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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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ultimatum
English
Etymology
From Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l.t??me?.t?m/
Noun
ultimatum (plural ultimatums or ultimata)
- A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war.
Related terms
- ulterior
- ultimate
- ultra
- ultra-
Translations
See also
- ultimatum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ultimatum in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Cebuano
Etymology
From English ultimatum, from Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum
Noun
ultimatum
- an ultimatum
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ultima?t?m/, [ult?i?mæ?t??m]
Noun
ultimatum n (singular definite ultimatummet, plural indefinite ultimatummer)
- ultimatum
Inflection
Derived terms
- ultimativ
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin ultimatum, from ultimatus (“late, last final”), from ultim?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l.ti?ma?.t?m/
- Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum
- Rhymes: -a?t?m
Noun
ultimatum n (plural ultimatums or ultimata, diminutive ultimatumpje n)
- ultimatum
Derived terms
- ultimatief
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ultimatum
- ? Indonesian: ultimatum
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yl.ti.ma.t?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
- Homophone: ultimatums
Noun
ultimatum m (plural ultimatums)
- ultimatum
Further reading
- “ultimatum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
ultim?tum
- accusative supine of ultim?
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ultimatum n (definite singular ultimatumet, indefinite plural ultimata or ultimatumer, definite plural ultimataene or ultimatumene)
- an ultimatum
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ultimatum n (definite singular ultimatumet, indefinite plural ultimatum, definite plural ultimatuma)
- an ultimatum
Polish
Etymology
From Latin ultim?tum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ul.ti?ma.tum/
Noun
ultimatum n
- ultimatum
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) ultymatywny
Further reading
- ultimatum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French ultimatum.
Noun
ultimatum n (plural ultimatumuri)
- ultimatum
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ultim??tum/
- Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum
Noun
ultimátum m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)
- ultimatum
Declension
Swedish
Noun
ultimatum n
- an ultimatum
Declension
Related terms
- ultimat
- ultimativ
References
- ultimatum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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