treaty
English
/ˈtɹiːti/, /ˈtɹiːti/
noun
Definitions
- (international law) A binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations.
- A formal agreement between two or more states.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English trety borrowed from Old French traitié derived from Latin tractatus.
Origin
Latin
tractatus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitreaty English
- maker English
- making English
- nontreaty English
- tract English
- treatyless English
- treatymaker English
- treatymaking English
- tractare Latin
- tractatus Latin
- tractus Latin
- tractātus Latin
- Traktat German
- trattato Italian
- traité French
- traktat Norwegian Bokmål
- traktat Norwegian Nynorsk
- trety Middle English
- traitié Old French
- tratat Ladin