executive order

English

Noun

executive order (plural executive orders)

1. (law, chiefly US) An ordinance issued by the authority of the head of the executive branch of government.
   • 2025 January 20, Donald Trump, Inaugural Address (2025):

     Today I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America, and the revolution of common sense.

Translations

decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government

• Arabic: أَمْرٌ تَنْفِيذِيٌّ m (ʔamrun tanfīḏiyyun)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 行政命令 (hang⁴ zing³ ming⁶ ling⁶)

  Mandarin: 行政命令 (zh) (xíngzhèng mìnglìng)

• Finnish: presidentin asetus, asetus (fi) (closest equivalent)
• French: ordonnance (fr) f
• Georgian: განკარგულება (ganḳarguleba), მთავრობის განკარგულება (mtavrobis ganḳarguleba), აღმასრულებელი განკარგულება (aɣmasrulebeli ganḳarguleba)
• Greek: πράξη νομοθετικού περιεχομένου f (práxi nomothetikoú periechoménou)
• Italian: decreto legge (it) m
• Japanese: 大統領令 (daitōryōrei)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: dekret prezydencki m
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• order-in-council
• presidential memorandum

References

• “executive order”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “executive order”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• "order" at Law.com Dictionary