illegal
English
/ɪˈliːɡəl/, /ɪˈli.ɡəl/
adj
Definitions
- Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
- Forbidden by established rules.
- (philately) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
- (of a person) Being or doing something illegally.
- (chiefly) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
Etymology
Borrowed from French illégal derived from Latin illegalis, legalis.
Origin
Latin
legalis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- illegalisation English
- illegalise English
- illegalization English
- illegalize English
- illegally English
- illegalness English
- legalize English
- illegalis Latin
- illēgālis Latin
- legalis Latin
- legalitas, legalitatem Latin
- lex Latin
- lēgālis Latin
- illegal German
- illegális Hungarian
- legális Hungarian
- illegale Italian
- illegaal Dutch, Flemish
- illégal French
- illégalement French
- illégalité French
- légal French
- legal Swedish
- illegal Danish
- ilegal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- leial Old Occitan