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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 (bilateral linearity).

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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

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From bi- +‎ lateral.

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bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais)

  1. bilateral

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German

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    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[2] (in German)

    Indonesian

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

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    bilatêral (comparative lebih bilateral, superlative paling bilateral)

    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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    Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    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

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    From bi- +‎ lateral, from Latin lateralis.

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    bilateral (neuter bilateralt, definite singular and plural bilaterale)

    1. bilateral

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    Portuguese

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    From bi- +‎ lateral.

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    • (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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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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

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    bilateral m or n (feminine singular bilaterală, masculine plural bilaterali, feminine/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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    From bi- +‎ lateral.

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    • 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 superlative1
    common singular bilateral — —
    neuter singular bilateralt — —
    plural bilaterala — —
    masculine plural2 bilaterale — —
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 bilaterale — —
    all bilaterala — —

    1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    2 Dated or archaic.
    3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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