع m (tashrii3)
• Catalan: legislació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立法 (zh) (lìfǎ)

• Czech: zákonodárství n
• Dutch: wetgeving (nl) f
• Finnish: lainsäädäntö (fi)
• French: législation (fr) f
• Galician: lexislación (gl) f
• German: Gesetzgebung f
• Hungarian: törvényhozás (hu)
• Irish: reachtaíocht f

• Italian: legislazione (it) f
• Japanese: 法制化 (hōseika), 法制 (ja) (hōsei), 立法 (ja) (りっぽう, rippō)
• Jèrriais: législâtion f
• Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
• Persian: قانون‌گذاری
• Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
• Russian: законодательство (ru) n (zakonodátel’stvo)
• Spanish: legislación (es) f
• Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
• Turkish: yasama (tr), kanun (tr)
• Ukrainian: законодавство n (zakonodávstvo)

law already enacted by legislature

• Arabic: شريعة (ar) f (sharii3a), قانون (ar) m (qaanuun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立法 (zh) (lìfǎ), 法規 (zh), 法规 (zh) (fǎguī)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: wet (nl) f
• Finnish: lainsäädäntö (fi)
• French: loi (fr) f
• Galician: lexislación (gl) f
• German: Gesetz (de) n
• Hungarian: becikkelyezett törvény

• Irish: reachtaíocht f
• Italian: leggi (it) f pl
• Japanese: 法律 (ja) (ほうりつ, hōritsu)
• Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
• Persian: قانون (fa)
• Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
• Russian: закон (ru) m (zakón)
• Spanish: legislación (es) f
• Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: закон (uk) m (zakón)