legislative

See also: Legislative and législative

English

Etymology

legislate +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.dʒɪ.slə.tɪv/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.dʒɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/

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Adjective

legislative (comparative more legislative, superlative most legislative)

1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking

   a legislative act

   Although enormously influential in shaping the laws of the land, The House of Lords are not actually a legislative body.

   The legislative framework provides much opportunity for correction and amendment of poorly thought out bills.

Translations

having the power to make laws

• Armenian: օրենսդրական (hy) (ōrensdrakan)
• Catalan: legislatiu (ca)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: zákonodárný (cs) m, legislativní
• Danish: lovgivende
• Finnish: lakiasäätävä
• French: législatif (fr)
• Galician: lexislativo (gl) m
• German: gesetzgeberisch
• Hungarian: törvényhozó (hu)
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• Italian: legislativo (it)
• Norwegian: legislativ

  Bokmål: lovgivende

• Occitan: legislatiu
• Polish: ustawodawczy (pl)
• Portuguese: legislativo (pt)
• Romanian: legislativ (ro)
• Russian: законода́тельный (ru) (zakonodátelʹnyj)
• Spanish: legislativo
• Ukrainian: законода́вчий (uk) (zakonodávčyj)

Noun

legislative (uncountable)

1. That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.

   Synonym: legislature

Translations

branch of government — see legislative branch

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Italian

Adjective

legislative f

1. plural of legislativo