national

See also: National and național

English

Etymology

nation +‎ -al; From Middle French national; see nation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæʃ(ə)nəl/

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Adjective

national (comparative more national, superlative most national)

1. Of or having to do with a nation.
2. (by extension) Of or having to do with a country (sovereign state).

   Import tariffs were raised for the national interest.

Usage notes

See nation for notes regarding the usage of national to refer to the UK and its member states.

Derived terms

Terms derived from national

• Grand National
• international
• multinational
• national academy
• national accounting
• national airline
• national anthem
• national archive
• National Assembly
• national assistance
• national average
• national bank
• national bread
• national call
• national character
• national church
• national code
• National Convention
• national costume
• National Country Party
• national court
• National Covenant
• National Curriculum
• national day
• national debt
• national emblem
• national epic
• national flour
• National Front
• national grid
• National Guard
• national health
• National Health Service
• national holiday
• National Hunt
• national income
• national insurance
• nationalise, nationalize
• nationalism
• nationality
• nationalizer
• National League
• National Liberation Front
• national loaf
• nationally
• National Mark
• national minority
• national mourning
• nationalness
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• national park
• National Party
• national product
• National Republicans
• national revival
• national school
• national security
• national service
• National Socialism
• national superannuation
• National Tests
• national treasure
• National Trust
• national unity government
• supranational
• transnational

 

Translations

of or having to do with a nation

• Afrikaans: nasionaal (af)
• Albanian: kombëtar (sq)
• Arabic: وَطَنِيّ m (waṭaniyy), قَوْمِيّ m (qawmiyy)
• Armenian: ազգային (hy) (azgayin)
• Asturian: nacional
• Azerbaijani: milli, ümummilli
• Basque: herriko, nazional
• Belarusian: нацыяна́льны (nacyjanálʹny), наро́дны (naródny), дзяржа́ўны (dzjaržáŭny)
• Bengali: জাতীয় (jatiẏo)
• Bulgarian: национа́лен (bg) (nacionálen), наро́ден (bg) (naróden)
• Burmese: နိုင်ငံ (my) (nuingngam)
• Catalan: nacional (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國家的／国家的 (zh), 国家的 (zh) (guójiā de), 全國性／全国性 (zh) (quánguóxìng), 全国性 (zh) (quánguóxìng), 國民的／国民的 (zh), 国民的 (zh) (guómín de), 國立的／国立的 (zh), 国立的 (zh) (guólì de)

• Cornish: kenedhlek
• Czech: národní (cs)
• Danish: national
• Dutch: nationaal (nl), landelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: nacia
• Estonian: kodanik, rahvuslik, riiklik
• Finnish: kansallinen (fi), kansallis-, kansan, valtakunnan-
• French: national (fr)
• Galician: nacional
• Georgian: ეროვნული (erovnuli), ნაციონალური (nacionaluri)
• German: national (de), Staats-
• Greek: εθνικός (el) m (ethnikós)

  Ancient Greek: ἐθνικός (ethnikós)

• Gujarati: રાષ્ટ્રિય (rāṣṭriya), રાષ્ટ્રીય (rāṣṭrīya)
• Haitian Creole: nasyonal
• Hebrew: לאומי \ לְאֻמִּי (he) (l'umí), אַרְצִי (he) (artsí)
• Hindi: राष्ट्रीय (hi) (rāṣṭrīya)
• Hungarian: nemzeti (hu), országos (hu), állami (hu)
• Hunsrik: nazional
• Icelandic: þjóðlegur (is)
• Indonesian: nasional (id)
• Irish: náisiúnta
• Italian: nazionale (it)
• Japanese: 国家の (ja) (こっかの, kokka no), 国民の (ja) (こくみんの, kokumin no), 国立の (ja) (こくりつの, kokuritsu no)
• Kazakh: ұлттық (kk) (ūlttyq)
• Khmer: ជាតិ (km) (ciət)
• Korean: 국가의 (ko) (gukgaui), 국민의 (ko) (gungminui), 국립 (ko) (gungnip)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نەتەوەیێتی (neteweyêtî), نیشتیمانی (nîştîmanî)

• Kyrgyz: улуттук (ky) (uluttuk)
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• Lao: ຊາດ (lo) (sāt)
• Latin: nātiōnālis
• Latvian: nacionāls
• Lithuanian: nacionalinis (lt)
• Macedonian: национа́лен (nacionálen), народен (naroden)
• Malay: nasional, bangsa, kebangsaan
• Maltese: nazzjonali
• Mongolian: үндэсний (ündesnii), улсын (mn) (ulsyn)
• Nepali: राष्ट्रिय (rāṣṭriya)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nasjonal

