apostille

== English == === Alternative forms === apostil === Etymology === From French apostille (“a marginal note”), from Latin post (“after”) + illa (“these”) + verba (“words”). === Noun === apostille (plural apostilles) A special certification established in 1961 for certifying foreign documents. ==== Usage notes ==== Under the Hague Convention, signatory countries have agreed to recognize public documents issued by other signatory countries if those public documents are authenticated by the attachment of an internationally recognized form of authentication known as an "apostille." The apostille ensures that public documents issued in one signatory country will be recognized as valid in another signatory country. [1] ==== Translations ==== === Verb === apostille (third-person singular simple present apostilles, present participle apostilling, simple past and past participle apostilled) To authenticate an official document in accordance with the Apostille Convention. === Anagrams === solipetal, tail poles, tail-poles, tailpoles == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: apostillent, apostilles === Noun === apostille f (plural apostilles) apostille ==== Descendants ==== → English: apostille → Portuguese: apostila === Verb === apostille inflection of apostiller: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “apostille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Verb === apostille inflection of apostillar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative