bilateral

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See also: bilatéral

English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bilateral (comparative more bilateral, superlative most bilateral)

  1. Having two sides.
    • 1989 June 21 [1989 June 20], “El Salvador's Vice President Visits Taiwan”, in Daily Report: China‎, numbers 81-118, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 81, column 2:
      General Wego W.K. Chiang, secretary general of the National Security Council, said that the visit of El Salvador Vice President Merino to Taipei on behalf of President Alfredo Cristiani was in response to an invitation of the ROC [Republic of China] Government which hopes to further strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.
  2. Involving both sides equally.
  3. (of an agreement) Binding on both of the two parties involved.
  4. Having bilateral symmetry.
  5. (anthropology) Involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

bilateral (plural bilaterals)

  1. A meeting between two people or groups.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilaterals)

  1. bilateral

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Adjective

bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais)

  1. bilateral

Further reading

German

Etymology

bi- +‎ lateral

Pronunciation

Adjective

bilateral (strong nominative masculine singular bilateraler, not comparable)

  1. bilateral

Declension

Positive forms of bilateral (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist bilateral sie ist bilateral es ist bilateral sie sind bilateral
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative bilateraler bilaterale bilaterales bilaterale
genitive bilateralen bilateraler bilateralen bilateraler
dative bilateralem bilateraler bilateralem bilateralen
accusative bilateralen bilaterale bilaterales bilaterale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der bilaterale die bilaterale das bilaterale die bilateralen
genitive des bilateralen der bilateralen des bilateralen der bilateralen
dative dem bilateralen der bilateralen dem bilateralen den bilateralen
accusative den bilateralen die bilaterale das bilaterale die bilateralen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein bilateraler eine bilaterale ein bilaterales (keine) bilateralen
genitive eines bilateralen einer bilateralen eines bilateralen (keiner) bilateralen
dative einem bilateralen einer bilateralen einem bilateralen (keinen) bilateralen
accusative einen bilateralen eine bilaterale ein bilaterales (keine) bilateralen

Further reading

  • “bilateral” in Duden online
  • “bilateral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, affixed lateral +‎ bi-, borrowed from Dutch bilateraal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.la.tə.ˈral/
  • Rhymes: -ral
  • Hyphenation: bi‧la‧tê‧ral

Adjective

bilatêral

  1. bilateral

Further reading

Interlingua

Adjective

bilateral (not comparable)

  1. bilateral

Luxembourgish

Adjective

bilateral (masculine bilateralen, neuter bilateraalt, not comparable)

  1. bilateral

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral, from Latin lateralis, compare with Latin bilateralis.

Adjective

bilateral (masculine and feminine bilateral, neuter bilateralt, definite singular and plural bilaterale)

  1. bilateral

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral, from Latin lateralis.

Adjective

bilateral (neuter bilateralt, definite singular and plural bilaterale)

  1. bilateral

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: bi‧la‧te‧ral

Adjective

bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais)

  1. bilateral

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bilatéral. By surface analysis, bi- +‎ lateral.

Adjective

bilateral m or n (feminine singular bilaterală, masculine plural bilaterali, feminine and neuter plural bilaterale)

  1. two-way

Declension

Declension of bilateral
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite bilateral bilaterală bilaterali bilaterale
definite bilateralul bilaterala bilateralii bilateralele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite bilateral bilaterale bilaterali bilaterale
definite bilateralului bilateralei bilateralilor bilateralelor

Spanish

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bilateˈɾal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bi‧la‧te‧ral

Adjective

bilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilaterales)

  1. bilateral

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

bilateral (not comparable)

  1. bilateral

Declension

Inflection of bilateral
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bilateral — —
Neuter singular bilateralt — —
Plural bilaterala — —
Masculine plural3 bilaterale — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bilaterale — —
All bilaterala — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

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