codification

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkoʊ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkəʊ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

codification (countable and uncountable, plural codifications)

1. The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws.

   The task force spent months on the codification of their mandate.

2. The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way.
   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114:

     The link between language norms and the codification of a language – in dictionaries, grammars and usage guides – is well accepted.

Derived terms

• codificationist
• recodification

 

Translations

the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法律成文化 (fǎlǜ chéngwénhuà), 成文化 (chéngwénhuà), 法典化 (fǎdiǎnhuà)

• Czech: kodifikace f (law, linguistics)
• Dutch: codificatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: kodigo
• Estonian: koodimine
• Finnish: kodifikaatio (fi), koostaminen (fi)
• French: codification (fr) f
• German: Kodifikation (de) f
• Greek: κωδικοποίηση (el) f (kodikopoíisi)
• Indonesian: kodifikasi (id)
• Japanese: 成文化 (せいぶんか, seibunka)
• Polish: kodyfikacja (pl) f
• Romanian: codificare (ro) f
• Russian: кодифика́ция (ru) f (kodifikácija) (law, linguistics, programming)

See also

• legal code

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.di.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

codification f (plural codifications)

1. codification

Further reading

• “codification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.