rajto

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English right and German Recht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrai̯to/

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• Rhymes: -ai̯to
• Syllabification: raj‧to

Noun

rajto (accusative singular rajton, plural rajtoj, accusative plural rajtojn)

2. right, authority (freedom or permission to do something)
   • 1982, Rüdiger Eichholz, Vilma Sindona Eichholz, Esperanto in the modern world‎^[1], page 362:

     La plimulto cedas al la malplimulto pli da rajtoj ol ĝi aritmetike devus.

     The majority cedes more rights to the minority than they arithmetically should.

   • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:

     Eblas diri, ke ŝi estas "feministo" en epoko, kiam virinoj ankoraŭ ne esperis havi la samajn rajtojn, kiujn havis viroj.

     It's possible to say she was a "feminist" in an epoch, when women did not yet hope to have the same rights as men did.

Derived terms

nouns

• aŭtororajto (“copyright”)
• kopirajto (“copyright”)
• rajtigo (“authorization”)

verbs

• rajti (“to have the right to, may”)
• rajtigi (“to authorize”)

Further reading

• “rajto”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “rajto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
• Wells, John C. (1992), “power, title”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, pages 338, 395
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “interest, power, title”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[4], →ISBN, pages 274, 397, 540
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “rajt-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OL, page 342