bilateraal

Dutch

Etymology

From bi- +‎ lateraal. The noun sense is an ellipsis of bilateraal gesprek (“bilateral conversation”).

Pronunciation
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Adjective

bilateraal (not comparable)

  1. bilateral
    Synonym: tweezijdig

Inflection
Inflection of bilateraal
uninflected bilateraal
inflected bilaterale
comparative bilateraler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial bilateraalbilateralerhet bilateraalst
het bilateraalste
indefinite m./f. sing. bilateralebilateralerebilateraalste
n. sing. bilateraalbilateralerbilateraalste
plural bilateralebilateralerebilateraalste
definite bilateralebilateralerebilateraalste
partitive bilateraalsbilateralers—

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: bilateral

Noun

bilateraal c (plural bilateralen, diminutive bilateraaltje n)

  1. (usually in the diminutive, office slang) A meeting between two people, particularly between an employer/manager and an employee.
    Synonym: bila

Derived terms
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