bilateral

See also: bilatéral

English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪˈlætəɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ætəɹəl

Adjective

bilateral (comparative more bilateral, superlative most bilateral)

1. Having two sides.
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.

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

• bilateralism
• bilaterality
• bilaterally
• bilateralness
• isobilateral
• nonbilateral

Translations

having two sides

• Arabic: ثُنَائِيّ (ar) (ṯunāʔiyy)
• Armenian: երկկողմ (hy) (erkkoġm)
• Bulgarian: двустранен (dvustranen)
• Catalan: bilateral
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙邊 / 双边 (zh) (shuāngbiān), 双边 (zh) (shuāngbiān), 雙方 / 双方 (zh) (shuāngfāng), 双方 (zh) (shuāngfāng)

• Dutch: tweezijdig (nl)
• Finnish: kaksipuolinen
• French: bilatéral (fr)
• Galician: bilateral
• Georgian: ორმხრივი (ormxrivi)
• German: zweiseitig
• Hungarian: kétoldalú (hu)
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• Icelandic: tvíhliða
• Irish: déshleasach, déthaobhach
• Italian: bilaterale
• Japanese: 双方 (ja) (そうほう, sōhō)
• Kazakh: екіжақты (ekıjaqty)
• Luxembourgish: bilateral
• Polish: dwustronny (pl)
• Portuguese: bilateral (pt)
• Romanian: bilateral (ro)
• Russian: двусторо́нний (ru) (dvustorónnij)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-thaobhach
• Spanish: bilateral (es)
• Ukrainian: двосторо́нній (dvostorónnij)

involving both sides equally

• Armenian: երկկողմ (hy) (erkkoġm)
• Bulgarian: двустранен (dvustranen)
• Finnish: bilateraalinen (fi)
• German: bilateral (de)
• Irish: déthaobhach
• Japanese: (of countries) 二国間 (nikokukan), 相互的な (そうごてきな, sōgoteki-na)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bilateral

  Nynorsk: bilateral

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• Portuguese: bilateral (pt)
• Romanian: bilateral (ro)
• Russian: двусторо́нний (ru) (dvustorónnij)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-thaobhach
• Ukrainian: двосторо́нній (dvostorónnij)

binding on both parties to an agreement

• Catalan: bilateral
• Finnish: kahdenvälinen, bilateraalinen (fi)
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• Georgian: ორმხრივი (ormxrivi)
• Icelandic: tvíhliða

having bilateral symmetry

• Catalan: bilateral
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• Finnish: bilateraalinen (fi)

involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family

• Catalan: bilateral
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Noun

bilateral (plural bilaterals)

1. A meeting between two people or groups.

Anagrams

• bare it all, trailable, trialable

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Catalan

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bi.lə.təˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bi.la.teˈɾal]

Adjective

bilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilaterals)

1. bilateral

Derived terms

• bilateralitat

Further reading

• “bilateral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bilateral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “bilateral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bilateral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

bi- +‎ lateral

Adjective

bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais)

1. bilateral

Further reading

• “bilateral”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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German

Etymology

bi- +‎ lateral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiːlatəˌʁaːl]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

bilateral (not comparable)

1. bilateral

Further reading

• “bilateral” in Duden online

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Interlingua

Adjective

bilateral (not comparable)

1. bilateral

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

bilateral (masculine bilateralen, neuter bilateraalt, not comparable)

1. bilateral

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. bilateral

References

• “bilateral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bilateral” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral, from Latin lateralis.

Adjective

bilateral (neuter bilateralt, definite singular and plural bilaterale)

1. bilateral

References

• “bilateral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Adjective

1. bilateral

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Romanian

Etymology

From French bilatéral

Adjective

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

1. two-way

Declension

		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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Spanish

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bilateˈɾal/ [bi.la.t̪eˈɾal]

Adjective

bilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilaterales)

1. bilateral

Derived terms

• bilateralizar
• bilateralmente

Further reading

• “bilateral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10