international

See also: International and internațional

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ national. Reportedly coined in modern English by Jeremy Bentham.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/, [ˌɪntəˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/, [ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ], [ˌɪɾ̃ɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ]

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• Rhymes: -æʃənəl

Adjective

international (comparative more international, superlative most international)

1. Of or having to do with more than one nation.
   1. Between or among nations

      an international discussion

   2. participated in by two or more nations

      an international competition

   3. common to, or affecting, two or more nations.

      an international rule

   4. serving two or more nations

      an international airport

2. Of or concerning the association called the International.
3. Independent of national boundaries; common to all people.
   • 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:

     It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind.

   The atmosphere is an international resource.

   the international community of scholars

4. Foreign; of another nation.

   an international student

   • 2014 October 27, Steve Ginsburg, Reuters "More international players than ever before, league says":

     The number of international players in the National Basketball Association has increased 10 percent from one year ago, the league said on Monday.

Derived terms

• International Falls
• internationalise, internationalize
• int'l, intl

Translations

between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations

• Albanian: ndërkombëtar (sq), internacional
• Arabic: دُوَلِيّ‎ m (duwaliyy)
• Armenian: միջազգային (hy) (miǰazgayin)
• Asturian: internacional
• Azerbaijani: beynəlxalq, beynəlmiləl
• Bashkir: халыҡара (xalïqara)
• Basque: nazioarteko, internazional
• Belarusian: міжнаро́дны (mižnaródny), інтэрнацыяна́льны (internacyjanálʹny)
• Bengali: আন্তর্জাতিক (antôrjatik)
• Bikol Central: pankinaban
• Breton: etrebroadel (br)
• Bulgarian: междунаро́ден (bg) (meždunaróden), интернациона́лен (bg) (internacionálen)
• Burmese: နိုင်ငံတကာ (my) (nuingngamta.ka)
• Catalan: internacional (ca)
• Cebuano: internasyonal
• Cherokee: ᎡᎶᎯ (chr) (elohi), ᎠᏰᎵᏚᎾᏙᏢᏒ (ayelidunadotlvsv)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 國際, 国际 (gwok³ zai³)

  Mandarin: 國際 (zh), 国际 (zh) (guójì)

  Min Nan: 國際 (zh-min-nan), 国际 (zh-min-nan) (kokchè)

• Chukchi: ымваратэн (ymvaratėn)
• Crimean Tatar: halqara
• Czech: mezinárodní (cs) m
• Danish: international (da)
• Dutch: internationaal (nl)
• Esperanto: internacia
• Estonian: rahvusvaheline
• Faroese: altjóða
• Finnish: kansainvälinen (fi)
• French: international (fr) m
• Galician: internacional
• Georgian: საერთაშორისო (saertašoriso), ინტერნაციონალური (inṭernacionaluri), სახელმწიფოთაშორისი (saxelmc̣ipotašorisi), სახელმწიფოთშორისი (saxelmc̣ipotšorisi) (alternative form)
• German: international (de), zwischenstaatlich
• Greek: διεθνής (el) m (diethnís)
• Gujarati: આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય (āntarrāṣṭrīya)
• Haitian Creole: entènasyonal
• Hebrew: בֵּינְלְאֻמִּי \ בינלאומי‎ (beinl'umí)
• Hindi: अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय (antarrāṣṭrīya)
• Hungarian: nemzetközi (hu)
• Iban: entarabansa
• Icelandic: alþjóðlegur (is)
• Indonesian: mancanegara (id), antarabangsa, internasional (id)
• Interlingua: international
• Irish: idirnáisiúnta
• Italian: internazionale (it)
• Japanese: 国際的な (ja) (こくさいてきな, kokusaiteki na)
• Kazakh: халықаралық (kk) (xalıqaralıq), интернационалдық (ïnternacïonaldıq)
• Khmer: អន្តរជាតិ (ʼɑntaʼraʼciət)
• Komi-Zyrian: войтыркостса (vojtyrkostsa)
• Korean: 국제(國際) (ko) (gukje), 국제적(國際的) (ko) (gukjejeok)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: navneteweyî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: эл аралык (ky) (el aralıq), интернационалдык (ky) (internatsionaldıq)

• Lao: ສາກົນ (sā kon), ລະຫວ່າງຊາດ (la wāng sāt), ນານາຊາດ (nā nā sāt), ນານາປະເທດ (nā nā pa thēt)
• Latin: internātiōnālis
• Latvian: starptautisks, internacionāls
• Lithuanian: tarptautinis
• Macedonian: меѓународен (meǵunaroden), интернациона́лен (internacionálen)
• Malay: antarabangsa (ms), internasional (ms)
• Malayalam: അന്തർദേശീയ (ml) (antardēśīya)
• Manx: eddyr-ashoonagh
• Maori: aowhānui, tauhonoao
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: олон улсын (olon ulsyn)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: internasjonal (no)

  Nynorsk: internasjonal

• Occitan: internacional
• Pashto: نړيوال‎ (ps) (naṛәywãl), بين الاقوامي‎ (baynolaqwāmí), بين المللي‎ (ps) (baynolmelalí), انټرنېشنل‎ (entarnešnál)
• Persian: بین‌المللی‎ (beynolmelali), انترناسیونال‎ (fa) (anternâsionâl)
• Polish: międzynarodowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: internacional (pt)
• Romanian: internațional (ro)
• Russian: междунаро́дный (ru) (meždunaródnyj), интернациона́льный (ru) (intɛrnacionálʹnyj)
• Sanskrit: सर्वदेशीय (sa) (sarvadeśīya), अन्ताराष्ट्रिय (antārāṣṭriya)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadarnàiseanta
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: међуна́роднӣ

