legislature
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 1676, from stem of legislator + -ure, cognate with French législature.
Inflected forms:
form: legislatures
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
pos: noun
examples: state legislature
bicameral legislature
colonial legislature
members of the legislature
The state legislature passed a new education bill.
Members of the legislature debated late into the night.
The law cannot take effect until approved by the legislature.
gloss: A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
gloss: A legislative building.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Synonyms: legislature
legislative body
Related words: W:Category:National legislatures
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/48 § legislature
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/93 § upper house
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/50 § lower house
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/55 § national assembly
Derived words: bicameral legislature
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: օրենսդիր մարմին
roman: ōrensdir marmin
lang: Armenian
word: օրենսդիր
roman: ōrensdir
lang: Belarusian
word: заканада́ўчая ўла́да
roman: zakanadáwčaja wláda
lang: Bulgarian
word: законодателна власт
roman: zakonodatelna vlast
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 立法機關 /立法机关
roman: lìfǎ jīguān
lang: Czech
word: zákonodárný sbor
lang: Czech
word: legislatura
lang: Czech
word: zákonodárná moc
lang: Danish
word: lovgivende forsamling
lang: Dutch
word: wetgevende macht
lang: Finnish
word: lainsäädäntöelin
lang: French
word: corps législatif
lang: French
word: assemblée législative
lang: Georgian
word: საკანონმდებლო
roman: saḳanonmdeblo
lang: Georgian
word: საკანონმდებლო ორგანო
roman: saḳanonmdeblo organo
lang: Georgian
word: საკანონმდებლო ხელისუფლება
roman: saḳanonmdeblo xelisupleba
lang: Georgian
word: ლეგისლატურა
roman: legislaṭura
lang: German
word: Legislative
lang: German
word: gesetzgebende Gewalt
lang: Greek
word: νομοθετικό σώμα
roman: nomothetikó sóma
lang: Hausa
word: majalisa
lang: Hungarian
word: törvényhozó testület
lang: Hungarian
word: törvényhozás
lang: Indonesian
word: legislatur
lang: Japanese
word: 立法府
roman: rippofu
lang: Khmer
word: នីតិបញ្ញត្តិ
roman: niitebaññat
lang: Korean
word: 입법부
roman: ipbeopbu
lang: Korean
word: 립법부
roman: ripbeopbu
lang: Māori
word: rūnanga hanga ture
lang: Navajo
word: naatʼááh bá hooghan
lang: Norman
word: législatuthe
lang: Persian
word: مجلس
lang: Persian
word: پارلمان
lang: Polish
word: legislatura
lang: Polish
word: legislatywa
lang: Polish
word: władza ustawodawcza
lang: Portuguese
word: legislatura
lang: Romanian
word: corp legislativ
lang: Russian
word: законода́тельная власть
roman: zakonodátelʹnaja vlastʹ
lang: Russian
word: законода́тельный о́рган
roman: zakonodátelʹnyj órgan
lang: Russian
word: заксобра́ние
roman: zaksobránije
lang: Slovak
word: zákonodarná moc
lang: Slovak
word: legislatúra
lang: Spanish
word: legislatura
lang: Swedish
word: lagstiftande församling
lang: Swedish
word: legislatur
lang: Tagalog
word: batasan
lang: Tamil
word: சட்டமன்றம்
roman: caṭṭamaṉṟam
lang: Thai
word: สภานิติบัญญัติ
roman: sà-paa-ní-dtì-ban-yàt
lang: Ukrainian
word: законода́вча вла́да
roman: zakonodávča vláda
lang: Vietnamese
word: cơ quan lập pháp
lang: Welsh
word: deddfwrfa
lang: Welsh
word: deddfwrfeydd