ratify

English

WOTD – 14 July 2007

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French ratifier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin ratifico, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ratus (“reckoned”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹætɪfaɪ/, /ˈɹætəfaɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ætɪfaɪ

Verb

ratify (third-person singular simple present ratif, present participle ies, simple past and past participle ratified)

1. (transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.

Synonyms

• (give formal consent to): approve

Related terms

• ratification
• ratifier

Translations

give formal consent to

• Cebuano: uyon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 批准 (zh) (pīzhǔn)

• Czech: ratifikovat
• Danish: ratificere (da)
• Dutch: bekrachtigen (nl), ratificeren (nl)
• Esperanto: ratifi
• Finnish: vahvistaa (fi), ratifioida
• French: ratifier (fr)
• German: bestätigen (de), ratifizieren (de) (treaty)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κυρόω (kuróō)

• Hebrew: אשרר (ishrér)
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• Icelandic: staðfesta (is)
• Italian: ratificare (it)
• Japanese: 批准する (ja) (ひじゅんする, hijun suru)
• Latin: ratihabeō
• Manx: shickyree
• Maori: whakamana, whakapūmau
• Polish: ratyfikować, zatwierdzać (pl) impf, zatwierdzić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: ratificar (pt)
• Russian: ратифици́ровать (ru) impf or pf (ratificírovatʹ), утвержда́ть (ru) impf or pf (utverždátʹ), утверди́ть (ru) pf (utverdítʹ), одобря́ть (ru) impf (odobrjátʹ), одо́брить (ru) pf (odóbritʹ)
• Spanish: ratificar (es)
• Swedish: ratificera (sv), stadfästa (sv), bekräfta (sv)
• Thai: ให้สัตยาบัน (hâi-sàt-dtà-yaa-ban)