national
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French national, corresponding to nation + -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnaʃ.ə.nəl/, [ˈnaʃ.ə.nɫ̩]; /ˈnaʃ.n̩əl/, [ˈnaʃ.n̩ɫ̩]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈnæʃ.ə.nəl/, [ˈnæʃ.ə.nɫ̩]; /ˈnæʃ.n̩əl/, [ˈnæʃ.n̩ɫ̩]
- Rhymes: -æʃənəl
Adjective
[edit]national (comparative more national, superlative most national)
- Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation; the state. [from 16th c.]
- a national assembly · on the front page of every national newspaper
- Import tariffs were raised for the national interest.
- Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others. [from 17th c.]
- this is their national dish · our national tendency to laugh at the French
- (now rare) Nationalistic; patriotic. [from 17th c.]
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 599:
- ‘Come, come, don't deny it: they are really national. Why, now, the Adams are as liberal-minded men as any in the world: but, I don't know how it is, all their workmen are Scotch.’
Usage notes
[edit]See nation for notes regarding the usage of national to refer to the UK and its member states.
Derived terms
[edit]- anational
- antinational
- anti-national
- binational
- consensus national champion
- crossnational
- cross-national
- DINB
- ethnonational
- extranational
- foreign national
- Grand National
- gross national happiness
- gross national income
- gross national product
- homonational
- infranational
- international
- intranational
- macronational
- micronational
- mononational
- multinational
- national academy
- national accounting
- national airline
- national amnesia
- national-anarchism
- national-anarchist
- national anthem
- national archive
- national assembly
- National Assembly
- national assistance
- national average
- national bank
- national bourgeoisie
- national bread
- national call
- National Capital Region
- national character
- national church
- national code
- national conservatism
- national conservative
- national convention
- National Convention
- national costume
- National Country Party
- national court
- National Covenant
- National Curriculum
- national day
- national debt
- National Diet
- national dress
- national emblem
- national emergency
- national epic
- national flag
- national flour
- National Forest
- National Front
- national grid
- National Guard
- national health
- National Health Service
- National Heroes Day
- national holiday
- National Hunt
- national income
- national insurance
- national interest
- nationalise, nationalize
- nationalism
- nationality
- nationalization
- nationalizer
- National League
- National Liberation Front
- national loaf
- nationally
- National Mark
- national minority
- national monument
- national mourning
- nationalness
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- national park, National Park
- National Party
- national product
- national question
- National Republican
- National Republicans
- national revival
- national road
- national school
- national school bus chrome
- national secondary school
- national security
- national service
- national serviceman
- National Sleepy Head Day
- National Socialism
- national socialist
- national sports team
- national superannuation
- National Tests
- national treasure
- National Trust
- national-type school
- national unity government
- non-national
- nonnational
- Old National Pronunciation
- plurinational
- postnational
- prenational
- pseudonational
- quadrinational
- sub-national
- subnational
- supernational
- supranational
- transnational
- trinational
- ultranational
- uninational
- unnational
Translations
[edit]pertaining to a nation or country; the state
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Noun
[edit]national (plural nationals)
- A subject of a nation.
- The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty.
- (usually in the plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.
- After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals.
- (usually in the plural, journalism) A national newspaper.
- 1978, “Blondes (Have More Fun)”, performed by Rod Stewart:
- I had a crush on Bardot / Fell in love with Monroe / Read about 'em in the nationals / All the juicy little scandals
- (law) Somebody born under the authority of a given country.
- Antonyms: alien, foreigner
- Coordinate terms: nationality, citizen
Translations
[edit]subject
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tournament
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Further reading
[edit]- “national”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “national”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin nationalis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [naɕoˈnæˀl], occasionally (to stress the opposition to international) IPA(key): [ˈnaɕoˌnæˀl]
Adjective
[edit]national
- national, having to do with a particular country in opposition to other nations
- Antonym: international
- national, having to do with the whole and not only single parts of it
- Antonym: regional
- patriotic, having positive feelings for one's own nation
Inflection
[edit]| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | national | — | —2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | nationalt | — | —2 |
| plural | nationale | — | —2 |
| definite attributive1 | nationale | — | — |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nation + -al. Compare New Latin nātiōnālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]national (feminine nationale, masculine plural nationaux, feminine plural nationales)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “national”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Borrowed from New Latin nātionālis and influence of French national.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌnatsi̯oˈnaːl/, [ˌna.tsjoˈnaːl], /ˈnatsi̯oˌnaːl/, [ˈna.tsjoˌnaːl]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
[edit]national (strong nominative masculine singular nationaler, comparative nationaler, superlative am nationalsten)
- national (being part of a nation's identity or character)
- eine nationale Tradition ― a national tradition
- die nationale Sprache (≈ die Nationalsprache) ― the national language
- nationale Eigenarten ― national characteristics
- national (of importance for the nation as a whole)
- nationale Belange ― national interests
- eine nationale Katastrophe ― a national catastrophe
- der nationale Dialog ― the national dialogue
- nationwide, national (covering a country, as opposed to regional and international levels; see usage note below)
- nationale Parlamente (≈ Nationalparlamente) ― national parliaments
- auf nationaler Ebene ― on the national level
- die nationale Gesetzgebung ― national legislation
- (moderately) nationalist
- das nationale Lager ― the nationalist camp
- Sozialismus nationaler Prägung ― socialism with a nationalist imprint
Usage notes
[edit]- The comparative forms are infrequent.
- German national in the sense of “nationwide” occurs chiefly in a political context, as shown in the examples above. Its use in other contexts is often modeled on English usage: ein nationaler Gesangswettbewerb (“a national singing competition”). The more idiomatic German word is landesweit or, in the cases of Germany and Austria specifically, bundesweit: ein landesweiter/bundesweiter Gesangswettbewerb.
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
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