treaty
Syllables: trea·tyUK/ˈtɹiːti//ˈtɹiti/
treaty noun: a formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
Noun
treaty (countable and uncountable, plural treaties)
- A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
- to sign a peace treaty
- to write up a treaty touching climate change
- Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.
- To a meeting of the executors of late Viscˢˢᵉ Mordaunt's estate, to consider of the sale of Parsons Greene; being in treaty with Mr. Loftus, and to settle the halfe yeare's account.1680 May 9 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 30 April 1680]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I...
- Chiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.
- The manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour.
- Hoſ[t]. They call me Good-ſtock. / Lov[el]. Sir, and you confeſſe it, / Both i'your language, treaty, and your bearing.1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii
- The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment.
- A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise.
- And though Galen doth ſometime nibble at Moſes, and beſide the Apoſtate Chriſtian, ſome Heathens have queſtioned his Philoſophicall part or treaty of the Creation: Yet is there ſurely no reaſonable Pagan, that will not admire the rationall and well grounded precepts of Chriſt; […]1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Second Cause of Popular Errors; the Erroneous Disposition of the People”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and...
- The Miniſters in Holland did upon this occaſion ſhew a very particular violence. In their ſermons, and in ſome printed treaties, they charged the Judges with corruption, who had carried the ſentence no farther than to baniſhment: And compared the fate of the De Wits to Haman’s.a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, “Book II. Of the First Twelve Years of the Reign of King Charles II. from the Year 1660 to the Year 1673.”, in [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], editor, Bishop Burnet’s...
- An act of beseeching or entreating; an entreaty, a plea, a request.
- Now I must / To the young man ſend humble Treaties, dodge / And palter in the ſhifts of lovvnes, vvho / VVith halfe the bulke o' th' vvorld plaid as I pleas'd, / Making, and marring Fortunes.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
Verb
treaty (third-person singular simple present treaties, present participle treatying, simple past and past participle treatied)
- To get into (a specific situation) through a treaty.
- To enter into a treaty.
treaty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
treaty in Hindi
- formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law
- सन्धि sandhi
treaty in Tamil
- formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law
- உடன்படிக்கை uṭaṉpaṭikkai
treaty in Urdu
- formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law
- مُعاہَدَہ mu'āhada, عَہْد نامَہ 'ahd nāma, پَیمان paimān
treaty in Bengali
- formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law
- চুক্তি cukti
More languagesFewer languages
- treaty in Telugu
- ఒడంబడిక oḍambaḍika
- treaty in Malayalam
- ഉടമ്പടി uṭampaṭi
- treaty in Kannada
- ಒಪ್ಪಂದ, ಒಡಂಬಡಿಕೆ, ಕಂಡಣೆ, ಸಂಧಿ
- treaty in Punjabi
- ਸੰਧੀ sandhī
- treaty in Odia
- ଚୁକ୍ତି cukti
- treaty in Pashto
- معاهده mo'āheda, مقاوله moqāwela, پيمان paymān
- treaty in Tagalog
- kasunduan
- treaty in Arabic
- مُعَاهَدَة muʕāhada, مُقَاوَلَة muqāwala, مُشَارَطَة mušāraṭa
- treaty in Malay
- perjanjian
- treaty in Indonesian
- traktat, perjanjian
- treaty in Thai
- สนธิสัญญา sǒn-tí-sǎn-yaa, ข้อตกลง kɔ̂ɔ-dtòk-long, กติกา gà-dtì-gaa, อนุสัญญา à-nú-sǎn-yaa
- treaty in Vietnamese
- điều ước, hiệp ước
- treaty in Myanmar
- စာချုပ် cahkyup
Examples of treaty in a sentence
- A treaty was concluded between the race of elves and the race of men.
- According to international treaties, it is illegal to execute prisoners of war.
- They failed to respect the treaty they had signed, and invaded.
Forms of treaty
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | treaties |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | treaties |
| present participle | treatying |
| past participle | treatied |
| past | treatied |
Origin of treaty
The noun is derived from Middle English trete, trety (“bargaining, negotiation; discussion; conference, meeting; entreaty, persuasion; agreement, contract, covenant; arrangement, settlement; agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; written work on a particular subject, treatise; subdivision of a written work, section”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman treté, traité, treaté, and Old French traité, traitié [and other forms] (modern French traité (“agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; treatise”)); traité or traitié is: * a noun use of the past participle of traiter (“to treat; to deal with, handle”), from Latin tractāre, the present active infinitive of tractō (“to drag, haul, tug; to handle, manage; to debate, discuss; to exercise, practise; to perform, transact”), from trahō (“to drag, pull”) + -tō (frequentative suffix); and * also from Latin tractātum (“written work on a particular subject, treatise”), from Latin tractātus (“dragged, hauled, tugged; handled, managed; exercised, practised; performed, transacted”), the perfect passive participle of tractō (see above). The verb is derived from the noun.
Words formed from treaty
- antitreaty
- nontreaty
- peace treaty
- pretreaty
- protreaty
- treaty battleship
- Treatyist
- Treatyite
- treatyless
- treatylike
- treatymaker
- treatymaking
- Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance
- treaty port
- unequal treaty
Phrases with treaty
Words that rhyme with treaty
Questions about treaty
- What does treaty mean?
- Treaty means a formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
- What is treaty in Hindi?
- Treaty in Hindi is सन्धि (sandhi). See Treaty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is treaty?
- Treaty can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce treaty?
- Treaty is pronounced /ˈtɹiːti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of treaty?
- The plural of treaty is treaties.
Words near treaty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: treaty (page history and authors); treaty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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