Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

legislative

/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: leg-is-la-tive
IPA: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.

noun

That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.

Example Sentences

"a legislative act"
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree English legislate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English legislative From legislate + -ive.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/
British English: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

more legislative (comparative) most legislative (superlative) legislatives (plural)

Derived Forms

antilegislative interlegislative legislatively nonlegislative postlegislative prelegislative quasilegislative semilegislative unlegislative

Phrases

legislative body legislative building legislative process legislative session quasi-legislative

Synonyms

legislature

Questions

How do you pronounce legislative?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/.
What does legislative mean?: Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.
Where does legislative come from?: Etymology tree English legislate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English legislative From legislate + -ive.

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