Meanings
alternative abbreviation m.m. · alternative abbreviation mut. mut. · alternative abbreviation mut. mutand. · alternative abbreviation mut. mutandis · alternative abbreviation mutat. mutand. · alternative abbreviation mutat. mutandis · alternative contraction nonstandard mutatis mandis · alternative contraction nonstandard mutatis mundi · alternative contraction nonstandard mutis mundis · alternative contraction nonstandard mutis mutandis
- especiallynot comparablelawWith the necessary changes being made; with the necessary modifications; with such changes as are necessary to ensure congruence.
And like billes, mutatis mutandis, were put In ayenst Gloucestre & Worcestre
a. 1525, The Coventry Leet Book, page 5953 more examples
26 May 1564. M. to Mr. Tipton, and another (mutatis mutandis) to Mr. Cuerton. Pp. 3.
1863, H.M.'s Public Record Office, Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series, of the Reign of Elizabeth, volume VII, page 141What is said of the army here is to be taken also to apply, mutatis mutandis, to the air force and the navy.
1962, Samuel Edward Finer, chapter 2, in The Man on Horseback: The Role of the Military in PoliticsSimilar considerations apply, mutatis mutandis, to the example of nightmare imagined by Brown.
1962, Norman Malcolm, chapter 15, in Dreaming
Origin
- Late Latinmūtātīs mūtandīs“with [the things] to be changed having been changed”
- Englishmutatis mutandis
Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin mūtātīs mūtandīs (“with [the things] to be changed having been changed”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan mutatis mutandis
- mutatis mutandishaving changed what needs to be changed
Chinese Mandarin 經必要的變更 /经必要的变更, 相應適用 /相应适用
- 經必要的變更 /经必要的变更 (jīng bìyào de biàngēng)having changed what needs to be changed
- 相應適用 /相应适用having changed what needs to be changed
- 準用 /准用 (zhǔnyòng)having changed what needs to be changed
Dutch mutatis mutandis
- mutatis mutandishaving changed what needs to be changed
Estonian mutatis mutandis
- mutatis mutandishaving changed what needs to be changed
Finnish mutatis mutandis, soveltuvin osin
- mutatis mutandishaving changed what needs to be changed
- soveltuvin osinhaving changed what needs to be changed
- vastaavalla tavallahaving changed what needs to be changed
- vastaavastihaving changed what needs to be changed
- muutettavat muuttaenhaving changed what needs to be changed
French mutatis mutandis, toutes proportions gardées
- mutatis mutandishaving changed what needs to be changed
- toutes proportions gardéeshaving changed what needs to be changed
- toute proportion gardéehaving changed what needs to be changed
German mutatis mutandis
- mutatis mutandishaving changed what needs to be changed
Greek τηρουμένων των αναλογιών
- τηρουμένων των αναλογιών (tirouménon ton analogión)having changed what needs to be changed
Icelandic að breyttu breytanda
- að breyttu breytandahaving changed what needs to be changed
Indonesian dengan penyesuaian seperlunya
- dengan penyesuaian seperlunyahaving changed what needs to be changed
Italian mutatis mutandis, fatti i debiti mutamenti
- mutatis mutandishaving changed what needs to be changed
- fatti i debiti mutamentihaving changed what needs to be changed
- con le opportune differenzehaving changed what needs to be changed
Japanese 準用して
- 準用して (jun'yō shite)having changed what needs to be changed
Polish mutatis mutandis, toutes proportions gardées
- mutatis mutandishaving changed what needs to be changed
- toutes proportions gardéeshaving changed what needs to be changed
Portuguese mutatis mutandis
- mutatis mutandishaving changed what needs to be changed
Russian с необходи́мыми измене́ниями
- с необходи́мыми измене́ниями (s neobxodímymi izmenénijami)having changed what needs to be changed
Cite this entry
mutatis mutandis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutatis%20mutandis
“mutatis mutandis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutatis%20mutandis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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