legislature

See also: législature

English

Etymology

1676, from stem of legislator + -ure, cognate with French législature.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsləˌt͡ʃʊə/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪslət͡ʃə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪt͡ʃɚ/

  • Audio (Southern California):

    (file)

• Hyphenation: le‧gis‧la‧ture

Noun

legislature (plural legislatures)

1. A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:legislature

   state legislature

   bicameral legislature

   colonial legislature

   members of the legislature

   The state legislature passed a new education bill.

   Members of the legislature debated late into the night.

   The law cannot take effect until approved by the legislature.

   1. (Canada) The legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.
2. (Canada) A legislative building.

Derived terms

• bicameral legislature

Translations

governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws

• Armenian: օրենսդիր մարմին (ōrensdir marmin), օրենսդիր (hy) (ōrensdir)
• Belarusian: заканада́ўчая ўла́да f (zakanadáwčaja wláda)
• Bulgarian: законодателна власт (zakonodatelna vlast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立法機關 / 立法机关 (zh) (lìfǎ jīguān)

• Czech: zákonodárný sbor m, legislatura f, zákonodárná moc f
• Danish: lovgivende forsamling c
• Dutch: wetgevende macht (nl) f or m
• Finnish: lainsäädäntöelin
• French: corps législatif m, assemblée législative (fr) f
• Georgian: საკანონმდებლო (saḳanonmdeblo), საკანონმდებლო ორგანო (saḳanonmdeblo organo), საკანონმდებლო ხელისუფლება (saḳanonmdeblo xelisupleba), ლეგისლატურა (legislaṭura)
• German: Legislative (de) f, gesetzgebende Gewalt f
• Greek: νομοθετικό σώμα n (nomothetikó sóma)
• Hausa: majalisa (ha)
• Hungarian: törvényhozó testület, törvényhozás (hu)
• Indonesian: legislatur
• Japanese: 立法府 (ja) (りっぽうふ, rippofu)
• Khmer: នីតិបញ្ញត្តិ (niitebaññat)
• Korean: 입법부(立法府) (ipbeopbu), 립법부(立法府) (ripbeopbu) (North Korea)
• Māori: rūnanga hanga ture
• Navajo: naatʼááh bá hooghan
• Norman: législatuthe f
• Persian: مجلس (fa), پارلمان (fa)
• Polish: legislatura (pl) f, legislatywa (pl) f, władza ustawodawcza f
• Portuguese: legislatura (pt) f
• Romanian: corp legislativ (ro) n
• Russian: законода́тельная власть f (zakonodátelʹnaja vlastʹ), законода́тельный о́рган m (zakonodátelʹnyj órgan), заксобра́ние (ru) n (zaksobránije)
• Slovak: zákonodarná moc f, legislatúra f
• Spanish: legislatura (es) f
• Swedish: lagstiftande församling c, legislatur c
• Tagalog: batasan
• Tamil: சட்டமன்றம் (ta) (caṭṭamaṉṟam)
• Thai: สภานิติบัญญัติ (sà-paa-ní-dtì-ban-yàt)
• Ukrainian: законода́вча вла́да (uk) f (zakonodávča vláda)
• Vietnamese: cơ quan lập pháp
• Welsh: deddfwrfa f, deddfwrfeydd f pl

References

• “legislature”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “legislature”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Noun

legislature f

1. plural of legislatura