ratification

English

Etymology

From Middle French ratification, from Medieval Latin ratificatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

• Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: rat‧i‧fi‧ca‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ratification (countable and uncountable, plural ratifications)

1. The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified.
2. A formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc.

Derived terms

• nonratification
• postratification
• preratification
• ratificational
• ratificationism
• ratificationist

Translations

act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified

• Bulgarian: ратификация (bg) f (ratifikacija)
• Danish: ratifikation c
• Finnish: ratifiointi (fi), vahvistaminen (fi)
• French: ratification (fr) f
• Georgian: რატიფიკაცია (raṭipiḳacia), დამტკიცება (damṭḳiceba)
• German: Bestätigung (de) f
• Icelandic: fullgilding f
• Italian: ratifica (it) f
• Māori: whakapūmautanga, whakamanatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ratifikasjon m

  Nynorsk: ratifikasjon m

• Polish: ratyfikacja (pl) f
• Romanian: ratificație (ro) f
• Russian: ратифика́ция (ru) f (ratifikácija), утвержде́ние (ru) n (utverždénije)
• Spanish: ratificación (es) f
• Swedish: ratificering (sv) c
• Thai: สัตยาบัน (th) (sàt-dtà-yaa-ban)

formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc

• Czech: ratifikace (cs) f
• Estonian: ratifitseerimine
• Finnish: ratifiointi (fi), vahvistus (fi)
• German: Ratifikation (de) f, Ratifizierung (de) f
• Italian: ratifica (it) f
• Japanese: 批准 (ja) (hijun)
• Romanian: ratificație (ro) f
• Russian: ратифика́ция (ru) f (ratifikácija)
• Spanish: ratificación (es) f
• Thai: สัตยาบัน (th) (sàt-dtà-yaa-ban)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} ratificatie (nl) f
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} staðfesting (is) f

French

Etymology

From Latin ratificatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

ratification f (plural ratifications)

1. ratification

Related terms

• ratifier

Further reading

• “ratification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012