"légal" meaning in French

See légal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /le.ɡal/ Audio: Fr-légal.ogg Forms: légale [feminine], légaux [masculine, plural], légales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lēgālis. Doublet of loyal. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|lēgālis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin lēgālis, {{bor+|fr|la|lēgālis}} Borrowed from Latin lēgālis, {{doublet|fr|loyal}} Doublet of loyal Head templates: {{fr-adj}} légal (feminine légale, masculine plural légaux, feminine plural légales)
  1. statutory: having to do with an act of parliament
    Sense id: en-légal-fr-adj-gv24eZJB Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
  2. legal, lawful, licit: in accordance with the law
    Sense id: en-légal-fr-adj-LIsSao2W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: légalement, médecine légale, représentant légal Related terms: illégal, légaliser, légalité

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for légal meaning in French (2.6kB)

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