ratify

ratify

English

WOTD – 14 July 2007

Etymology

From Old French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratifico, from Latin ratus (“reckoned”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹætɪfaɪ/, /ˈɹætəfaɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ætɪfaɪ

Verb

ratify (third-person singular simple present ratifies, present participle ratifying, simple past and past participle ratified)

1. (transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.

Synonyms

• (give formal consent to): approve

Related terms

• ratification
• ratifier

Translations

give formal consent to

Cebuano: uyon Chinese: Mandarin: 批准 (zh) (pīzhǔn) Czech: ratifikovat Danish: ratificere (da) Dutch: bekrachtigen (nl) Esperanto: ratifi Finnish: vahvistaa (fi), ratifioida French: ratifier (fr) German: bestätigen (de), ratifizieren (de) (treaty) Greek: Ancient Greek: κυρόω (kuróō) Hebrew: אשרר‎ (ishrér)

Icelandic: staðfesta (is) Italian: ratificare (it) Japanese: 批准する (ja) (ひじゅんする, hijun suru) Latin: ratihabeō Manx: shickyree Maori: whakamana, whakapūmau Polish: ratyfikować Portuguese: ratificar (pt) Russian: ратифици́ровать (ru) impf or pf (ratificírovatʹ), утвержда́ть (ru) impf or pf (utverždátʹ), утверди́ть (ru) pf (utverdítʹ), одобря́ть (ru) impf (odobrjátʹ), одо́брить (ru) pf (odóbritʹ) Spanish: ratificar (es) Swedish: ratificera (sv), stadfästa (sv), bekräfta (sv) Thai: ให้สัตยาบัน (hâi-sàt-dtà-yaa-ban)