Feminine
Meaning
- (feminine) justice
- (feminine, metonymically) court
Concepts
Department of Justice
DoJ
Justice Department
judicial system
Synonyms
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Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʒusˈt͡ʃi.sɐ/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese justiça, borrowed from Latin iūstitia (“justice”). Cognate with Galician xustiza, Spanish justicia, Catalan justícia, Occitan justícia, French justice, Italian giustizia, Sicilian justizzia and Romanian justiție. See also justeza, possibly a doublet.
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