ratify

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• /ˈɹætɪfaɪ/
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• /ˈɹætəfaɪ/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2er- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *h2reh1- Proto-Italic *rēōr Latin reor Latin ratus Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Medieval Latin ratifico Old French ratifierbor. Middle English ratifien English ratify From Middle English ratifien, from Old French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratifico, from Latin ratus (“reckoned”).

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: ратыфікава́ць (ratyfikavácʹ) — give formal consent to
• Bulgarian: утвърждавам (utvǎrždavam) — give formal consent to
• Bulgarian: ратифицирам (ratificiram) — give formal consent to
• Cebuano: uyon — give formal consent to
• Chinese Mandarin: 批准 (pīzhǔn) — give formal consent to
• Czech: ratifikovat — give formal consent to
• Danish: ratificere — give formal consent to
• Dutch: bekrachtigen — give formal consent to
• Dutch: ratificeren — give formal consent to
• Esperanto: ratifi — give formal consent to
• Finnish: vahvistaa — give formal consent to
• Finnish: ratifioida — give formal consent to
• French: ratifier — give formal consent to
• German: bestätigen — give formal consent to
• German: ratifizieren — give formal consent to
• Ancient Greek: κυρόω (kuróō) — give formal consent to
• Hebrew: אשרר (ishrér) — give formal consent to
• Hungarian: ratifikál — give formal consent to
• Icelandic: staðfesta — give formal consent to
• Irish: daingnigh — give formal consent to
• Italian: ratificare — give formal consent to
• Japanese: 批准する (hijun suru) — give formal consent to
• Latin: ratihabeō — give formal consent to
• Latvian: ratificēt — give formal consent to
• Manx: shickyree — give formal consent to
• Māori: whakamana — give formal consent to
• Māori: whakapūmau — give formal consent to
• Polish: ratyfikować — give formal consent to
• Polish: zatwierdzać — give formal consent to
• Polish: zatwierdzić — give formal consent to
• Portuguese: ratificar — give formal consent to
• Romanian: ratifica — give formal consent to
• Russian: ратифици́ровать (ratificírovatʹ) — give formal consent to
• Russian: утвержда́ть (utverždátʹ) — give formal consent to
• Russian: утверди́ть (utverdítʹ) — give formal consent to
• Russian: одобря́ть (odobrjátʹ) — give formal consent to
• Russian: одо́брить (odóbritʹ) — give formal consent to
• Spanish: ratificar — give formal consent to
• Swedish: ratificera — give formal consent to
• Swedish: stadfästa — give formal consent to
• Swedish: bekräfta — give formal consent to
• Thai: ให้สัตยาบัน (hâi-sàt-dtà-yaa-ban) — give formal consent to
• Turkish: onaylamak — give formal consent to
• Ukrainian: ратифікува́ти (ratyfikuváty) — give formal consent to