unilateral

See also: unilatéral

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌjuːnɪˈlætərəl/
  • IPA^(key): [ˌjʉː.nɪˈlæt.ə.ɹɫ̩], [ˌjʉː.nɪˈlæt͡ʃ.ɹɫ̩]
  • IPA^(key): [ˌjʉː.nəˈɫæɾ.ɚ.ɻɫ̩]

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.

Derived terms

• 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／单方面 (zh) (dānfāngmiàn), 单方面 (zh) (dānfāngmiàn), 單邊／单边 (zh) (dānbiān), 单边 (zh) (dānbiān), 片面 (zh) (piànmiàn), (one-way) 單向／单向 (zh) (dānxiàng), 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)
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• 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)
• Welsh: unochrog (cy)

See also

• one-sided
• unilateralism
• unilaterally

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Catalan

Etymology

From uni- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

unilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural unilaterals)

1. unilateral

Derived terms

• unilateralment

Further reading

• “unilateral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈunilad̥əˌʁɑˀl/

Adjective

unilateral

1. unilateral

Further reading

• “unilateral” in Den Danske Ordbog

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌunilatəˈʁaːl/

• Audio:

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Adjective

unilateral (not comparable)

1. unilateral

Derived terms

• Unilateralismus

Related terms

• bilateral
• multilateral

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Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• ünilateral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ynilateˈral/

Adjective

unilateral

1. unilateral

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Portuguese

Etymology

From uni- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Further reading

• Template:R:DAN

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌu.ni.la.teˈral/

Adjective

unilateral m or 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	unilateralelor	unilateralilor

Related terms

• unilateralitate

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Spanish

Etymology

From uni- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

unilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural unilaterales)

1. unilateral

Derived terms

• unilateralidad
• unilateralmente

Further reading

• “unilateral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Adjective

unilateral (not comparable)

1. unilateral

Further reading

• unilateral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)