international

See also: International and internațional

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

• Audio (US)

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AdjectiveEdit

international (comparative more international, superlative most international)

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

   an international discussion

3. participated in by two or more nations

   an international competition

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

   an international rule

5. serving two or more nations

   an international airport

6. Of or concerning the association called the International.
7. 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

8. 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 termsEdit

• internationalise, internationalize

TranslationsEdit

between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations

• Arabic: دُوَلِيّ‎ m (duwaliyy)
• Armenian: միջազգային (hy) (miǰazgayin)
• Asturian: internacional
• Azeri: beynəlxalq
• Basque: nazioarteko, internazional
• Belarusian: міжнаро́дны (mižnaródny), інтэрнацыяна́льны (internacyjanálʹny)
• Bengali: আন্তর্জাতিক (antôrjatik)
• Breton: etrebroadel (br)
• Bulgarian: междунаро́ден (bg) (meždunaróden)
• Catalan: internacional
• 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)

• Crimean Tatar: halqara
• Czech: mezinárodní (cs) m
• Dutch: internationaal (nl)
• Esperanto: internacia
• Estonian: rahvusvaheline
• Faroese: altjóða
• Finnish: kansainvälinen (fi)
• French: international (fr) m
• Galician: internacional
• Georgian: საერთაშრისო (saertašriso)
• German: international (de)
• Greek: διεθνής (el) m (diethnís)
• Gujarati: આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય (āntarrāṣṭrīya)
• Haitian Creole: entènasyonal
• Hebrew: בינלאמי‎
• Hindi: अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय (antarrāṣṭrīya)
• Hungarian: nemzetközi (hu)
• Icelandic: alþjóðlegur (is)
• Indonesian: mancanegara (id), antarbangsa (id), internasional (id)
• Interlingua: international
• Irish: idirnáisiúnta
• Italian: internazionale (it)

• Japanese: 国際的 (こくさいてき, kokusaiteki)
• Korean: 국제 (ko) (gukje)
• Latin: internātiōnālis
• Latvian: starptautisks, internacionāls
• Lithuanian: tarptautinis
• Lojban: sornai
• Macedonian: меѓуна́роден (meǵunároden), интернациона́лен (internacionálen)
• Malay: antarabangsa, internasional
• Manx: eddyr-ashoonagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: internasjonal (no)

  Nynorsk: internasjonal

• Persian: بین‌المللی‎ (beynolmelali), انترناسیونال‎ (fa) (anternâsionâl)
• Polish: międzynarodowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: internacional (pt)
• Proto-Germanic: *alþeudōlīkaz
• Proto-Slavic: *meďunarodьnъ
• Romanian: internațional (ro)
• Russian: междунаро́дный (ru) (meždunaródnyj), интернациона́льный (ru) (intɛrnacionálʹnyj)
• Sanskrit: अन्ताराष्ट्रिय (antārāṣṭriya)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadarnàiseanta
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: међународни

  Roman: međunarodni (sh)

• Slovak: medzinárodný (sk)
• Slovene: mednaroden
• Spanish: internacional (es)
• Swahili: kimataifa (sw)
• Swedish: internationell (sv)
• Tagalog: pamansaan, pabansa-bansa
• Telugu: అంతర్జాతీయ (te) (aṃtarjātīya)
• Turkish: uluslararası (tr), enternasyonal (tr)
• Ukrainian: міжнаро́дний (mižnaródnyj), інтернаціона́льний (internacionálʹnyj)
• Vietnamese: quốc tế (vi)
• Volapük: bevünetik (vo)
• Welsh: rhyngwladol (cy)
• Yiddish: אינטערנאַציאָנאַל‎ (internatsyonal)

See alsoEdit

• supranational

NounEdit

international (plural internationals)

1. (sports) Someone who has represented their country in a particularly sport.

   The United team includes five England internationals.

2. (sports) A game or contest between two or more nations.

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

inter- +‎ national

AdjectiveEdit

international

1. international

InflectionEdit

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 termsEdit

• internationalisere
• internationalisme
• internationalist
• internationalitet

ReferencesEdit

• “international” in Den Danske Ordbog

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ.nal/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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

AdjectiveEdit

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 termsEdit

• Internationale
• internationaliser
• internationalisation

Further readingEdit

• “international” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

AdjectiveEdit

international (not comparable)

1. international

SynonymsEdit

• global, zwischenstaatlich

DeclensionEdit

Declension of international

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 readingEdit

• international in Duden online

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InterlinguaEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /in.ter.na.tsjoˈnal/

AdjectiveEdit

international (comparative plus international, superlative le plus international)

1. international