Law

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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA : /lɔː/
• SAMPA : /lO:/

Homophones

• lore (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

law (plural: laws)

1. A written or understood rule that concerns behaviors and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.
2. The body of written rules governing a society.
3. A one-sided contract.
4. An observed physical law.
5. A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary judgment; compare to "equity."

Translations

• Bulgarian: закон m
• Catalan: llei f
• Chinese: 法, 律, 法律, 法令 , 法則 / 法则 , 法規 / 法规
• Dutch: wet m
• Estonian: seadus
• Finnish: laki
• French: loi f
• German: Gesetz n, Recht n
• Hungarian: törvény
• Indonesian: hukum , peraturan , tata-tertib
• Italian: legge f
• Japanese: 法則 (ほうそく , hōsoku), 法律 (ほうりつ, hōritsu)
• Korean: 법 [法] (beop), 법률 [法律] (beopryul), 법칙 [法則] (beopchik)
• Norwegian: lov m
• Persian: قانون (qanun)
• Polish: prawo
• Portuguese: lei f
• Romanian: lege f
• Russian: закон
• Slovene: zakon m (1, 2, 4), pravo n (2)
• Spanish: ley f
• Swedish: lag
• Turkish: hukuk