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law
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: lô, IPA(key): /l??/
- Rhymes: -??
- (US) enPR: lô, IPA(key): /l?/
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: lä, IPA(key): /l?/
- Homophone: la (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
- Homophone: lore (in non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Etymology 1
From Middle English lawe, la?e, from Old English lagu (“law”), from Old Norse l?g (“law”, literally “things laid down or fixed”), originally the plural of lag (“layer, stratum, a laying in order, measure, stroke”), from Proto-Germanic *lag? (“that which is laid down”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg?- (“to lie”). Cognate with Icelandic lög (“things laid down, law”), Swedish lag (“law”), Danish lov (“law”). Replaced Old English ? and ?esetnes. More at lay. Unrelated to French loi nor Spanish ley, since they both derive from *le?- (“to gather”).
Noun
law (countable and uncountable, plural laws)
- The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
- Common law, as contrasted with equity.
- The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
- A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
- (more generally) A rule, such as:
- Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
- A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
- A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
- 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, "The Mountains of Pi":
- Observing pi is easier than studying physical phenomena, because you can prove things in mathematics, whereas you can’t prove anything in physics. And, unfortunately, the laws of physics change once every generation.
- 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, "The Mountains of Pi":
- (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
- Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
- (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
- Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
- The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
- (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
- The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
- Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
- Litigation, legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
- (now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
- (fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
- (law, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
law (third-person singular simple present laws, present participle lawing, simple past and past participle lawed)
- (obsolete) To work as a lawyer; to practice law.
- (transitive, intransitive, chiefly dialectal) To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
- 1860, George Eliot (Mary Anne Lewes), The Mill on the Floss:
- Your husband's [...] so given to lawing, they say. I doubt he'll leave you poorly off when he dies.
- 1860, George Eliot (Mary Anne Lewes), The Mill on the Floss:
- (nonstandard) To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; govern.
- (informal) To enforce the law.
- To subject to legal restrictions.
See also
- Appendix:Legal terms
- Appendix:Glossary of legal terms
- Category:Law
- lawe
Etymology 2
From Middle English lawe, from Old English hl?w (“burial mound”). Also spelled low.
Noun
law (plural laws)
- (obsolete) A tumulus of stones.
- (Scotland and Northern England, archaic) A hill.
Etymology 3
Compare la.
Interjection
law
- (dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.
References
Etymology in ODS
Anagrams
- AWL, WAL, WLA, Wal., awl, lwa
Khumi Chin
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khlaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la. Cognates include Tibetan ???? (zla ba) and Burmese ? (la.).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??/
Noun
law
- moon
- month
References
- R. Shafer (1944) , “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 11, issue 2, page 422
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?[1], Payap University, page 42
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *l?v?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /law/
Noun
law m (diminutive lawk, feminine equivalent lawowka)
- lion (Panthera leo)
Declension
Derived terms
- lawica
- lawik
- lawowy
Further reading
- law in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- law in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Middle English
Noun
law
- Alternative form of lawe
Scots
Noun
law (plural laws)
- law
- rounded hill (usually conical, frequently isolated or conspicuous)
Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lau?/
Verb
law
- To be crazy
- To drive somebody crazy
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *l?v?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lau?/
Noun
law m
- lion (Panthera leo)
Declension
Derived terms
- lawica, lawjace/-a/-y, lawowe/-a/-y
Welsh
Noun
law
- Soft mutation of glaw (“rain”).
Mutation
Noun
law
- Soft mutation of llaw (“hand”).
Mutation
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element
English
Etymology
From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”) (see further etymology there).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?l'?m?nt, IPA(key): /??l?m?nt/
- Hyphenation: el?e?ment
Noun
element (plural elements)
- One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides
- The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn.
- (chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
- One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
- (law) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
- (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
- Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides
- A small part of the whole.
- (obsolete) The sky.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 69:
- Sometimes, solitude is of all things my wish; and the awful silence of the night, the spangled element, and the rising and setting sun, how promotive of contemplation!
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 69:
- (plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
- A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
- (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
- A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
- A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
- (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
Synonyms
- (in chemistry): chemical element, firststuff (rare, nonstandard)
- (in set theory): member
Hyponyms
- chemical element
- data element
- heating element
Derived terms
- single-element
Related terms
- elemental
- elementary
Translations
See also
- atom
Verb
element (third-person singular simple present elements, present participle elementing, simple past and past participle elemented)
- (obsolete) To compound of elements.
- 1633, John Donne, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- those things which elemented [love]
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist:
- elemented bodies
- 1681, Maunyngham, Disc., page 89:
- thou art elemented and organed
- 1633, John Donne, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- (obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.
- 1658, Izaak Walton, Life of Donne:
- His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness.
- 1658, Izaak Walton, Life of Donne:
Related terms
- transelement
Further reading
- element in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- element in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
- Lehmann, R.G. (2011). "27-30-22-26 - How many letters needs an alphabet?". In de Voogt, A.; Quack, J.F. The Idea of Writing: Writing Across Borders. Brill. pp. 15–16, note 8.
Anagrams
- leetmen
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin elementum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.l??ment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?.l??men/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /e.le?ment/
Noun
element m (plural elements)
- element (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
- elemental
- element químic
Further reading
- “element” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “element” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “element” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “element” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Latin elementum
Noun
element
- element.
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Danish
Noun
element n (singular definite elementet, plural indefinite elementer)
- (set theory) element
Declension
References
- “element” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”), of uncertain origin (see further etymology there).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?.l??m?nt/
- Hyphenation: ele?ment
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
element n (plural elementen, diminutive elementje n)
- element
- (chemistry) element
- (set theory) element
Derived terms
- elementair
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: elemen
Anagrams
- leemten
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin elementum
Noun
element n (definite singular elementet, indefinite plural element or elementer, definite plural elementa or elementene)
- an element
References
- “element” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin elementum
Noun
element n (definite singular elementet, indefinite plural element, definite plural elementa)
- an element
References
- “element” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Latin elementum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?.m?nt/
Noun
element m inan
- element (component, piece of a larger whole)
- (derogatory) element (group of people)
Declension
Further reading
- element in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- element in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French élément, from Latin elementum.
Noun
element n (plural elemente)
- element
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Bosnian, Serbian): elèmenat
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /el?ment/
- Hyphenation: e?le?ment
Noun
elèment m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- element
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
element n
- element; basic building block of matter in ancient philosophy
- element; a place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards
- elements; forces of weather
- element; an object in a set
- (mathematics) element of a matrix
- heating element, radiator
- (computing) element; object in markup language
Declension
Related terms
- elementär
- elementa
- elementar-
Turkish
Etymology
From German Element.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?.le.?ment]
- Hyphenation: e?le?ment
Noun
element (definite accusative elementi, plural elementler)
- (chemistry) element
Declension
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