  Nynorsk: nasjonal

• Occitan: nacional (oc)
• Persian: ملی (fa) (melli), ناسیونال (fa) (nâsionâl)
• Polish: narodowy (pl)
• Portuguese: nacional (pt)
• Punjabi: ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ (rāśṭarī)
• Romanian: național (ro)
• Russian: национа́льный (ru) (nacionálʹnyj), наро́дный (ru) (naródnyj)
• Sanskrit: राष्ट्रीय (sa) (rāṣṭrīya)
• Scots: naitional
• Scottish Gaelic: nàiseanta
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: национални, народни

  Roman: nacionalni (sh), narodni (sh)

• Slovak: národný (sk)
• Slovene: državen, naroden, nacionalen
• Spanish: nacional (es)
• Swedish: nationell (sv)
• Tagalog: nasyonal (tl), pambansa (tl)
• Tajik: миллӣ (tg) (millī)
• Tamil: தேசிய (tēciya)
• Telugu: జాతీయ (te) (jātīya)
• Thai: ประจำชาติ (bprà jam châat), ชาติ (th) (châat)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: millî (tr), ulusal (tr)
• Turkmen: milli
• Ukrainian: націона́льний (uk) (nacionálʹnyj), наро́дний (naródnyj)
• Urdu: قومی (qaumi)
• Uyghur: مىللىي (milliy), دۆلەتلىك (döletlik)
• Uzbek: milliy (uz), davlat (uz)
• Vietnamese: dân tộc (vi), quốc gia (vi)
• Welsh: cenedlaethol (cy)
• Yiddish: נאַציאָנאַל (natsyonal)

of or having to do with a country

• Belarusian: дзяржа́ўны (dzjaržáŭny)
• Bulgarian: държа́вен (bg) (dǎržáven)
• Czech: státní (cs)
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• German: Staats- (de), national (de)
• Russian: госуда́рственный (ru) (gosudárstvennyj)
• Ukrainian: держа́вний (uk) (deržávnyj)

Noun

national (plural nationals)

1. A subject of a nation.

   The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty.

2. (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.

Translations

subject

• Finnish: kansalainen (fi)
• Galician: cidadán m
• German: Staatsangehöriger (de) m, Staatsangehörige (de) f, Staatsbürger (de) m, Staatsbürgerin (de) f, Bürger (de) m, Bürgerin (de) f
• Irish: náisiúnach m
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• Latin: gentilicius m, gentīlicia f, gentīlicium n
• Russian: гражданин (ru) (graždanin)
• Spanish: ciudadano (es) m
• Swedish: medborgare (sv) c

tournament

• Finnish: kansallinen kilpailu
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Further reading

• “national”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “national”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nataloin, notalian

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Danish

Adjective

national

1. national

Inflection

Inflection of national
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte 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

• international

References

• “national” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Etymology

nation +‎ -al; cf. New Latin nationalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.sjɔ.nal/

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Adjective

national (feminine nationale, masculine plural nationaux, feminine plural nationales)

1. national

Derived terms

• international
• supranational

Further reading

• “national”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Etymology

Derived from Nation (“nation”) under the influence of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French national.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnatsi̯oˈnaːl/, [ˌna.tsjoˈnaːl], /ˈnatsi̯oˌnaːl/, [ˈna.tsjoˌnaːl]

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

national (comparative nationaler, superlative am nationalsten)

1. national (being part of the national identity)

   eine nationale Tradition — a national tradition

   die nationale Sprache (≈ die Nationalsprache) — the national language

   nationale Eigenarten — national characteristics

2. national (of importance for, or to the benefit of the nation as a whole)

   nationale Belange — national interests

   eine nationale Katastrophe — a national catastrophe

   der nationale Dialog — the national dialogue

3. 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

4. (moderately) nationalist

   das nationale Lager — the nationalist camp

   Sozialismus nationaler Prägung — socialism with a nationalist imprint

Usage notes

• 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 most often modeled on English usage: ein nationaler Gesangswettbewerb — a national singing competition. The more idiomatic German word is landesweit: ein landesweiter Gesangswettbewerb.

Derived terms

• Nationalismus
• Nationalität
• Nationalfeiertag
• Nationalmannschaft
• Nationalmeisterschaft
• Nationalsozialismus
• Nationalspieler

Further reading

• “national” in Duden online