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)
- bilateral
- Synonym: tweezijdig
Declension
| Declension of bilateraal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bilateraal | |||
| inflected | bilaterale | |||
| comparative | bilateraler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | bilateraal | bilateraler | het bilateraalst het bilateraalste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bilaterale | bilateralere | bilateraalste |
| n. sing. | bilateraal | bilateraler | bilateraalste | |
| plural | bilaterale | bilateralere | bilateraalste | |
| definite | bilaterale | bilateralere | bilateraalste | |
| partitive | bilateraals | bilateralers | — | |
Descendants
- → Indonesian: bilateral
Noun
bilateraal c (plural bilateralen, diminutive bilateraaltje n)
- (usually in the diminutive, corporate jargon) a meeting between two people, particularly between an employer/manager and an employee
- Synonym: bila