interdisciplinar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-lbor.

Portuguese inter-

Portuguese disciplinar

Portuguese interdisciplinar

From inter- + disciplinar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.teɾ.d͡ʒi.si.pliˈnaʁ/ [ˌĩ.teɾ.d͡ʒi.si.pliˈnah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.teɾ.d͡ʒi.si.pliˈnaʁ/ [ˌĩ.teɾ.d͡ʒi.si.pliˈnah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.teɾ.d͡ʒi.si.pliˈnaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.teɾ.d͡ʒi.si.pliˈnaʁ/ [ˌĩ.teɾ.d͡ʒi.si.pliˈnaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.teɾ.d͡ʒi.si.pliˈnaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful) /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.diʃ.si.pliˈnaɾ/ [ˌĩ.tɛɾ.ðiʃ.si.pliˈnaɾ], /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.di.ʃi.pliˈnaɾ/ [ˌĩ.tɛɾ.ði.ʃi.pliˈnaɾ], (careful) /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.dɨʃ.si.pliˈnaɾ/ [ˌĩ.tɛɾ.ðɨʃ.si.pliˈnaɾ], /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.dɨ.ʃi.pliˈnaɾ/ [ˌĩ.tɛɾ.ðɨ.ʃi.pliˈnaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful) /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.diʃ.si.pliˈnaɾ/ [ˌĩ.tɛɾ.ðiʃ.si.pliˈnaɾ], /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.di.ʃi.pliˈnaɾ/ [ˌĩ.tɛɾ.ði.ʃi.pliˈnaɾ], (careful) /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.dɨʃ.si.pliˈnaɾ/ [ˌĩ.tɛɾ.ðɨʃ.si.pliˈnaɾ], /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.dɨ.ʃi.pliˈnaɾ/ [ˌĩ.tɛɾ.ðɨ.ʃi.pliˈnaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful) /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.diʃ.si.pliˈna.ɾi/, /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.di.ʃi.pliˈna.ɾi/, (careful) /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.dɨʃ.si.pliˈna.ɾi/, /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.dɨ.ʃi.pliˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧dis‧ci‧pli‧nar

Adjective

interdisciplinar m or f (plural interdisciplinares, not comparable)

1. interdisciplinary (encompassing multiple academic disciplines)

Further reading

• “interdisciplinar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “interdisciplinar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “interdisciplinar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “interdisciplinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin interlbor.

French inter-

Latin disciplīnalbor.

French discipline

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusder.

French -aire

French disciplinaire

French interdisciplinairebor.

Romanian interdisciplinar

Borrowed from French interdisciplinaire. By surface analysis, inter- + disciplinar.

Adjective

interdisciplinar m or n (feminine singular interdisciplinară, masculine plural interdisciplinari, feminine/neuter plural interdisciplinare)

1. interdisciplinary

Declension

Declension of interdisciplinar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	interdisciplinar		interdisciplinară	interdisciplinari	interdisciplinare
	definite	interdisciplinarul		interdisciplinara	interdisciplinarii	interdisciplinarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	interdisciplinar		interdisciplinare	interdisciplinari	interdisciplinare
	definite	interdisciplinarului		interdisciplinarei	interdisciplinarilor	interdisciplinarelor

Related terms

• interdisciplinaritate

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-lbor.

Spanish inter-

Latin disciplinārisder.

Spanish disciplinar

Spanish interdisciplinar

From inter- + disciplinar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾdisθipliˈnaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.ð̞is.θi.pliˈnaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /inteɾdisipliˈnaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.ð̞i.si.pliˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧dis‧ci‧pli‧nar

Adjective

interdisciplinar m or f (masculine and feminine plural interdisciplinares)

1. interdisciplinary

   Synonym: interdisciplinario

   • 2015 July 19, ““El mundo tiene que ir más rápido para solucionar el cambio climático””, in El País‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 March 2026:

     Fue el primer galardonado con el Nobel en ser nombrado ministro en EEUU. Con 10 patentes y más de 250 artículos científicos publicados, Chu sigue liderando un grupo de investigación interdisciplinar en la Universidad de Stanford (cerca de San Francisco, California).

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Further reading

• “interdisciplinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025