legislative

See also: Legislative and législative

English

Etymology

From legislate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/, [ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.ɾɪv], (nonstandard) /ˈlɛd͡ʒˌɪs.lə.tɪv/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/, [ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.ɾɪv], /-slæɪ-/
• (Philippines, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /lɛˈd͡ʒɪ.slə.tɪv/
• Hyphenation: leg‧is‧la‧tive

Adjective

legislative (comparative more legislative, superlative most legislative)

1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.

   a legislative act

   Although enormously influential in shaping the laws of the land, The House of Lords are not actually a legislative body.

   The legislative framework provides much opportunity for correction and amendment of poorly thought out bills.

Derived terms

• antilegislative
• interlegislative
• legislative body
• legislative building
• legislatively
• legislative process
• legislative session
• nonlegislative
• postlegislative
• prelegislative
• quasilegislative
• quasi-legislative
• semilegislative
• unlegislative

Translations

having the power to make laws

Armenian: օրենսդրական (hy) (ōrensdrakan) Azerbaijani: qanunverici Belarusian: заканада́ўчы (zakanadáŭčy) Bulgarian: законодателен (zakonodatelen) Catalan: legislatiu (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 立法的 (lìfǎ de) Czech: zákonodárný (cs) m, legislativní (cs) Danish: lovgivende Dutch: wetgevend (nl) Finnish: lakiasäätävä French: législatif (fr) Galician: lexislativo (gl) m German: gesetzgeberisch Greek: Ancient: νομοθετικός (nomothetikós) Hungarian: törvényhozó (hu) Indonesian: legislatif (id) Irish: reachtach Italian: legislativo (it) Kazakh: заңнамалық (zañnamalyq) Norwegian: legislativ Bokmål: lovgivende Occitan: legislatiu (oc) Old English: ǣlagol Polish: legislacyjny (pl), legislatywny, prawodawczy (pl), ustawodawczy (pl) Portuguese: legislativo (pt) Romanian: legislativ (ro) Russian: законода́тельный (ru) (zakonodátelʹnyj) Spanish: legislativo (es) Ukrainian: законода́вчий (uk) (zakonodávčyj)

Noun

legislative (plural legislatives)

1. That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.

   Synonym: legislature

Translations

branch of government — see legislative branch

Italian

Adjective

legislative f

1. feminine plural of legislativo