English Dictionary

illegitimate

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmət/

形容詞

古風

Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards. / Not in accordance with the law. / Born to unmarried parents.

日本語の意味

確立された原則や基準に従わない / 法に則っていない / 婚外子である、または婚姻外の

The committee rejected the illegitimate proposal that ignored the established guidelines.

委員会は、確立されたガイドラインに従っていないとして、その正当性のない提案を却下した。

意味（1）

Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards.

[…] it may be impossible to convince them that the illegitimate power which they obtain, by degrading themselves, is a curse […]

意味（2）

Not in accordance with the law.

[…] if things went on at this rate it would be doubtful soon whether ever again he would be able to win another election by methods legitimate or illegitimate.

意味（3）

Born to unmarried parents.

an illegitimate child

意味（4）

(dated) Having a child or children with a person to whom one is not married.

She had only to collect her memories, which proved to her that “anybody” regarded the illegitimate children as more rightfully to be looked shy on and deprived of social advantages than illegitimate fathers.

意味（5）

Not correctly deduced.

an illegitimate inference

意味（6）

Not authorized by good usage; not genuine.

an illegitimate word

意味（7）

(botany) Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.

illegitimate union; illegitimate fertilization

more illegitimate （ comparative ）

most illegitimate （ superlative ）