non-governmental organization

English

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

non-governmental organization (plural non-governmental organizations, abbreviation NGO)

A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control).
Antonym: governmental organization

Hypernyms

organization

Translations

organization with no direct government control

Abkhaz: иеиҳабыратəым аиҿкаара (jejḥabəratʼəəm ajĉʼkʼaara)
Albanian: organizatë joqeveritare m
Arabic: مُنَظَّمَة غَيْر حُكُومِيَّة f (munaẓẓama ḡayr ḥukūmiyya)
Armenian: ոչ կառավարական կազմակերպություն (hy) (očʻ kaṙavarakan kazmakerputʻyun)
Avar: хӏукуматалъул гьечӏеб организация (ḥʳukumatalˢul hečʼeb organizacija)
Azerbaijani: qeyri-hökümət təşkilatı
Belarusian: грама́дская арганіза́цыя f (hramádskaja arhanizácyja), неўрадавая арганізацыя (njewradavaja arhanizacyja)
Bulgarian: неправи́телствена организа́ция f (nepravítelstvena organizácija)
Chechen: ӏедалх йозуш йоцу организаци (ˀedalx jozuš jocu organizaci)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 非政府組織 / 非政府组织 (zh) (fēizhèngfǔ zǔzhī)
Czech: nevládní organizace f
Dutch: niet-gouvernementele organisatie f
Finnish: kansalaisjärjestö (fi)
French: organisation non gouvernementale (fr) f
Georgian: არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაცია (arasamtavrobo organizacia)
German: Nichtregierungsorganisation (de) f, nichtstaatliche Organisation (de) f
Hungarian: nem kormányzati szervezet, civil szervezet (hu)
Indonesian: lembaga swadaya masyarakat (id), organisasi nonpemerintah (id)
Italian: organizzazione non governativa f
Japanese: 非政府組織 (ja) (ひせいふそしき, hiseifu soshiki)
Kazakh: бейүкіметтік ұйым (beiükımettık ūiym)
Latvian: sabiedriska organizācija f
Malay: pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (ms)
Malayalam: സർക്കാരിതര സംഘടന (saṟkkāritara saṅghaṭana)
Norwegian: ikke-statlig organisasjon
Ossetian: ӕнӕхицауадон организаци (ænæxicawadon organizaci)
Polish: organizacja pozarządowa (pl) f
Portuguese: organização não-governamental f
Romanian: organizație non-guvernamentală f
Russian: обще́ственная организа́ция (ru) f (obščéstvennaja organizácija), неправи́тельственная организа́ция f (nepravítelʹstvennaja organizácija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: невладина организација f

Latin: nevladina organizacija f
Slovak: mimovládna organizácia f
Slovene: nevladna organizacija f
Spanish: organización no gubernamental f
Swahili: shirika lisilo la kiserikali
Swedish: icke-statlig organisation, enskild organisation c
Thai: องค์การนอกภาครัฐ (ong-gaan-nɔ̂ɔk-pâak-rát)
Turkish: sivil toplum kuruluşu (tr)
Ukrainian: грома́дська організа́ція f (hromádsʹka orhanizácija), недержавна організація (nederžavna orhanizacija)
Uyghur: غەيرى ھۆكۈمەت تەشكىلاتى (gheyri hökümet teshkilati)

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Albanian: organizata joqeveritare
Armenian: հասարակական կազմակերպություն (hy) (hasarakakan kazmakerputʻyun)
Basque: Gobernuz Kanpoko Erakunde
Catalan: organització no governamental f
Chinese:
Hokkien: hui-chèng-hú cho͘-chit
Galician: organización non gobernamental (gl) f
Georgian: არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაცია (arasamtavrobo organizacia)
Greek: μη κυβερνητικές οργανώσεις (mi kyvernitikés organóseis)
Hindi: अशासकीय संस्था (aśāskīya sansthā)
Indonesian: lembaga swadaya masyarakat (id)
Korean: 비정부 기구 (bijeongbu gigu)
Lithuanian: nevyriausybinė organizacija
Luxembourgish: Netregierungsorganisatioun
Malay: pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (ms)
Persian: سازمان غیردولتی
Quechua: mana kamachiy tantanakuy
Swahili: Shirika Lisilo la Kiserikali
Tagalog: di-pampamahalaang organisasyon
Tamil: அரச சார்பற்ற அமைப்பு (araca cārpaṟṟa amaippu)
Thai: องค์การสาธารณประโยชน์ (ong gaan săataaráná pràyòht)
Vietnamese: tổ chức phi chính phủ (vi)
Walloon: soce nén loyeye a on govienmint