  Roman: međunárodnī (sh)

• Sicilian: ntirnazziunali (scn)
• Slovak: medzinárodný (sk)
• Slovene: mednaroden
• Spanish: internacional (es)
• Swahili: kimataifa (sw)
• Swedish: internationell (sv)
• Tagalog: pandaigdig
• Tajik: байналхалқӣ (baynalxalqī), байналмилалӣ (baynalmilalī), интернатсионалӣ (internatsionalī)
• Tamil: சர்வதேச (ta) (carvatēca)
• Tatar: халыкара (xalıqara), милләтара (millätara)
• Telugu: అంతర్జాతీయ (te) (antarjātīya)
• Thai: สากล (th) (sǎa-gon), ระหว่างประเทศ (rá-wàang-bprà-têet), ข้ามชาติ (kâam-châat), นานาชาติ (naa-naa-châat)
• Tibetan: རྒྱལ་སྤྱི (rgyal spyi), རྒྱལ་འབྲེལ (rgyal 'brel)
• Turkish: uluslararası (tr), enternasyonal (tr)
• Turkmen: halkara
• Udmurt: калыккуспо (kalykkuspo)
• Ukrainian: міжнаро́дний (mižnaródnyj), інтернаціона́льний (internacionálʹnyj)
• Urdu: بین الاقوامی‎ (ur) (bain-ul-aqwāmī)
• Uyghur: خەلقئارا‎ (xelq'ara)
• Uzbek: xalqaro (uz), internatsional (uz)
• Vietnamese: quốc tế (vi) (國際)
• Volapük: bevünetik (vo)
• Welsh: rhyngwladol (cy)
• Yiddish: אינטערנאַציאָנאַל‎ (internatsyonal)

Noun

international (plural internationals)

1. (sports) Someone who has represented their country in a particular sport.
   • 1913, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt‎^[1]:

     "The young fellah meant no real harm. After all, he's an International, so if he takes half an hour to describe a game of football he has more right to do it than most folk."

   The United team includes five England internationals.

2. (sports) A game or contest between two or more nations.
3. (politics) A transnational organization of political parties of similar ideology.

Translations

transnational organization

• Arabic: الدولية‎ f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萬國公黨, 國際政黨

• Czech: internacionála f
• Danish: internationale c
• French: internationale (fr) f
• Galician: internacional f
• Japanese: 国際政党組織

• Korean: 국제정당조직 (gukjejeongdangjojik), 국제정당 (gukjejeongdang), 정치적 인터내셔널 (jeongchijeok inteonaesyeoneol)
• Lithuanian: internacionalas m
• Polish: międzynarodówka f
• Russian: интернациона́л (ru) m (intɛrnacionál)
• Spanish: internacional (es) f
• Ukrainian: інтернаціонал m (internacional)

See also

• supranational

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Danish

Etymology

From New Latin internationalis, a compound of inter- +‎ nationalis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈentˢɐnaɕoˈnæˀl]

Adjective

international

1. international, having to do with more nations
2. international, having to do with relations between two or more nations

   Synonym: mellemfolkelig

3. international, foreign, having to do with another nation than your own

   Synonym: udenlandsk

Inflection

Inflection of international
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	international	—	—2
Neuter singular	internationalt	—	—2
Plural	internationale	—	—2
Definite attributive1	internationale	—	—
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.

Related terms

• internationalisere
• internationalisme
• internationalist
• internationalitet

References

• “international” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ.nal/

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• Homophones: internationale, internationales
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧na‧tio‧nal

Adjective

international (feminine singular internationale, masculine plural internationaux, feminine plural internationales)

1. international

   Les Nations Unies sont une organisation internationale.

   The United Nations is an international organization.

Derived terms

• alphabet phonétique international
• communauté internationale
• droit international
• Internationale
• internationalisation
• internationaliser
• organisation internationale
• rendre justice
• Système international

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: internacional
• → Romanian: internațional

Further reading

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

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German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

international (strong nominative masculine singular internationaler, not comparable)

1. international

   Synonyms: global, zwischenstaatlich

Declension

Positive forms of international (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist international	sie ist international	es ist international	sie sind international
strong declension (without article)	nominative	internationaler	internationale	internationales	internationale
	genitive	internationalen	internationaler	internationalen	internationaler
	dative	internationalem	internationaler	internationalem	internationalen
	accusative	internationalen	internationale	internationales	internationale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der internationale	die internationale	das internationale	die internationalen
	genitive	des internationalen	der internationalen	des internationalen	der internationalen
	dative	dem internationalen	der internationalen	dem internationalen	den internationalen
	accusative	den internationalen	die internationale	das internationale	die internationalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein internationaler	eine internationale	ein internationales	(keine) internationalen
	genitive	eines internationalen	einer internationalen	eines internationalen	(keiner) internationalen
	dative	einem internationalen	einer internationalen	einem internationalen	(keinen) internationalen
	accusative	einen internationalen	eine internationale	ein internationales	(keine) internationalen

Further reading

• “international” in Duden online
• “international” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.ter.na.tsjoˈnal/

Adjective

international (comparative plus international, superlative le plus international)

1. international