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You can make 23 words from legal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of legal

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Definitions and meaning of legal

legal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). Doublet of loyal and leal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ɡəl/
• Rhymes: -iːɡəl
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈliɡəl/

Adjective

legal (comparative more legal, superlative most legal)

1. Relating to the law or to lawyers.

2. Having its basis in the law.

3. Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.

4. Following the rules or syntax of a system, such as a game or a programming language.

   If you have no legal move, but are not in check the game is a draw.
5. (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
6. Permitting the use and/or sale of cannabis; in which cannabis is lawful.
7. (US, Canada) (of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm) (also legal-size).

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "allowed"): banned, contraband, disallowed, forbidden, illegal, outlawed, unlawful
• (antonym(s) of "concerning law"): black-market, back-alley
• (antonym(s) of "over age of consent"): underage

Coordinate terms

• (law): equitable

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

legal (countable and uncountable, plural legals)

1. (uncountable, informal) The legal department of a company.

   Legal wants this in writing.

2. (uncountable, US, Canada) Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm).
3. (countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
4. (countable, informal, US) Somebody who immigrated lawfully.

   Antonyms: illegal, undocumented

Derived terms

• legal-size

Anagrams

• Galle, egall

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēgālis. Compare the inherited doublet lleial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ləˈɣal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [leˈɣal]

Adjective

legal m or f (masculine and feminine plural legals)

1. legal

   Antonym: il·legal

Derived terms

• legalitzar
• legalment

Related terms

• legalitat
• llei
• lleial

Further reading

• “legal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “legal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “legal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “legal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish legal.

Adjective

legál

1. legal

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɡaːl/, [leˈɡ̊æːˀl]

Adjective

legal

1. legal (something that conforms to or is according to law)
2. legitimate (conforming to accepted rules)

Inflection

Synonyms

• (legal): lovlig
• (legitimate): legitim

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "legal"): illegal

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēgālis. Compare leal.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: le‧gal

Adjective

legal m or f (plural legais)

1. legal (having its basis in the law)

   Antonym: ilegal

Derived terms

• legalmente

See also

• lícito

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [leːˈɡaːl]
• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

legal (strong nominative masculine singular legaler, not comparable)

1. legal

   Antonym: illegal

Declension

Further reading

• “legal” in Duden online
• “legal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch legaal (“legal”), from French légal, from Latin lēgālis. Doublet of loyal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɡal]
• Hyphenation: lè‧gal

Adjective

legal

1. legal, allowed or prescribed by law.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “legal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). Compare leal, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: le‧gal

Adjective

legal m or f (plural legais, comparable, comparative mais legal, superlative o mais legal or legalíssimo)

1. legal

   Synonym: lícito

   Antonym: ilegal

2. (Brazil, familiar) cool, nice, good

   Synonym: fixe

   Antonym: chato

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:legal.

Derived terms

• legalmente
• legalzão

Related terms

• ilegal
• legalidade

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French légal, Latin legalis. By surface analysis, lege +‎ -al. Doublet of loial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡal/

Adjective

legal m or n (feminine singular legală, masculine plural legali, feminine and neuter plural legale)

1. legal, lawful

   Synonym: licit

   Antonyms: ilegal, ilicit

Declension

Related terms

• legalitate
• legitim

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēgālis, from lēx (“law”). Compare leal, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡal/ [leˈɣ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: le‧gal

Adjective

legal m or f (masculine and feminine plural legales)

1. legal, statutory

   Antonym: ilegal

2. lawful
3. (colloquial) legit

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “legal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin legalis.

Adjective

legal (not comparable)

1. legal

Declension

Related terms

• illegal
• legalitet
• legitim

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish legal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /leˈɡal/, [lɛˈɣal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: le‧gal

Adjective

legál (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜎ᜔)

1. legal

Related terms

• legalidad
• legalisa
• legalisado

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French légal, from Latin lēgālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡɑl/

Adjective

legal

1. legal (being allowed or prescribed by law)

   Synonym: yasal

   Antonyms: illegal, yasa dışı

Source: wiktionary.org