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

• Belarusian: аднабако́вы (adnabakóvy), аднабо́чны (adnabóčny)
• Bulgarian: едностра́нен (ednostránen)
• 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)

• Czech: jednostranný (cs)
• Danish: ensidig
• Dutch: eenzijdig (nl)
• 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)
• Slovak: jednostranný
• Spanish: unilateral (es)
• Swedish: ensidig (sv)
• Telugu: ఏకపక్ష (ēkapakṣa)
• Ukrainian: однобі́чний (odnobíčnyj), односторо́нній (odnostorónnij)

See also

• unilateralism
• unilaterally

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Catalan

Etymology

From uni- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /u.ni.lə.təˈɾal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /u.ni.la.teˈɾal/
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧la‧te‧ral

Adjective

unilateral (masculine and feminine plural unilaterals)

1. unilateral

Derived terms

• unilateralment

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌunilatəˈʁaːl/

Adjective

unilateral (not comparable)

1. unilateral

Declension

Declension of unilateral

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist unilateral	sie ist unilateral	es ist unilateral	sie sind unilateral
strong declension (without article)	nominative	unilateraler	unilaterale	unilaterales	unilaterale
	genitive	unilateralen	unilateraler	unilateralen	unilateraler
	dative	unilateralem	unilateraler	unilateralem	unilateralen
	accusative	unilateralen	unilaterale	unilaterales	unilaterale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der unilaterale	die unilaterale	das unilaterale	die unilateralen
	genitive	des unilateralen	der unilateralen	des unilateralen	der unilateralen
	dative	dem unilateralen	der unilateralen	dem unilateralen	den unilateralen
	accusative	den unilateralen	die unilaterale	das unilaterale	die unilateralen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein unilateraler	eine unilaterale	ein unilaterales	(keine) unilateralen
	genitive	eines unilateralen	einer unilateralen	eines unilateralen	(keiner) unilateralen
	dative	einem unilateralen	einer unilateralen	einem unilateralen	(keinen) unilateralen
	accusative	einen unilateralen	eine unilaterale	ein unilaterales	(keine) unilateralen

Derived terms

• Unilateralismus

Related terms

• bilateral
• multilateral

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Portuguese

Etymology

From uni- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌu.ni.ˌla.te.ˈɾaw/
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧la‧te‧ral

Adjective

unilateral m, f (plural unilaterais, comparable)

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

   Synonym: 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

Etymology

From uni- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unilateˈɾal/, [unilat̪eˈɾal]
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧la‧te‧ral

Adjective

unilateral (plural unilaterales)

1. unilateral

Derived terms

• unilateralidad
• unilateralmente

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Swedish

Adjective

unilateral (not comparable)

1. unilateral