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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ɑˈki/, /aːˈki/ Audio: Nl-acquis.ogg
Rhymes: -i Etymology: Shortened from acquis communautaire. Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-|-}} acquis n (uncountable)
  1. acquis (totality of EU legislation and court decisions) Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acquis-nl-noun-hVn6aNVi Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 33 33 1 2 1 10 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 30 30 1 2 1 15 0

Noun [English]

IPA: /aˈkiː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑˈki/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acquis.wav
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Shortened from acquis communautaire: French acquis (“that which has been acquired or obtained”) + communautaire (“of the community”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|acquis||that which has been acquired or obtained}} French acquis (“that which has been acquired or obtained”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} acquis (uncountable)
  1. Short for acquis communautaire.
    (law) The accumulated legislation, legal acts, and court decisions which constitute the total body of European Union law.
    Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Law Categories (place): European Union Synonyms (Body of EU law): Community acquis
    Sense id: en-acquis-en-noun-O9gwCQ5G Disambiguation of European Union: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 33 33 1 2 1 10 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 30 30 1 2 1 15 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'Body of EU law': 85 15
  2. Short for acquis communautaire.
    (international law) The accumulated legislation and decisions of any international community.
    Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): International law
    Sense id: en-acquis-en-noun-GYnzrVuE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 33 33 1 2 1 10 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 30 30 1 2 1 15 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: acquis communautaire Translations (short for acquis communautaire — see also acquis communautaire): acquis [neuter] (Dutch), აკისი (aḳisi) [rare] (Georgian), acquis (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'short for acquis communautaire — see also acquis communautaire': 50 50

Adjective [French]

IPA: /a.ki/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-acquis.wav Forms: acquise [feminine], acquis [masculine, plural], acquises [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} acquis (feminine acquise, masculine plural acquis, feminine plural acquises)
  1. acquired, learned
    Sense id: en-acquis-fr-adj-TAAK7mY1
  2. acknowledged, recognized
    Sense id: en-acquis-fr-adj-OlFWcY4-

Noun [French]

IPA: /a.ki/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-acquis.wav Forms: acquis [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} acquis m (plural acquis)
  1. asset Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-acquis-fr-noun-1ZOG4K5D
  2. knowledge, (can be built on) level of attainment Tags: masculine
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Verb [French]

IPA: /a.ki/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-acquis.wav Forms: acquise [feminine], acquis [masculine, plural], acquises [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-past participle}} acquis (feminine acquise, masculine plural acquis, feminine plural acquises)
  1. past participle of acquérir Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: acquérir
    Sense id: en-acquis-fr-verb-be8J6fpS

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[T]he process of absorption of the EU Internal Market acquis by the new EU member states (Hungary and Estonia, e.g. completed their alignment wih the Internal Market acquis within three years) is not feasible for the Moldovan economy, at least in the following three to five years.",
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          "ref": "1997, Christopher Preston, “Conclusion: Can the Classical Method Survive?”, in Enlargement and Integration in the European Union, London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 228:",
          "text": "Despite the clarity with which this principle has been reiterated, most applicants believe that their own circumstances are unique and deserve an equality of respect, even when this might challenge a principle of at least part of the acquis. The UK, for example, believed that its wider trading links merited special consideration. The realisation that such consideration would not be forthcoming was particularly humiliating, given that the UK had been invited to participate in forming the acquis in 1955–57.",
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          "text": "[T]he process of absorption of the EU Internal Market acquis by the new EU member states (Hungary and Estonia, e.g. completed their alignment wih the Internal Market acquis within three years) is not feasible for the Moldovan economy, at least in the following three to five years.",
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          "text": "In general, the existing acquis communautaire was adhered to as closely as possible in the drafting of the PEICL [Principles of European Insurance Contract Law]. Exceptions were made where shortcomings could be identified. Therefore, a number of directives, for example the insurance acquis, have been taken into account in the PEICL.",
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          "text": "Acquis is a French term meaning \"that which has been agreed\". In the context of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (TFTA) means that the negotiations should start from the point at which […] the COMESA, EAC and SADC trade negotiations have reached. Tariff negotiations and the exchange of tariff concessions would be among Member/Partner States of the Tripartite FTA that have no preferential arrangements in place between them. This will both preserve the acquis and build on it.",
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