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English

Etymology

A modern creation (circa 1802), from New Latin ?nilater?lis (“one-sided”), from Latin ?nus (“one”) + later?lis (“sided, lateral”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?n??læt?r?l/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [?j??.n??læt.?.???], [?j??.n??læt??.???]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?j??.n???æ?.?.???]
• Rhymes: -æt???l

Adjective

unilateral (comparative more unilateral, superlative most unilateral)

1. Done by one side only.
2. Affecting only one side of the body.
3. Binding or affecting one party only.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• one-sided
• unilateralism
• unilaterally

Catalan

Etymology

From uni- +? lateral.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /u.ni.l?.t???al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /u.ni.la.te??al/
• Hyphenation: u?ni?la?te?ral

Adjective

unilateral (masculine and feminine plural unilaterals)

1. unilateral

Derived terms

• unilateralitat
• unilateralment

Further reading

• “unilateral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “unilateral” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “unilateral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “unilateral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?unilad??????l/

Adjective

unilateral

1. unilateral

Further reading

• “unilateral” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?unilat???a?l/

Adjective

unilateral (not comparable)

1. unilateral

Declension

Derived terms

• Unilateralismus

Related terms

• bilateral
• multilateral

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• ünilateral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ynilate?ral/

Adjective

unilateral

1. unilateral

Portuguese

Etymology

From uni- +? lateral.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?u.ni.?la.te.??aw/
• Hyphenation: u?ni?la?te?ral

Adjective

unilateral m or f (plural unilaterais, comparable)

1. unilateral (affecting only one side)
2. one-sided; partial (biased in favour of one faction)

   Synonym: parcial

3. (of a contract or interaction) unilateral (binding or affecting one party only)

Derived terms

• unilateralidade
• unilateralmente

Further reading

• “unilateral” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

From French unilatéral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u.ni.la.te?ral/

Adjective

unilateral m or n (feminine singular unilateral?, masculine plural unilaterali, feminine and neuter plural unilaterale)

1. unilateral
2. Binding or affecting one party only.

Declension

Related terms

• unilateralitate

Spanish

Etymology

From uni- +? lateral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unilate??al/, [u.ni.la.t?e??al]
• Hyphenation: u?ni?la?te?ral

Adjective

unilateral (plural unilaterales)

1. unilateral

Derived terms

• unilateralidad
• unilateralmente

Further reading

• “unilateral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Adjective

unilateral (not comparable)

1. unilateral

Further reading

• unilateral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)