"legal" meaning in Anglais

See legal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈliːɡəl\ Audio: En-us-legal.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-legal.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lawful, licit Synonyms (en lice): according to the rules Synonyms (rare): juridical Derived forms: legality, legalize, legalise, legalization, legalisation, legally, illegally Related terms: statutory
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "illegal"
    },
    {
      "word": "unlawful"
    },
    {
      "word": "illicit"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Adjectifs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "legality"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ],
      "word": "legalize"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni",
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "legalise"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ],
      "word": "legalization"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni",
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "legalisation"
    },
    {
      "word": "legally"
    },
    {
      "word": "illegally"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "statutory"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Is it legal to cross the road when the light is yellow?",
          "translation": "Est-il légal de passer quand le feu de la route est jaune?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Tyson Fisher, \"Self-driving vehicles not ready for prime time, study suggests\", Land Line, March 11, 2025",
          "text": "Autonomous vehicles have demonstrated they “can drive in a way that is generally technically legal,” the study states, but “severely violate ‘norms of the road’ that are expected by human drivers.”",
          "translation": "Les véhicules autonomes ont démontré qu'ils \"peuvent conduire d'une manière qui est généralement techniquement légale\", l'étude dit, mais \"outrepasse sévèrement les 'normes de la route' qui sont attendues par les conducteurs humains."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Licite, conforme au droit."
      ],
      "id": "fr-legal-en-adj-Ksi63bNv"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "legal document, legal right, legal action"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Juridique, relatif au droit."
      ],
      "id": "fr-legal-en-adj-IJIQn1oF"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Légitime, en lice, au réglement."
      ],
      "id": "fr-legal-en-adj-HlI9hw~C"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈliːɡəl\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-legal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/En-us-legal.ogg/En-us-legal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-legal.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-legal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-legal.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-legal.wav.mp3",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Texas (États-Unis)"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-legal.wav"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Connecticut (États-Unis)"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lawful"
    },
    {
      "word": "licit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "rare",
      "word": "juridical"
    },
    {
      "sense": "en lice",
      "word": "according to the rules"
    }
  ],
  "word": "legal"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "illegal"
    },
    {
      "word": "unlawful"
    },
    {
      "word": "illicit"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Adjectifs en anglais",
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "legality"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ],
      "word": "legalize"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni",
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "legalise"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ],
      "word": "legalization"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni",
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "legalisation"
    },
    {
      "word": "legally"
    },
    {
      "word": "illegally"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "statutory"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Is it legal to cross the road when the light is yellow?",
          "translation": "Est-il légal de passer quand le feu de la route est jaune?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Tyson Fisher, \"Self-driving vehicles not ready for prime time, study suggests\", Land Line, March 11, 2025",
          "text": "Autonomous vehicles have demonstrated they “can drive in a way that is generally technically legal,” the study states, but “severely violate ‘norms of the road’ that are expected by human drivers.”",
          "translation": "Les véhicules autonomes ont démontré qu'ils \"peuvent conduire d'une manière qui est généralement techniquement légale\", l'étude dit, mais \"outrepasse sévèrement les 'normes de la route' qui sont attendues par les conducteurs humains."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Licite, conforme au droit."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "legal document, legal right, legal action"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Juridique, relatif au droit."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Légitime, en lice, au réglement."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈliːɡəl\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-legal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/En-us-legal.ogg/En-us-legal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-legal.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-legal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-legal.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-legal.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-legal.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-legal.wav.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Texas (États-Unis)"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-legal.wav"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Connecticut (États-Unis)"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-legal.wav"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lawful"
    },
    {
      "word": "licit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "rare",
      "word": "juridical"
    },
    {
      "sense": "en lice",
      "word": "according to the rules"
    }
  ],
  "word": "legal"
}

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