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

Hyponyms

• (enacted laws): rooster (obsolete slang; legislation solely intended to benefit the legislators)

Translations

the act of legislating

• Arabic: تَشْرِيع m (tašrīʿ)
• 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
• Georgian: კანონმდებლობა (ḳanonmdebloba)
• German: Gesetzgebung (de) 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)
• Korean: 입법 (ko) (ipbeop)
• Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
• Maori: whakaturetanga
• Norman: législâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lovgivning m, f

• Persian: قانون‌گذاری
• Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
• Russian: законода́тельство (ru) n (zakonodátelʹstvo)
• Spanish: legislación (es) f
• Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
• Turkish: yasama (tr), kanun (tr)
• Ukrainian: законодавство n (zakonodávstvo)

law already enacted by legislature

• Arabic: شَرِيعَة (ar) f (šarīʿa), قَانُون (ar) m (qānūn)
• 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
• Georgian: კანონი (ḳanoni)
• German: Gesetz (de) n
• Hungarian: becikkelyezett törvény
• Irish: reachtaíocht f

• Italian: leggi (it) f pl
• Japanese: 法律 (ja) (ほうりつ, hōritsu)
• Korean: 법률 (ko) (beopnyul)
• Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lovgivning m, f

• Persian: قانون (fa)
• Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
• Russian: зако́н (ru) m (zakón)
• Spanish: legislación (es) f
• Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: закон (uk) m (zakón)