unilateral

A modern creation (circa 1802), from New Latin ūnilaterālis (“one-sided”), from Latin ūnus (“one”) + laterālis (“sided, lateral”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌjuːnɪˈlætərəl/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [ˌjʉː.nɪˈlæt.ə.ɹɫ̩], [ˌjʉː.nɪˈlæt͡ʃ.ɹɫ̩]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˌjʉː.nəˈɫæɾ.ɚ.ɻɫ̩]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ætəɹəl

unilateral (comparative more unilateral, superlative most unilateral)

1. Done by one side only.
2. Affecting only one side of the body.
3. Binding or affecting one party only.

• one-sided

• one-sidedly
• unilateralism
• unilaterally

From uni- +‎ lateral.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [u.ni.lə.təˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [u.ni.la.teˈɾal]
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧la‧te‧ral

unilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural unilaterals)

1. unilateral

• unilateralitat
• unilateralment

• “unilateral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “unilateral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “unilateral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “unilateral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /ˈunilad̥əˌʁɑˀl/

unilateral

1. unilateral

• “unilateral” in Den Danske Ordbog

From uni- +‎ lateral.

• IPA^(key): /u.ni.la.tɛˈɾal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧la‧te‧ral

unilateral m or f (plural unilaterais)

1. unilateral

   Antonym: bilateral

• unilateralmente

• “unilateral”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “unilateral” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• IPA^(key): /ˌunilatəˈʁaːl/

• Audio:

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unilateral (strong nominative masculine singular unilateraler, not comparable)

1. unilateral

• Unilateralismus

• bilateral
• multilateral

• “unilateral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “unilateral” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Internationalism, lateral +‎ uni-, from New Latin ūnilaterālis (“one-sided”).

• IPA^(key): /u.ni.la.tə.ˈral/
• Rhymes: -ral
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧la‧tê‧ral

unilatêral

1. unilateral

   Synonym: sehala (Standard Malay)

• “unilateral” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• ünilateral

• IPA^(key): /ynilateˈral/

unilateral

1. unilateral

From uni- +‎ lateral.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧la‧te‧ral

unilateral m or f (plural unilaterais)

1. unilateral (affecting only one side)
2. one-sided; partial (biased in favour of one faction)

   Synonym: parcial

3. (of a contract or interaction) unilateral (binding or affecting one party only)

• unilateralidade
• unilateralmente

• “unilateral” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from French unilatéral.

• IPA^(key): /ˌu.ni.la.teˈral/

unilateral m or n (feminine singular unilaterală, masculine plural unilaterali, feminine and neuter plural unilaterale)

1. unilateral
2. Binding or affecting one party only.

• unilateralitate

From uni- +‎ lateral.

• IPA^(key): /unilateˈɾal/ [u.ni.la.t̪eˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: u‧ni‧la‧te‧ral

unilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural unilaterales)

1. unilateral

• “unilateral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

unilateral (not comparable)

1. unilateral

• unilateral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)