member state

English

Noun

member state (plural member states)

1. A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.

   Synonym: member country

   As of 1st January 2007 the European Union will have 27 member states.

Translations

state that is a member of a confederation

• Bulgarian: държа́ва-членка f (dǎržáva-členka)
• Catalan: estat membre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成員國／成员国 (zh) (chéngyuánguó)

• Czech: členský stát m
• Dutch: lidstaat (nl) m
• Estonian: liikmesriik
• Finnish: jäsenvaltio (fi), jäsenmaa (fi)
• French: État membre (fr) m
• German: Mitgliedsstaat (de) m, Mitgliedsland (de) n
• Greek: κράτος μέλος n (krátos mélos)
• Gujarati: સભ્યદેશ (sabhyadeś)
• Hungarian: tagország (hu), tagállam (hu)
• Irish: ballstát m
• Italian: stato membro m
• Latvian: dalībvalsts m
• Lithuanian: valstybė narė f
• Macedonian: земја членка f (zemja členka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: medlemsland n, medlemsstat m

  Nynorsk: medlemsland n, medlemsstat m

• Polish: państwo członkowskie n
• Portuguese: Estado-membro m
• Romanian: stat membru n
• Russian: госуда́рство-член (gosudárstvo-člen), госуда́рство-уча́стник (ru) n (gosudárstvo-učástnik)
• Slovene: država članica f
• Spanish: estado miembro m
• Swedish: medlemsland (sv) n

See also

• founding member