Meanings
- not comparableThat can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.
In this game of bluff and counter-bluff, the parlementaires calculated that their absence – which entailed much of the country being without an appellate jurisdiction – would force the government to treat for terms.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 228
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinappellātus
- Englishappellate
From Latin appellātus.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 受理上訴的 /受理上诉的, 上訴 /上诉
- 受理上訴的 /受理上诉的 (shòulǐ shàngsù de)pertaining to something that is appealed to
- 上訴 /上诉 (shàngsù)pertaining to something that is appealed to
Czech odvolací
- odvolacípertaining to something that is appealed to
Finnish valitus-, vetoomus-
- valitus-pertaining to something that is appealed to
- vetoomus-pertaining to something that is appealed to
Greek εφετικός
- εφετικός (efetikós)pertaining to something that is appealed to
Polish apelacyjny
- apelacyjnypertaining to something that is appealed to
Portuguese apelado, apelatório
- apeladopertaining to something that is appealed to
- apelatóriopertaining to something that is appealed to
Russian апелляцио́нный
- апелляцио́нный (apelljaciónnyj)pertaining to something that is appealed to
Spanish apelacional, apelatorio
- apelacionalpertaining to something that is appealed to
- apelatoriopertaining to something that is appealed to
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with appellate
Cite this entry
appellate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appellate
“appellate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appellate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “appellate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appellate.
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