Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/lwa/

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Translation

law

Word origin

From Latin lex, legis ('law, statute'). The same root gave English legal, legislate and legitimate.

Origin
Latin
Root
legem
English cognates
legal, legislate, legitimate

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Plurallois

Examples

appliquée .

The new law will be applied from next month.

' - .

Nobody is above the law.

' respecté .

He did not respect several important laws.

' France.

No one is supposed to be ignorant of the law in France.

'appliquer .

A new law on nature starts to apply tomorrow.

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This word is part of lesson 13.