lawful

English

Etymology

From Middle English laweful, equivalent to law +‎ -ful, conflated with Middle English leful, leeful, leveful (“according to law, lawful, pertaining to law”). See also leveful.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːfʊl/
Rhymes: -ɔːfʊl

Adjective

lawful (comparative more lawful, superlative most lawful)

Conforming to, or recognised by law or rules.
Lawful money is always a land asset and can only be issued by an actual land jurisdiction government — not a corporation.

Synonyms

Antonyms

unlawful

Derived terms

lawfully

Translations

conforming to or recognised by law or rules

Chinese:
Mandarin: 合法的 (zh) (héfǎ de)
Dutch: wettig (nl), rechtmatig (nl)
Finnish: lainmukainen (fi), laillinen (fi)
French: légal (fr)
German: gesetzlich (de), legal (de), rechtsmäßig
Hungarian: törvényes (hu), törvényszerű (hu)
Icelandic: löglegur (is)
Japanese: 合法な (ja) (ごうほうな, gōhō na)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: likumīgs

Luxembourgish: gesetzlech
Polish: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: legal (pt), legalizado (pt)
Romanian: legal (ro) m
Russian: зако́нный (ru) (zakónnyj), лега́льный (ru) (legálʹnyj), правоме́рный (ru) (pravomérnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: dligheach
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swahili: halali (sw)
Swedish: laglig (sv), berättigad (sv), rättmätig (sv)
Turkish: yasal (tr)

Anagrams

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