la
/lwa/
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
Examples
appliquée .
The new law will be applied from next month.
' au- .
Nobody is above the law.
' .
He did not respect several important laws.
' .
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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