bilateral

bilateral

See also: bilatéral

English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /baɪˈlætəɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ætəɹəl

Adjective

bilateral (comparative more bilateral, superlative most bilateral)

1. Having two sides.
2. Involving both sides equally.
3. (of an agreement) Binding on both of the two parties involved.
4. Having bilateral symmetry.
5. (anthropology) Involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family.

Derived terms

• bilateral descent
• bilateral gill trama
• bilateralism
• bilaterality
• bilaterally
• bilateralness
• isobilateral
• nonbilateral

 

Translations

having two sides

Arabic: ثُنَائِيّ‎ (ar) (ṯunāʾiyy) Armenian: երկկողմ (hy) (erkkołm) Bulgarian: двустранен (dvustranen) Catalan: bilateral Chinese: Mandarin: 雙邊／双边 (zh) (shuāngbiān), 雙方／双方 (zh) (shuāngfāng) Dutch: tweezijdig (nl) Finnish: kaksipuolinen French: bilatéral (fr) Galician: bilateral Georgian: ორმხრივი (ormxrivi) German: zweiseitig (de) Hungarian: kétoldalú (hu) Icelandic: tvíhliða Irish: déshleasach, déthaobhach Italian: bilaterale Japanese: 双方 (ja) (そうほう, sōhō) Kazakh: екіжақты (ekıjaqty) Luxembourgish: bilateral Polish: dwustronny (pl) Portuguese: bilateral (pt) Romanian: bilateral (ro) Russian: двусторо́нний (ru) (dvustorónnij) Scottish Gaelic: dà-thaobhach Spanish: bilateral (es) Ukrainian: двосторо́нній (dvostorónnij)

involving both sides equally

Armenian: երկկողմ (hy) (erkkołm) Bulgarian: двустранен (dvustranen) Finnish: bilateraalinen (fi) German: bilateral (de) Irish: déthaobhach Japanese: (of countries) 二国間 (nikokukan), 相互的な (そうごてきな, sōgoteki-na) Norwegian: Bokmål: bilateral Nynorsk: bilateral Polish: bilateralny (pl), dwustronny (pl) Portuguese: bilateral (pt) Romanian: bilateral (ro) Russian: двусторо́нний (ru) (dvustorónnij) Scottish Gaelic: dà-thaobhach Ukrainian: двосторо́нній (dvostorónnij)

binding on both parties to an agreement

Catalan: bilateral Finnish: kahdenvälinen, bilateraalinen (fi) Georgian: ორმხრივი (ormxrivi) Icelandic: tvíhliða

having bilateral symmetry

Catalan: bilateral Finnish: bilateraalinen (fi)

involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family

Catalan: bilateral

Noun

bilateral (plural bilaterals)

1. A meeting between two people or groups.

Anagrams

• bare it all, trailable, trialable

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Catalan

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bi.lə.təˈɾal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /bi.la.teˈɾal/

Adjective

bilateral (masculine and feminine plural bilaterals)

1. 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, 2023
• “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.

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Galician

Etymology

bi- +‎ lateral

Adjective

bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais)

1. bilateral

Further reading

• “bilateral” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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German

Etymology

bi- +‎ lateral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiːlatəˌʁaːl]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

bilateral (strong nominative masculine singular bilateraler, not comparable)

1. bilateral

Declension

Positive forms of bilateral (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist bilateral	sie ist bilateral	es ist bilateral	sie sind bilateral
strong declension (without article)	nominative	bilateraler	bilaterale	bilaterales	bilaterale
	genitive	bilateralen	bilateraler	bilateralen	bilateraler
	dative	bilateralem	bilateraler	bilateralem	bilateralen
	accusative	bilateralen	bilaterale	bilaterales	bilaterale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der bilaterale	die bilaterale	das bilaterale	die bilateralen
	genitive	des bilateralen	der bilateralen	des bilateralen	der bilateralen
	dative	dem bilateralen	der bilateralen	dem bilateralen	den bilateralen
	accusative	den bilateralen	die bilaterale	das bilaterale	die bilateralen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein bilateraler	eine bilaterale	ein bilaterales	(keine) bilateralen
	genitive	eines bilateralen	einer bilateralen	eines bilateralen	(keiner) bilateralen
	dative	einem bilateralen	einer bilateralen	einem bilateralen	(keinen) bilateralen
	accusative	einen bilateralen	eine bilaterale	ein bilaterales	(keine) bilateralen

Further reading

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

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Interlingua

Adjective

bilateral (not comparable)

1. bilateral

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

bilateral (masculine bilateralen, neuter bilateraalt, not comparable)

1. bilateral

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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)

1. bilateral

References

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral, from Latin lateralis.

Adjective

bilateral (neuter bilateralt, definite singular and plural bilaterale)

1. bilateral

References

• “bilateral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.la.teˈɾaw/ [bi.la.teˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.lɐ.tɨˈɾal/ [bi.lɐ.tɨˈɾaɫ]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: bi‧la‧te‧ral

Adjective

bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais)

1. bilateral

Derived terms

• bilateralmente

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Romanian

Etymology

From French bilatéral.

Adjective

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

1. two-way

Declension

Declension of bilateral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	bilateral		bilaterală	bilaterali	bilaterale
	definite	bilateralul		bilaterala	bilateralii	bilateralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	bilateral		bilaterale	bilaterali	bilaterale
	definite	bilateralului		bilateralei	bilateralilor	bilateralelor

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Spanish

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bilateˈɾal/ [bi.la.t̪eˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: bi‧la‧te‧ral

Adjective

bilateral (plural bilaterales)

1. bilateral

Derived terms

• bilateralizar
• bilateralmente

Further reading

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