annulment

English

Etymology

Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈnʌl.mənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

annulment (countable and uncountable, plural annulments)

1. An act or instance of annulling.
2. The state of having been annulled.
3. (law) An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
4. (law) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
5. (archaic) Total destruction.

Synonyms

• abolition
• nullification (cognate)
• cancellation

Derived terms

• disannulment
• nonannulment

 

Translations

act or instance of annulling

• Bulgarian: отмяна (bg) (otmjana), анулиране (bg) (anulirane)
• Chinese:

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• Danish: annullation (da) c, annullering (da) c
• Dutch: tenietdoening f, annulatie (nl) f, annullering, herroeping (nl) f, annulering (nl) f
• Finnish: kumoaminen (fi), mitätöiminen (fi), mitätöinti (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} annulation (fr)
• German: Annullierung (de) f
• Greek: ανάκληση (el) (anáklisi)
• Hungarian: érvénytelenítés (hu), megsemmisítés (hu), hatálytalanítás (hu), storno (hu), sztornó (hu), sztornózás, sztornírozás
• Latin: abolitiō f
• Maori: whakakāhoretanga
• Ottoman Turkish: ابطال (ibtal)
• Polish: anulowanie (pl) n, abolicja (pl) f, unieważnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: anulação (pt) f
• Romanian: anulare (ro)
• Russian: отме́на (ru) f (otména), аннули́рование (ru) n (annulírovanije), упраздне́ние (ru) n (uprazdnénije)
• Spanish: anulación (es) f
• Yiddish: אַנולירונג f (anulirung)

state of having been annulled

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: mitättömyys (fi)
• Hungarian: semmisség (hu)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid

• Bulgarian: анулиране (bg) (anulirane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宣告無效／宣告无效 (xuāngào wúxiào)

• Danish: annullation (da) c
• Dutch: vernietiging (nl) f, nietigverklaring (nl) f
• Finnish: mitätöiminen (fi), mitätöinti (fi)
• French: annulation (fr)
• German: Annullierung (de) f
• Greek: ακύρωση (el) f (akýrosi)
• Hungarian: hatályon kívül helyezés, semmítés
• Polish: anulowanie (pl) n, abolicja (pl) f, unieważnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: anulação (pt) f
• Romanian: anulare (ro), invalidare (ro)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: אַנולירונג f (anulirung)

legal invalidation of a marriage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宣告無效／宣告无效 (xuāngào wúxiào)

• Dutch: ontbinding (nl), nietigverklaring (nl) f (van een huwelijk)
• Finnish: avioliiton mitätöinti
• French: annulation (fr) (d'un marriage)
• German: Nichtigerklärung
• Hungarian: felbontás (hu), érvénytelenítés (hu)
• Portuguese: anulação (pt) f
• Spanish: anulación (es) f

total destruction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: annullation (da) c, annullering (da) c
• Dutch: vernietiging (nl) f
• Finnish: täystuho (fi)
• Polish: skasowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: aniquilação (pt) f
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can