international

See also: International

English

Etymology

inter- (among, between, amid) + national (having to do with a nation). Reportedly coined in modern English by Jeremy Bentham

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)l/, [ˌɪntəˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)l/, [ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ], [ˌɪɾ̃ɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ]

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

international (comparative more international, superlative most international)

1. Of or having to do with more than one nation.
2. Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nations.
3. Of or concerning the association called the International.
4. Independent of national boundaries; common to all people.
   • 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19: 

     It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind.

   The atmosphere is an international resource.

   the international community of scholars

5. Foreign; of another nation.

   an international student

Translations

between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations

• Arabic: دُوَليّ m (duwaliyy)
• Armenian: միջազգային (miǰazgayin)
• Asturian: internacional
• Azeri: beynəlxalq
• Basque: nazioarteko, internazional
• Belarusian: міжнародны (mižnarodny)
• Bengali: আন্তর্জাতিক (antôrjatik)
• Breton: etrebroadel (br)
• Bulgarian: международен (bg) (meždunaroden)
• Catalan: internacional
• Cherokee: ᎡᎶᎯ (chr) (elohi), ᎠᏰᎵᏚᎾᏙᏢᏒ (ayelidunadotlvsv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 國際, simpl. 国际 (guójì)

  Min Nan: trad. 國際, simpl. 国际 (kok-chè)

• Czech: mezinárodní (cs) m
• Dutch: internationaal (nl)
• Esperanto: internacia
• Estonian: rahvusvaheline
• Faroese: altjóða
• Finnish: kansainvälinen (fi)
• French: international (fr) m
• Galician: internacional
• Georgian: საერთაშრისო (saert’ašriso)
• German: international (de)
• Greek: διεθνής (el) m (diethnís)
• Haitian Creole: entènasyonal
• Hebrew: בינלאמי
• Hindi: अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय (antarrāṣṭrīya)
• Hungarian: nemzetközi (hu)

• Icelandic: alþjóðlegur (is)
• Indonesian: mancanegara (id), antarbangsa (id)
• Interlingua: international
• Irish: idirnáisiúnta
• Italian: internazionale (it)
• Japanese: 国際的 (kokusaiteki)
• Korean: 국제 (ko) (國際, guk-je)
• Latvian: starptautisks, internacionāls
• Lithuanian: tarptautinis
• Lojban: sornai
• Macedonian: меѓународен m (meǵunároden), интернационален m (internacionálen)
• Malay: antarabangsa, internasional
• Manx: eddyr-ashoonagh
• Persian: بین‌المللی (beynolmelali), اینترناسیونال (internâsionâl)
• Polish: międzynarodowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: internacional (pt)
• Romanian: internațional (ro)
• Russian: международный (ru) (meždunaródnyj), интернациональный (ru) (internacionál'nyj)
• Sanskrit: अन्ताराष्ट्रिय (antārāṣṭrīya)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadarnàiseanta
• Spanish: internacional (es)
• Swahili: kimataifa (sw)
• Swedish: internationell (sv)
• Telugu: అంతర్జాతీయ (te) (antarjātēya)
• Turkish: uluslararası (tr), enternasyonal (tr)
• Vietnamese: quốc tế (vi)
• Volapük: bevünetik (vo)

See also

• supranational

Noun

international (plural internationals)

1. (sports) Someone who has represented their country in a particularly sport.

   The United team includes five England internationals.

2. (sports) A game or contest between two or more nations.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ.nal/

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• Homophones: internationale, internationales
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧na‧tio‧nal

Adjective

international m (feminine internationale, masculine plural internationaux, feminine plural internationales)

1. international

   Les Nations Unies sont une organisation internationale.

   The United Nations is an international organization.

Derived terms

• Internationale
• internationaliser
• internationalisation

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German

Adjective

international (not comparable)

1. international

Synonyms

• global, zwischenstaatlich

Declension

Declension of international

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist international	sie ist international	es ist international	sie sind international
strong declension (without article)	nominative	internationaler	internationale	internationales	internationale
	genitive	internationalen	internationaler	internationalen	internationaler
	dative	internationalem	internationaler	internationalem	internationalen
	accusative	internationalen	internationale	internationales	internationale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der internationale	die internationale	das internationale	die internationalen
	genitive	des internationalen	der internationalen	des internationalen	der internationalen
	dative	dem internationalen	der internationalen	dem internationalen	den internationalen
	accusative	den internationalen	die internationale	das internationale	die internationalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein internationaler	eine internationale	ein internationales	(keine) internationalen
	genitive	eines internationalen	einer internationalen	eines internationalen	(keiner) internationalen
	dative	einem internationalen	einer internationalen	einem internationalen	(keinen) internationalen
	accusative	einen internationalen	eine internationale	ein internationales	(keine) internationalen

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.ter.na.tsjoˈnal/

Adjective

international (comparative plus international, superlative le plus international)

1. international