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===Alternative forms===
===Alternative forms===
* [[æquitable]] {{qualifier|obsolete}}
* {{l|en|æquitable}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|fr|en}} {{term|équitable|lang=fr}}, from {{etyl|fro|en}}, from {{term|equité||lang=fro|equity}}.
From {{uder|en|fr|équitable}}, from {{uder|en|fro|-}}, from {{m|fro|equité||equity}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|/ˈɛk.wɪ.tə.bəl/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɛk.wɪ.tə.bəl/|a=US}}
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===Adjective===
===Adjective===
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# Marked by or having [[equity]].
# Marked by or having [[equity]].
# [[fair|Fair]], just, or [[impartial]].
# [[fair|Fair]], just, or [[impartial]].
#* '''1748''', [[w:David Hume|David Hume]], ''Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral'', London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 33.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1748|author=w:David Hume|title=Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral|location=London|publisher=Oxford University Press|year_published=1973|section=§ 33
#*: I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so '''equitable''' a demand.
|passage=I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so '''equitable''' a demand.}}
#* {{RQ:Landon Francesca Carrara|page=254|volume=II|text=Security can be obtained but by defined rights, and these can be ensured only by '''equitable''' laws.}}
# {{context|legal|lang=en}} Relating to the general principles of [[justice]] that correct or supplement the provisions of the law.
# {{senseid|en|legal}} {{lb|en|legal}} Relating to the general principles of [[justice]] that correct or supplement the provisions of the law; relating to [[equity#English:_legal|equity]] or [[courts of equity]].
#: {{cot|en|legal}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|equitable tolling}}


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
* [[equity]]
* {{l|en|equity}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|Marked by or having equity}}
{{trans-top|marked by or having equity}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|equitativo|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|gerecht}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cothromasach}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cothromasach}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|echitabil}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|echitabil}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|rättvis}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|rättvis}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|Fair, just, or impartial}}
{{trans-top|fair, just, or impartial}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|حَقَّانِي|sc=Arab}}, {{t+|ar|عَدْل|sc=Arab}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|حَقَّانِيّ}}, {{t+|ar|عَدْل}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ғәҙел}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ғәҙел}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|справедлив|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|bg|безпристрастен|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|справедлив|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|bg|безпристрастен|sc=Cyrl}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|rechtvaardig}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|rechtvaardig}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|oikeudenmukainen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|oikeudenmukainen}}
* German: {{t+|de|ehrlich}}, {{t+|de|fair}}, {{t+|de|gerecht}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|xusto|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|ehrlich}}, {{t+|de|fair}}, {{t+|de|gerecht}}, {{t+|de|unparteiisch}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|méltányos}}, {{t+|hu|igazságos}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|equo|m}}, {{t+|it|giusto|m}}, {{t+|it|bilanciato|m}}, {{t+|it|equilibrato|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tōkeke}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|justo|m}}, {{t+|pt|imparcial}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|justo|m}}, {{t+|pt|imparcial}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|echitabil|m|n}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|echitabil|m|n}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|adâletle}}, {{t+|tr|adâletli}}, {{t+|tr|âdil}}, {{t+|tr|bîtaraf}}, {{t|tr|eşitlikçi}}, {{t+|tr|haktanır}}, {{t+|tr|tarafsız}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|справедли́вый}}, {{t+|ru|беспристра́стный}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|adâletle}}, {{t|tr|adâletli}}, {{t|tr|âdil}}, {{t|tr|bîtaraf}}, {{t|tr|eşitlikçi}}, {{t+|tr|haktanır}}, {{t+|tr|tarafsız}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|справедливий|m}}, {{t|uk|неупереджений|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|مُنصِفانہ|tr=munsifānā}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|مُنصِفانہ|tr=munsifānā}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


===See also===
----
* {{l|en|equitabilis}}


==Middle French==
==Middle French==


===Alternative forms===
===Alternative forms===
* {{l/frm|aequitable}}
* {{l|frm|aequitable}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{frm-adj|mf}}
{{frm-adj|mf}}


# {{l|en|equitable}} {{gloss|fair, just, even, balance}}
# {{l|en|equitable}} {{gloss|fair, just, even, balanced}}


====Descendants====
====Descendants====
* French: [[équitable]]
* {{desc|fr|équitable}}
** English: {{l|en|equitable}}
** {{desc|en|equitable}}

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Latest revision as of 11:01, 2 June 2024

See also: équitable

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Etymology

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From French équitable, from Old French, from equité (“equity”).

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Adjective

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equitable (comparative more equitable, superlative most equitable)

  1. Marked by or having equity.
  2. Fair, just, or impartial.
    • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 33:
      I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so equitable a demand.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 254:
      Security can be obtained but by defined rights, and these can be ensured only by equitable laws.

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Middle French

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Adjective

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equitable m or f (plural equitables)

  1. equitable (fair, just, even, balanced)

Descendants

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  • French: équitable
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