different between upright vs legal

English

Etymology

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- +? right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic upprétt (“upright”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?a?t/

Adjective

upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)

1. Vertical; erect.

   I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.

   • 1608, William Shakespeare, The merry Deuill of Edmonton, introduction, lines 1–4

     Fab[ell]:?What meanes the tolling of this fatall chime, // O what a trembling horror ?trikes my hart! // My ?tiffned haire ?tands vpright on my head, // As doe the bri?tles of a porcupine.

   • 1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress, volume V, Book X, chapter X: “A Termination”, page 372

     Supported by pillows, ?he ?at almo?t upright.
2. Greater in height than breadth.
3. (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
   • 1611, King James Version, Job 1:1:

     There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

4. (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Synonyms

• (vertical, erect): surrect (obsolete, rare)

Derived terms

• upright bass, upright bassist

Translations

Adverb

upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)

1. in or into an upright position

Translations

Noun

upright (plural uprights)

1. Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
2. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
3. (informal) An upright piano.
4. (informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
   • 2013, Jon Peddie, The History of Visual Magic in Computers (page 181)

     The video arcade machines are typically in stand up arcade cabinets, although some have been built as tables. The uprights have a monitor and controls in front and players insert coins or tokens into the machines to play the game.

5. Short for upright vacuum cleaner.

Holonyms

• (word clued by successive letters): double acrostic, triple acrostic

Related terms

• upright piano

Translations

Verb

upright (third-person singular simple present uprights, present participle uprighting, simple past and past participle uprighted)

1. (transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?g?lis (“legal”), from l?x (“law”). Doublet of loyal and leal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?li?.??l/
• Rhymes: -i???l
• (US) IPA^(key): /?li??l/

Adjective

legal (comparative more legal, superlative most legal)

1. Relating to the law or to lawyers.

2. Having its basis in the law.

3. Being allowed or prescribed by law.

4. (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
5. (US, Canada) (of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm) (also legal-size).

Antonyms

• (allowed): banned, contraband, disallowed, forbidden, illegal, outlawed, unlawful
• (concerning law): black-market, back-alley
• (over age of consent): underage

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

legal (countable and uncountable, plural legals)

1. (uncountable, informal) The legal department of a company.

   Legal wants this in writing.

2. (uncountable, US, Canada) Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm).
3. (countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
4. (countable, informal, US) Somebody who immigrated lawfully.

   Antonyms: illegal, undocumented

Derived terms

• legal-size

Anagrams

• Galle, egall

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?g?lis. Compare the inherited doublet lleial.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /l???al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /le??al/

Adjective

legal (masculine and feminine plural legals)

1. legal

   Antonym: il·legal

Derived terms

• legalitzar
• legalment

Related terms

• legalitat
• llei
• lleial

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?g?lis (“legal”), from l?x (“law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?a?l/, [le???æ??l]

Adjective

legal

1. legal (something that conforms to or is according to law)
2. legitimate (conforming to accepted rules)

Inflection

Synonyms

• (legal): lovlig
• (legitimate): legitim

Antonyms

• (legal): illegal

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?g?lis. Compare leal.

Adjective

legal m or f (plural legais)

1. legal (having its basis in the law)

Antonyms

• ilegal

Derived terms

• legalmente

See also

• lícito

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?g?lis (“legal”), from l?x (“law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [le???a?l]
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

legal (not comparable)

1. legal

Declension

Antonyms

• illegal

Further reading

• “legal” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch legaal (“legal”), from French légal, from Latin l?g?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l??al]
• Hyphenation: lè?gal

Adjective

legal

1. legal, allowed or prescribed by law.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “legal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?g?lis (“legal”), from l?x (“law”). Compare leal, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /l?.??a?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.??aw/

Adjective

legal m or f (plural legais, comparable)

1. legal
2. (Brazil, familiar) cool, nice, good

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:legal.

Synonyms

• (legal): lícito
• (Portugal, cool): fixe

Antonyms

• (legal): ilegal
• (cool): chato

Derived terms

• legalmente

Related terms

• ilegal
• legalidade

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French légal, Latin legalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??al/

Adjective

legal m or n (feminine singular legal?, masculine plural legali, feminine and neuter plural legale)

1. legal, lawful

Declension

Synonyms

• licit

Antonyms

• ilegal
• ilicit

Related terms

• legalitate
• lege
• legitim

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?g?lis, from l?x (“law”). Compare leal, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??al/, [le???al]

Adjective

legal (plural legales)

1. legal, statutory

   Antonym: ilegal

2. lawful
3. (colloquial) legit

Derived terms

• alegal
• legalmente

Related terms

• ilegal
• legalidad
• ley

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin legalis.

Adjective

legal (not comparable)

1. legal

Declension

Related terms

• illegal
• legalitet
• legitim