legislation

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• Canada, General-American: /ˌlɛd͡ʒɪˈsleɪʃən/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌlɛd͡ʒəˈsleɪʃən/
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• Australian: /ˌled͡ʒɪˈslæɪʃən/
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• New-Zealand: /ˌled͡ʒəˈslæɪʃən/
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From Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”). Morphologically legislate + -ion.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَشْرِيع (tašrīʕ) — the act of legislating
• Asturian: llexislación — the act of legislating
• Azerbaijani: qanunvericilik — the act of legislating
• Belarusian: заканада́ўства (zakanadáwstva) — the act of legislating
• Bulgarian: законода́телство (zakonodátelstvo) — the act of legislating
• Catalan: legislació — the act of legislating
• Cebuano: lehislasyon — the act of legislating
• Chinese Mandarin: 立法 (lìfǎ) — the act of legislating
• Czech: zákonodárství — the act of legislating
• Dutch: wetgeving — the act of legislating
• Dutch: legislatie — the act of legislating
• Finnish: lainsäädäntö — the act of legislating
• French: législation — the act of legislating
• Galician: lexislación — the act of legislating
• Georgian: კანონმდებლობა (ḳanonmdebloba) — the act of legislating
• German: Gesetzgebung — the act of legislating
• Greek: νομοθεσία (nomothesía) — the act of legislating
• Ancient Greek: νομοθεσία (nomothesía) — the act of legislating
• Hungarian: törvényhozás — the act of legislating
• Indonesian: legislasi — the act of legislating
• Indonesian: penyusunan — the act of legislating
• Indonesian: pembentukan — the act of legislating
• Irish: reachtaíocht — the act of legislating
• Italian: legislazione — the act of legislating
• Japanese: 法制化 (hōseika) — the act of legislating
• Japanese: 法制 (hōsei) — the act of legislating
• Japanese: 立法 (rippō) — the act of legislating
• Korean: 입법 (ipbeop) — the act of legislating
• Korean: 립법 (ripbeop) — the act of legislating
• Latin: lēgislātiō — the act of legislating
• Macedonian: законодавство (zakonodavstvo) — the act of legislating
• Malay: penggubalan — the act of legislating
• Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni — the act of legislating
• Māori: whakaturetanga — the act of legislating
• Norman: législâtion — the act of legislating
• Norwegian Bokmål: lovgivning — the act of legislating
• Iranian Persian: قانونگُذاری (ġânun-gozâri) — the act of legislating
• Polish: prawodawstwo — the act of legislating
• Polish: ustawodawstwo — the act of legislating
• Polish: legislacja — the act of legislating
• Portuguese: legislação — the act of legislating
• Russian: законода́тельство (zakonodátelʹstvo) — the act of legislating
• Serbo-Croatian: законода́вство — the act of legislating
• Serbo-Croatian: zakonodávstvo — the act of legislating
• Slovak: zákonodarstvo — the act of legislating
• Slovene: zakonodaja — the act of legislating
• Spanish: legislación — the act of legislating
• Swedish: lagstiftning — the act of legislating
• Turkish: yasama — the act of legislating
• Turkish: kanun — the act of legislating
• Ukrainian: законода́вство (zakonodávstvo) — the act of legislating
• Vietnamese: lập pháp — the act of legislating
• Arabic: شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa) — law already enacted by legislature
• Arabic: قَانُون (qānūn) — law already enacted by legislature
• Asturian: llexislación — law already enacted by legislature
• Belarusian: зако́н (zakón) — law already enacted by legislature
• Cebuano: lehislasyon — law already enacted by legislature
• Chinese Mandarin: 立法 (lìfǎ) — law already enacted by legislature
• Chinese Mandarin: 法規 /法规 (fǎguī) — law already enacted by legislature
• Dutch: wet — law already enacted by legislature
• Finnish: lainsäädäntö — law already enacted by legislature
• French: loi — law already enacted by legislature
• Galician: lexislación — law already enacted by legislature
• Georgian: კანონი (ḳanoni) — law already enacted by legislature
• German: Gesetz — law already enacted by legislature
• Ancient Greek: νομοθέτημα (nomothétēma) — law already enacted by legislature
• Hungarian: becikkelyezett törvény — law already enacted by legislature
• Indonesian: undang-undang — law already enacted by legislature
• Irish: reachtaíocht — law already enacted by legislature
• Italian: leggi — law already enacted by legislature
• Japanese: 法律 (hōritsu) — law already enacted by legislature
• Korean: 법률 (beomnyul) — law already enacted by legislature
• Malay: akta — law already enacted by legislature
• Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni — law already enacted by legislature
• Norwegian Bokmål: lovgivning — law already enacted by legislature
• Iranian Persian: قانون (ġânun) — law already enacted by legislature
• Polish: ustawodawstwo — law already enacted by legislature
• Polish: prawodawstwo — law already enacted by legislature
• Portuguese: legislação — law already enacted by legislature
• Russian: зако́н (zakón) — law already enacted by legislature
• Spanish: legislación — law already enacted by legislature
• Swedish: lagstiftning — law already enacted by legislature
• Ukrainian: зако́н (zakón) — law already enacted by legislature