# bilateral
## English
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /baɪˈlætəɹəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ætəɹəl

### Adjective

bilateral (comparative more bilateral, superlative most bilateral)
* Having two sides.
** 1989 June 21 [1989 June 20], “El Salvador's Vice President Visits Taiwan”, in Daily Report: China‎, numbers 81-118, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 81, column 2:General Wego W.K. Chiang, secretary general of the National Security Council, said that the visit of El Salvador Vice President Merino to Taipei on behalf of President Alfredo Cristiani was in response to an invitation of the ROC [Republic of China] Government which hopes to further strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.
* Involving both sides equally.
* (of an agreement) Binding on both of the two parties involved.
* Having bilateral symmetry.
* (anthropology) Involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family (bilateral linearity).

#### Derived terms

* bilateral descent
* bilateral gill trama
* bilateralism
* bilateralist
* bilaterality
* bilateralize
* bilaterally
* bilateralness
* isobilateral
* nonbilateral

#### Translations
### Noun

bilateral (plural bilaterals)
* A meeting between two people or groups.

### Anagrams

* bare it all, trailable, trialable

## Catalan
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [bi.lə.təˈɾal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [bi.la.teˈɾal]

### Adjective

bilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilaterals)
* bilateral

#### Derived terms

* bilateralitat

### Further reading

* “bilateral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “bilateral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “bilateral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “bilateral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

### Adjective

bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais)
* bilateral

### Further reading

* “bilateral”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Etymology

bi- +‎ lateral

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbiːlatəˌʁaːl]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

bilateral (strong nominative masculine singular bilateraler, not comparable)
* bilateral

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “bilateral” in Duden online
* “bilateral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Internationalism, affixed lateral +‎ bi-, borrowed from Dutch bilateraal.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /bilatəˈral/ [bi.la.t̪əˈral]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: bi‧la‧te‧ral

### Adjective

bilatêral
* bilateral

### Further reading

* “bilateral” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Adjective

bilateral (not comparable)
* bilateral

## Luxembourgish
### Adjective

bilateral (masculine bilateralen, neuter bilateraalt, not comparable)
* bilateral

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral, from Latin lateralis, compare with Latin bilateralis.

### Adjective

bilateral (masculine and feminine bilateral, neuter bilateralt, definite singular and plural bilaterale)
* bilateral

### References

* “bilateral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “bilateral” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral, from Latin lateralis.

### Adjective

bilateral (neuter bilateralt, definite singular and plural bilaterale)
* bilateral

### References

* “bilateral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /bi.la.teˈɾaw/ [bi.la.teˈɾaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /bi.lɐ.tɨˈɾal/ [bi.lɐ.tɨˈɾaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /bi.lɐ.tɨˈɾal/ [bi.lɐ.tɨˈɾaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bi.lɐ.tɨˈɾa.li/
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: bi‧la‧te‧ral

### Adjective

bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais)
* bilateral

#### Derived terms

* bilateralmente

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bilatéral. By surface analysis, bi- +‎ lateral.

### Adjective

bilateral m or n (feminine singular bilaterală, masculine plural bilaterali, feminine and neuter plural bilaterale)
* two-way

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bilateˈɾal/ [bi.la.t̪eˈɾal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: bi‧la‧te‧ral

### Adjective

bilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilaterales)
* bilateral

#### Derived terms

* bilateralismo
* bilateralizar
* bilateralmente

#### Further reading

* “bilateral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Adjective

bilateral (not comparable)
* bilateral

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### References

* bilateral in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bilateral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* bilateral in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)