unilateral

See also: unilatéral

English

Etymology

A modern creation (c. 1802), from New Latin unilateralis (“one-sidely, one-sided”), from Latin ūnus (“one”) + laterālis (“sided, lateral”).

Adjective

unilateral (comparative more unilateral, superlative most unilateral)

1. Done by one side only.
2. Affecting only one side of the body.
3. Binding or affecting one party only.

Synonyms

• onesidedly
• one-sidely

Derived terms

Terms derived from unilateral

• nonunilateral
• unilateral contract
• unilateralism
• unilateralist

• unilateralistic
• unilaterality
• unilaterally
• unilateralness

Translations

Done by one side only

• Catalan: unilateral (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單方面 (zh), 单方面 (zh) (dānfāngmiàn), 單邊 (zh), 单边 (zh) (dānbiān), 片面 (zh) (piànmiàn), (one-way) 單向 (zh), 单向 (zh) (dānxiàng)

• Finnish: yksipuolinen (fi)
• French: unilatéral (fr)
• Georgian: ცალმხრივი (calmxrivi), ერთმხრივი (ertmxrivi)
• German: einseitig (de)
• Greek: μονομερής (el) (monomerís)
• Ido: unlatera

• Irish: aontaobhach
• Norwegian: unilateral
• Polish: jednostronny (pl)
• Portuguese: unilateral (pt)
• Romanian: unilateral (ro) m, unilaterală f
• Russian: односторо́нний (ru) (odnostorónnij)
• Spanish: unilateral (es)
• Swedish: ensidig (sv)
• Telugu: ఏకపక్ష (ēkapakṣa)

See also

• unilateralism
• unilaterally

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Portuguese

Etymology

From uni- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌu.ni.ˌla.te.ˈɾaw/

Adjective

unilateral m, f (plural unilaterais, comparable)

1. unilateral (affecting only one side)
2. one-sided; partial (biased in favour of one faction)

   Synonyms: parcial

3. (of a contract or interaction) unilateral (binding or affecting one party only)

Derived terms

• unilateralidade
• unilateralmente

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌu.ni.la.teˈral/

Adjective

unilateral m, n (feminine singular unilaterală, masculine plural unilaterali, feminine and neuter plural unilaterale)

1. unilateral
2. Binding or affecting one party only.

Declension

declension of unilateral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	unilateral		unilaterală	unilaterali	unilaterale
	definite	unilateralul		unilaterala	unilateralii	unilateralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	unilateral		unilaterale	unilaterali	unilaterale
	definite	unilateralului		unilateralei	unilateralilor	unilateralelor

Related terms

• unilateralitate

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Spanish

Adjective

unilateral (plural unilaterales)

1. unilateral