treaty

English

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Etymology

From Old French traité, from Latin tractatus, from tractare.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtriː.ti/

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Noun

treaty (plural treaties)

1. (international law) A binding agreement under international law concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations.

Synonyms

• international agreement
• protocol
• covenant
• convention
• exchange of letters
• exchange of note

Related terms

• treat
• treatable
• treatment
• treatise

Translations

a binding agreement under international law

• Arabic: معاهدة (ar) (muʿāhada) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 條約 (cmn), 条约 (cmn) (tiáoyuē)

• Czech: mezinárodní smlouva (cs) f
• Dutch: verdrag (nl), overeenkomst (nl), traktaat (nl)
• Finnish: sopimus (fi)
• French: traité (fr) m
• Galician: tratado (gl) m
• German: Vertrag (de) m, Bündnis (de) n
• Greek: συνθήκη (el) (sinthíki) f
• Hungarian: szerződés (hu)
• Indonesian: traktat (id), perjanjian (id)
• Italian: trattato (it) m

• Japanese: 条約 (ja) (じょうやく, jōyaku)
• Khmer: សន្ធិសញ្ញា (km) (santhi sanha)
• Korean: 조약 (ko) (joyak) (條約 (ko))
• Norwegian: traktat (no) m
• Persian: معاهده (fa) (mo'âhade)
• Polish: traktat (pl), umowa (pl)
• Portuguese: tratado (pt) m,acordo (pt) m
• Romanian: tratat (ro) n
• Russian: договор (ru) (dogovór, dógovor) m
• Scottish Gaelic: cùmhnant (gd) m
• Spanish: tratado (es) m
• Swedish: fördrag (sv) n
• Telugu: ఒడంబడిక (te) (oDambaDika)

External links

• treaty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• treaty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• treaty at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• yatter