national

English

Etymology

From New Latin nationalis, from Latin natio (“nation”); see nation.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnæʃənəl/

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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

• international
• nationally
• nationalistic

Translations

of or having to do with a nation

• Arabic: وَطَنيّ (ar) (waTanii) m, قومي (qáwmiy) m
• Armenian: ազգային (hy) (azgayin)
• Asturian: nacional (ast)
• Catalan: nacional (ca)
• Chinese: 國家的, 国家的 (guójiā-de), 全國性, 全国性 (quánguóxìng), 國民的, 国民的 (guómín-de), 國立的, 国立的 (guólì-de)
• Czech: národní (cs)
• Dutch: nationaal (nl), landelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: nacia (eo)
• Estonian: kodanik; rahvuslik; riiklik
• Finnish: kansallinen (fi), kansallis- (fi), kansan (fi)
• French: national (fr)
• Galician: nacional (gl)
• German: national, Staats-
• Greek: εθνικός (el) (ethnikos) m
• Haitian Creole: nasyonal
• Hungarian: nemzeti (hu), országos (hu), állami (hu)
• Indonesian: nasional (id)
• Irish: náisiúnta (ga)

• Italian: nazionale (it)
• Japanese: 国家の (こっかの, kokka-no), 国民の (こくみんの, kokumin-no), 国立の (こくりつの, kokuritsu-no)
• Korean: 국가의 (國家의, gukgaui), 국민의 (國民의, gukminui), 국립 (國立, guknip)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نه‌ته‌وه‌یێتی, نیشتیمانی

• Malay: nasional (ms)
• Occitan: nacional (oc)
• Polish: narodowy (pl)
• Portuguese: nacional (pt)
• Romanian: național (ro)
• Russian: национальный (ru) (nacionál’nyj), государственный (ru) (gosudárstvennyj), народный (ru) (naródnyj)
• Sanskrit: राष्ट्रीय (sa) (rāṣṭrīya)
• Scots: naitional
• Scottish Gaelic: nàiseanta (gd)
• Spanish: nacional (es)
• Swedish: nationell (sv)
• Telugu: జాతీయ (jaateeya)
• Turkish: millî (tr), ulusal (tr)
• Welsh: cenedlaethol (cy)

Noun

national (plural nationals)

1. A citizen of a nation.

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

2. (usually plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.

   After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals.

Translations

A citizen of a nation

• Finnish: kansalainen (fi)

• Spanish: ciudadano (es) m

A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete

External links

• national in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• national in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

1. national

Derived terms

• international

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /natsi̯oˈnaːl/

Adjective

national (not comparable)

1. national
2. nationalist

Derived terms

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

Declension

    Declension of national

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist national	sie ist national	es ist national	sie sind national
strong declension (without article)	nominative	nationaler	nationale	nationales	nationale
	genitive	nationalen	nationaler	nationalen	nationaler
	dative	nationalem	nationaler	nationalem	nationalen
	accusative	nationalen	nationale	nationales	nationale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der nationale	die nationale	das nationale	die nationalen
	genitive	des nationalen	der nationalen	des nationalen	der nationalen
	dative	dem nationalen	der nationalen	dem nationalen	den nationalen
	accusative	den nationalen	die nationale	das nationale	die nationalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein nationaler	eine nationale	ein nationales	(keine) nationalen
	genitive	eines nationalen	einer nationalen	eines nationalen	(keiner) nationalen
	dative	einem nationalen	einer nationalen	einem nationalen	(keinen) nationalen
	accusative	einen nationalen	eine nationale	ein nationales	(keine) nationalen