adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/m(j)uːˌtɑːtɪs muːˈtandɪs/
US:/m(j)uˌtɑtəs m(j)uˈtɑndəs/
US:/mjuˌteɪtəs mjuˈtændəs/
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1
adv
Meaning 1
With the necessary changes being made; with the necessary modifications; with such changes as are necessary to ensure congruence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, not-comparable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
with the necessary changes having been carried out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin mūtātīs mūtandīs (“with [the things] to be changed having been changed”).
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
mutatis mutandis
— having changed what needs to be changed
Chinese Mandarin:
經必要的變更 /经必要的变更
(jīng bìyào de biàngēng)
— having changed what needs to be changed
Chinese Mandarin:
相應適用 /相应适用
— having changed what needs to be changed
Chinese Mandarin:
準用 /准用
(zhǔnyòng)
— having changed what needs to be changed
Dutch:
mutatis mutandis
— having changed what needs to be changed
Estonian:
mutatis mutandis
— having changed what needs to be changed
Finnish:
mutatis mutandis
— having changed what needs to be changed
Finnish:
soveltuvin osin
— having changed what needs to be changed
Finnish:
vastaavalla tavalla
— having changed what needs to be changed
Finnish:
vastaavasti
— having changed what needs to be changed
Finnish:
muutettavat muuttaen
— having changed what needs to be changed
French:
mutatis mutandis
— having changed what needs to be changed
French:
toutes proportions gardées
— having changed what needs to be changed
French:
toute proportion gardée
— having changed what needs to be changed
German:
mutatis mutandis
— having changed what needs to be changed
Greek:
τηρουμένων των αναλογιών
(tirouménon ton analogión)
— having changed what needs to be changed
Icelandic:
að breyttu breytanda
— having changed what needs to be changed
Indonesian:
dengan penyesuaian seperlunya
— having changed what needs to be changed
Italian:
mutatis mutandis
— having changed what needs to be changed
Italian:
fatti i debiti mutamenti
— having changed what needs to be changed
Italian:
con le opportune differenze
— having changed what needs to be changed
Japanese:
準用して
(jun'yō shite)
— having changed what needs to be changed
Polish:
mutatis mutandis
— having changed what needs to be changed
Polish:
toutes proportions gardées
— having changed what needs to be changed
Portuguese:
mutatis mutandis
— having changed what needs to be changed
Russian:
с необходи́мыми измене́ниями
(s neobxodímymi izmenénijami)
— having changed what needs to be changed
Serbo-Croatian:
мутатис мутандис
— having changed what needs to be changed
Serbo-Croatian:
mutatis mutandis
— having changed what needs to be changed
