constitution

Meaning

1. The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
2. The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
3. A legal document describing such a formal system.
4. A document issued by a religious authority serving to promulgate some particular church laws or doctrines.
5. A person's physical makeup or temperament, especially in respect of robustness.
6. (dated) The general health of a person.

Synonyms

composition

law

structure

physique

makeup

formation

health

⚕️

build

frame

organic law

rule

fundamental law

temperament

organization

organism

organisation

charter

disposition

body

make-up

conformation

establishment

statute

code

physical composition

construction

🚧

regulation

temper

condition

figure

fabric

nature

make

form

establishing

erection

complexity

entity

enactment

compact

direction

commendation

decree

layout

covenant

collecting

arrangement

leadership

introduction

control

Translations

constitution

Verfassung

costituzione

constitución

constituição

σύνταγμα

grondwet

anayasa

Konstitution

constitució

دستور

Grundgesetz

constitutie

Körperbau

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: constitucioun

Cognate with French: constitution

In summary

PIE word
*ḱóm
From Middle English constitucioun, constitucion (“edict, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, statute; body of laws or rules, or customs; body of fundamental principles; principle or rule (of science); creation”) from Old French constitucion (modern French constitution), a learned borrowing from Latin cōnstitūtiō, cōnstitūtiōnem (“character, constitution, disposition, nature; definition; point in dispute; order, regulation; arrangement, system”), from cōnstituō (“to establish, set up; to confirm; to decide, resolve”). Equivalent to constitute + -ion.