supranational

See also: supranațional

English

Etymology

From supra- +‎ national.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æʃənəl

Adjective

supranational (not comparable)

1. Beyond the borders or scope of any one nation.

   Antonym: infranational

   Global warming is a supranational problem.

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Systems Alliance Codex entry:

     The Systems Alliance is an independent supranational government representing the interests of humanity as a whole. The Alliance is responsible for the governance and defense of all extra-solar colonies and stations. […]

   • 2017 November 13, Derek Thompson, “Why Amazon Thinks You Want to Watch a ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Show (or Five)”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     If its Middle-earth series becomes must-see TV around the world, it would mean millions of new devoted subscribers in the Amazon Prime fellowship, collectively paying billions of dollars, lured by a fleet of dwarves, elves, and hobbits that would, one might say, rule their shopping behaviors and bind them to one supranational force.

Derived terms

• supranationalism
• supranationality
• supranationally

Translations

of greater than national scope

• Catalan: supranacional m or f
• Dutch: supranationaal (nl)
• Esperanto: supernacia
• Finnish: ylikansallinen (fi)
• French: supranational (fr)
• Galician: supranacional m or f
• Georgian: ზეეროვნული (zeerovnuli), სუპრანაციონალური (suṗranacionaluri)
• German: übernational, supranational (de), überstaatlich
• Greek: υπερεθνικός (el) m (yperethnikós)
• Italian: sovranazionale m or f
• Korean: 초국가적 (chogukgajeok)
• Occitan: supranacional
• Polish: ponadpaństwowy m
• Portuguese: supranacional (pt) m or f
• Romanian: supranațional
• Russian: наднациона́льный (ru) (nadnacionálʹnyj), надгосуда́рственный (ru) (nadgosudárstvennyj)
• Sicilian: supranazziunali m or m pl or f or f pl
• Spanish: supranacional (es)
• Turkish: uluslarüstü (tr)

Noun

supranational (plural supranationals)

1. Such a person or organization.
   • 2021, Alexander During, Fixed Income Trading and Risk Management: The Complete Guide, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 147:

     This segment of issuers is known as the supranationals, or supras. Together with regional and agency borrowers, the bonds issued by supranationals form a bond market segment known as SSA (supras, sub-sovereigns and agencies).

See also

• international

Further reading

• supranationalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

supra- (supra-) +‎ national (national) [from 20th century]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.pʁa.na.sjɔ.nal/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: supranationale, supranationales
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

supranational (feminine supranationale, masculine plural supranationaux, feminine plural supranationales)

1. supranational

Derived terms

• supranationalisation
• supranationalisme
• supranationaliste
• supranationalité

 

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

supra- +‎ national

Pronunciation

• (file)

Adjective

supranational (strong nominative masculine singular supranationaler, not comparable)

1. supranational

   Synonyms: übernational, überstaatlich

Declension

Positive forms of supranational (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist supranational	sie ist supranational	es ist supranational	sie sind supranational
strong declension (without article)	nominative	supranationaler	supranationale	supranationales	supranationale
	genitive	supranationalen	supranationaler	supranationalen	supranationaler
	dative	supranationalem	supranationaler	supranationalem	supranationalen
	accusative	supranationalen	supranationale	supranationales	supranationale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der supranationale	die supranationale	das supranationale	die supranationalen
	genitive	des supranationalen	der supranationalen	des supranationalen	der supranationalen
	dative	dem supranationalen	der supranationalen	dem supranationalen	den supranationalen
	accusative	den supranationalen	die supranationale	das supranationale	die supranationalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein supranationaler	eine supranationale	ein supranationales	(keine) supranationalen
	genitive	eines supranationalen	einer supranationalen	eines supranationalen	(keiner) supranationalen
	dative	einem supranationalen	einer supranationalen	einem supranationalen	(keinen) supranationalen
	accusative	einen supranationalen	eine supranationale	ein supranationales	(keine) supranationalen

Further reading

• “supranational” in Duden online