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bilateral

See also: bilatéral

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From bi- +‎ lateral.

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bilateral (comparative more bilateral, superlative most bilateral)

  1. Having two sides.
    • 1989 June 21 [1989 June 20], “El Salvador's Vice President Visits Taiwan”, in Daily Report: China‎[1], 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.
  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.

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bilateral (plural bilaterals)

  1. A meeting between two people or groups.

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From bi- +‎ lateral.

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bilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilaterals)

  1. bilateral

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Galician edit

Etymology edit

From bi- +‎ lateral.

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bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais)

  1. bilateral

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Etymology edit

bi- +‎ lateral

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bilateral (strong nominative masculine singular bilateraler, not comparable)

  1. bilateral

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Positive forms of bilateral (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
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

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

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bi.la.tə.ˈral/
  • Rhymes: -ral
  • Hyphenation: bi‧la‧tê‧ral

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bilatêral

  1. bilateral

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bilateral (not comparable)

  1. bilateral

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bilateral (masculine bilateralen, neuter bilateraalt, not comparable)

  1. bilateral

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Etymology edit

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

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

  1. bilateral

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From bi- +‎ lateral, from Latin lateralis.

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bilateral (neuter bilateralt, definite singular and plural bilaterale)

  1. bilateral

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Etymology edit

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.lɐ.tɨˈɾal/ [bi.lɐ.tɨˈɾaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.lɐ.tɨˈɾa.li/

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

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bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais)

  1. bilateral

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Etymology edit

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

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

  1. two-way

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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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Etymology edit

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation edit

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

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bilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilaterales)

  1. bilateral

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bilateral (not comparable)

  1. bilateral

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Inflection of bilateral
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bilateral — —
Neuter singular bilateralt — —
Plural bilaterala — —
Masculine plural3 bilaterale — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bilaterale — —
All bilaterala — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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