unilateral

See also: unilatéral

English

Etymology

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

• one-sidely

Translations

Done by one side only

• Catalan: unilateral (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: yksipuolinen (fi)
• French: unilatéral (fr)
• German: einseitig (de)
• Greek: μονομερής (el) (monomerís)
• Irish: aontaobhach

• Norwegian: unilateral
• Polish: jednostronny
• Portuguese: unilateral (pt)
• Romanian: unilateral (ro) m, unilaterală f
• Russian: односторонний (ru) (odnostorónnij)
• Spanish: unilateral (es)
• Swedish: ensidig (sv)
• Telugu: ఏకపక్ష (Ekapaksha)

See also

• unilateralism
• unilaterally

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Romanian

Adjective

unilateral

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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Portuguese

Adjective

unilateral m, f (plural unilaterais; comparable)

1. unilateral

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Spanish

Adjective

unilateral m, f (plural unilaterales)

1. unilateral