Meanings
comparative more legislative · superlative most legislative
- not comparableusuallyMaking, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.
a legislative act
2 more examples
Although enormously influential in shaping the laws of the land, The House of Lords are not actually a legislative body.
The legislative framework provides much opportunity for correction and amendment of poorly thought out bills.
plural legislatives
- That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.
Synonyms: legislature
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThat branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek νομοθετικός
- νομοθετικός (nomothetikós)having the power to make laws
Bulgarian законодателен
- законодателен (zakonodatelen)having the power to make laws
Catalan legislatiu
- legislatiuhaving the power to make laws
Chinese Mandarin 立法的
- 立法的 (lìfǎ de)having the power to make laws
Czech zákonodárný, legislativní
- zákonodárnýhaving the power to make laws
- legislativníhaving the power to make laws
Danish lovgivende
- lovgivendehaving the power to make laws
Dutch wetgevend
- wetgevendhaving the power to make laws
Finnish lakiasäätävä
- lakiasäätävähaving the power to make laws
French législatif
- législatifhaving the power to make laws
German gesetzgeberisch
- gesetzgeberischhaving the power to make laws
Hungarian törvényhozó
- törvényhozóhaving the power to make laws
Indonesian legislatif
- legislatifhaving the power to make laws
Irish reachtach
- reachtachhaving the power to make laws
Italian legislativo
- legislativohaving the power to make laws
Norwegian legislativ
- legislativhaving the power to make laws
Norwegian Bokmål lovgivende
- lovgivendehaving the power to make laws
Polish legislacyjny, legislatywny
- legislacyjnyhaving the power to make laws
- legislatywnyhaving the power to make laws
- prawodawczyhaving the power to make laws
- ustawodawczyhaving the power to make laws
Portuguese legislativo
- legislativohaving the power to make laws
Romanian legislativ
- legislativhaving the power to make laws
Russian законода́тельный
- законода́тельный (zakonodátelʹnyj)having the power to make laws
Spanish legislativo
- legislativohaving the power to make laws
Ukrainian законода́вчий
- законода́вчий (zakonodávčyj)having the power to make laws
Cite this entry
legislative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legislative
“legislative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legislative. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legislative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legislative.
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