illegal

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• UK: /ɪˈliːɡəl/
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• US: /ɪˈli.ɡəl/
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• US: [ɪɫˈli.ɡəɫ]
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Borrowed from French illégal, from Medieval Latin illegalis, from Latin legalis, by surface analysis, il- + legal. In senses relating to immigration, via clipping of illegal alien or illegal immigrant.

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: paligjshme — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Arabic: غَيْر قَانُونِيٍّ (ḡayr qānūniyyin) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Armenian: ապօրինի (apōrini) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Armenian: անօրինական (anōrinakan) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Assamese: চোৰাং (süraṅ) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Assamese: আইন বিৰোধী (ain birüdhi) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Assamese: অবৈধ (oboidh) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Assamese: বেআইনী (beaini) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Asturian: illegal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Azerbaijani: qanunsuz — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Azerbaijani: qeyri-qanuni — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Azerbaijani: qeyri-leqal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Belarusian: незако́нны (njezakónny) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Belarusian: нелега́льны (njeljehálʹny) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Bulgarian: незаконен (nezakonen) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Bulgarian: нелегален (nelegalen) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Catalan: il·legal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Chinese Mandarin: 非法的 (fēifǎ de) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Chinese Mandarin: 不合法的 (bùhéfǎ de) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Chinese Mandarin: 不法的 (bùfǎ de) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Czech: ilegální — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Czech: nezákonný — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Dutch: strafbaar — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Dutch: illegaal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Dutch: onwettig — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Esperanto: kontraŭleĝa — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Estonian: ebaseaduslik — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Estonian: illegaalne — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Estonian: seadusvastane — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Finnish: laiton — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Finnish: lainvastainen — contrary to or forbidden by law
• French: illégal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Galician: ilícito — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Galician: ilegal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Georgian: უკანონო (uḳanono) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Georgian: არაკანონიერი (araḳanonieri) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Georgian: არალეგალური (aralegaluri) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Georgian: კანონსაწინააღმდეგო (ḳanonsac̣inaaɣmdego) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Georgian: აკრძალული (aḳrʒaluli) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• German: illegal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• German: rechtswidrig — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Greek: παράνομος (paránomos) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Greek: έκνομος (éknomos) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Greek: άνομος (ánomos) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Ancient Greek: παράνομος (paránomos) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Ancient Greek: ἀθέμιτος (athémitos) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Hawaiian: kū ʻole i ke kānāwai — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Hawaiian: mawaho o ke kānāwai — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Hebrew: בלתי חוקי (biltí khukí) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Hindi: अवैध (avaidh) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Hindi: ग़ैरक़ानूनी (ġairqānūnī) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Hindi: ख़िलाफ़क़ानून (xilāfqānūn) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Hungarian: illegális — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Icelandic: ólöglegur — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Irish: neamhdhleathach — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Irish: aindleathach — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Irish: mídhleathach — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Irish: neamhdhlíthiúil — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Italian: illegale — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Japanese: 不法の (fuhō no) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Japanese: 違法の (ihō no) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Kazakh: заңсыз (zañsyz) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Khmer: ខុសច្បាប់ (khosachbab) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Korean: 불법적인 (bulbeopjeog-in) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Northern Kurdish: neqanûnî — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Northern Kurdish: qedexe — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Northern Kurdish: memnûh — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Northern Kurdish: yasax — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Northern Kurdish: qaçax — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Northern Kurdish: derqanûn — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Latin: illicitus — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Latvian: pretlikumīgs — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Lithuanian: neteisėtas — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Macedonian: незаконски (nezakonski) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Macedonian: незаконит (nezakonit) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Macedonian: противзаконски (protivzakonski) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Macedonian: нелегален (nelegalen) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Macedonian: и́легален (ílegalen) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Malay: haram — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Māori: turekore — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Mongolian: хууль бус (xuulʹ bus) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Norwegian Bokmål: ulovlig — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Norwegian Bokmål: forbudt — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Norwegian Bokmål: lovstridig — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Norwegian Bokmål: illegal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ulovleg — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Occitan: illegal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Plautdietsch: onjesazlich — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Polish: nielegalny — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Portuguese: ilegal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Romanian: ilegal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Romanian: nelegal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Russian: незако́нный (nezakónnyj) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Russian: нелега́льный (nelegálʹnyj) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Russian: неправоме́рный (nepravomérnyj) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Serbo-Croatian: ilegalan — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Serbo-Croatian: nezakonit — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Slovak: ilegálny — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Slovak: nezákonný — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Spanish: ilegal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Swahili: haramu — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Swedish: olaglig — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Swedish: illegal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Swedish: lagstridig — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Tatar: яшерен (yäşeren) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Thai: ที่ผิดกฎหมาย (Thī̀ p̄hid kḍh̄māy) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Turkish: yasa dışı — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Turkish: illegal — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Ukrainian: незако́нний (nezakónnyj) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Ukrainian: нелега́льний (nelehálʹnyj) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Urdu: غیرقانونی (ġairqānūnī) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Urdu: ناجائز (nājaiz) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Uyghur: قانۇنسىز (qanunsiz) — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Vietnamese: bất hợp pháp — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Vietnamese: trái phép — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Welsh: anghyfreithlon — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Welsh: anghyfreithiol — contrary to or forbidden by law
• Azerbaijani: qadağan — prohibited by established rules
• Bulgarian: забранен (zabranen) — prohibited by established rules
• Catalan: il·legal — prohibited by established rules
• Finnish: sääntöjen vastainen — prohibited by established rules
• Galician: ilegal — prohibited by established rules
• German: illegal — prohibited by established rules
• Greek: παράνομος (paránomos) — prohibited by established rules
• Greek: απαγορευμένος (apagorevménos) — prohibited by established rules
• Ancient Greek: παράνομος (paránomos) — prohibited by established rules
• Japanese: 違法の (ihō no) — prohibited by established rules
• Korean: 반칙의 (banchigui) — prohibited by established rules
• Northern Kurdish: qedexe — prohibited by established rules
• Northern Kurdish: memnûh — prohibited by established rules
• Macedonian: недозволен (nedozvolen) — prohibited by established rules
• Macedonian: неправилен (nepravilen) — prohibited by established rules
• Malagasy: raràna — prohibited by established rules
• Malagasy: voarara — prohibited by established rules
• Māori: turekore — prohibited by established rules
• Norwegian Bokmål: ulovlig — prohibited by established rules
• Portuguese: ilegal — prohibited by established rules
• Portuguese: proibido — prohibited by established rules
• Romanian: ilegal — prohibited by established rules
• Russian: непра́вильный (neprávilʹnyj) — prohibited by established rules
• Russian: неве́рный (nevérnyj) — prohibited by established rules
• Spanish: ilegal — prohibited by established rules
• Swahili: haramu — prohibited by established rules
• Swedish: förbjuden — prohibited by established rules
• Swedish: otillåten — prohibited by established rules
• Polish: nielegał — undercover spy
• Russian: нелега́л (nelegál) — undercover spy