international

See also:Internationalandinternațional

English

Alternative forms

• int'l(abbreviation)

Etymology

inter-+‎national.Introduced in modern English byJeremy Benthamin hisAn Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation,1780.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-æʃənəl

Adjective

international(comparativemoreinternational,superlativemostinternational)

1. Of or having to do with more than onenation.
   1. between or among nations

      aninternationaldiscussion

   2. participated in by two or more nations

      aninternationalcompetition

   3. commonto, oraffecting,two or more nations.

      aninternationalrule

   4. serving two or more nations

      aninternationalairport

2. Of or concerning the association called the International.
3. Independent of nationalboundaries;common to all people.
   • 2013June 7,Joseph Stiglitz,“Globalisation is about taxes too”,inThe Guardian Weekly,volume188,number26,page19:

     It is time theinternationalcommunity 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 aninternationalresource.

   theinternationalcommunity of scholars.

4. Foreign;of another nation.

   aninternationalstudent

   • 2014October 27, Steve Ginsburg, “Moreinternationalplayers than ever before, league says”,inReuters:

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

Derived terms

• customary international law
• international acre
• international affairs
• international airport
• International Atomic Time
• international auxiliary language
• international call prefix
• international call sign
• international candle
• international community
• International Falls
• international foot
• international football
• international humanitarian law
• internationalise,internationalize
• international law
• international mile
• international nonproprietary name
• international orange
• international order
• international organisation
• international organization
• international phonetic alphabet
• international relations
• international reply coupon
• international rules football
• international salute
• international school
• international scientific vocabulary
• international socialist
• international standard
• international student
• international studies
• International Style
• international system
• international unit
• international waters
• int'l,intl
• one-day international
• private international law
• public international law

Translations

between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations

• Albanian:ndërkombëtar(sq),internacional
• Arabic:دُوَلِيّm(duwaliyy)
• Armenian:միջազգային(hy)(miǰazgayin)
• Asturian:internacional
• Azerbaijani:beynəlxalq(az),beynəlmiləl
• Bashkir:халыҡара(xalıqara)
• Basque:nazioarteko,internazional
• Belarusian:міжнаро́дны(mižnaródny),інтэрнацыяна́льны(internacyjanálʹny)
• Bengali:আন্তর্জাতিক(bn)(antorjatik)
• Bikol Central:pangkinaban
• 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:Quốc tế／Quốc tế(gwok³zai³)

  Hokkien:Quốc tế／Quốc tế(zh-min-nan)(kokchè)

  Mandarin:Quốc tế／Quốc tế(zh)(guójì)

• 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(gl)
• Georgian:საერთაშორისო(saertašoriso),ინტერნაციონალური(inṭernacionaluri),სახელმწიფოთაშორისი(saxelmc̣ipotašorisi),სახელმწიფოთშორისი(saxelmc̣ipotšorisi)(alternative form)
• German:international(de),zwischenstaatlich(de)
• 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(id),internasional(id)
• Interlingua:international
• Irish:idirnáisiúnta
• Italian:internazionale(it)
• Japanese:Quốc tế đích な(ja)(こくさいてきな, kokusaiteki na)
• Kazakh:халықаралық(xalyqaralyq),интернационалдық(internasionaldyq)
• Khmer:អន្តរជាតិ(ʼɑntaʼraʼ ciət)
• Komi-Zyrian:войтыркостса(vojtyrkostsa)
• Korean:국제( quốc tế )(ko)(gukje),국제적( quốc tế đích )(ko)(gukjejeok)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish:navneteweyî(ku)

• Kyrgyz:эл аралык(ky)(el aralık),интернационалдык(ky)(internatsionaldık)
• 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:അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര(ml)(antārāṣṭra),അന്തർദേശീയ(ml)(antaṟdēśīya)
• Manx:eddyr-ashoonagh
• Maori:aowhānui,tauhonoao
• Marathi:आंतरराष्ट्रीय(āntararāśṭrīya)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic:олон улсын(olon ulsyn)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:internasjonal(no)

  Nynorsk:internasjonal

• Occitan:internacional
• Pashto:نړيوال(ps)(naṛəywãl),بين الاقوامي(baynolaqwāmí),بين المللي(ps)(baynolmelalí),انټرنېشنل(entarnešnál)
• Persian:بینالمللی(fa)(beyno-lmelali),انترناسیونال(fa)(anternâsionâl)
• Polish:międzynarodowy(pl),internacjonalny
• 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)(bainal-aqvāmī),انٹرنیشنال(inṭarnaiśnāl)
• Uyghur:خەلقئارا(xelq'ara)
• Uzbek:xalqaro(uz),internatsional(uz)
• Vietnamese:quốc tế(vi)(Quốc tế)
• Volapük:bevünetik(vo)
• Welsh:rhyngwladol(cy)
• Yiddish:אינטערנאַציאָנאַל(internatsyonal)

Noun

international(pluralinternationals)

1. (sports,chieflyBritish,Ireland,Australia)Someone who has represented their country in a particular sport.

   The United team includes five Englandinternationals.

   • 1913,Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”,inThe Poison Belt[…],London; New York, N.Y.:Hodder and Stoughton,→OCLC:

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

2. (sports,chiefly Britain, Ireland,Australia)A game or contest between two or more nations.
   • 2023July 26, Paul Clifton, “A (safe and secure) Day at the Races...”, inRAIL,number988,page35:

     SWR has more than its fair share of major national events. As well as the [Queen's] funeral and the coronation in the past 12 months, annual events include racing at Ascot, grand slam tennis at Wimbledon, and rugbyinternationalsat Twickenham.

3. (politics)Atransnationalorganizationofpolitical partiesof similarideology.

Translations

transnational organization

• Arabic:الدوليةf
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Vạn quốc công đảng／Vạn quốc công đảng,Quốc tế chính đảng／Quốc tế chính đảng

• Czech:internacionálaf
• Danish:internationalec
• Finnish:internationaali(fi)
• French:internationale(fr)f
• Galician:internacional(gl)f
• Japanese:Quốc tế chính đảng tổ chức
• Korean:국제정당조직(gukjejeongdangjojik),국제정당(gukjejeongdang),정치적 인터내셔널(jeongchijeok inteonaesyeoneol)
• Lithuanian:internacionalasm
• Polish:międzynarodówkaf
• Russian:интернациона́л(ru)m(intɛrnacionál)
• Spanish:internacional(es)f
• Ukrainian:інтернаціоналm(internacional)

See also

• supranational

Danish

Etymology

FromNew Latininternationalis,a compound ofinter-+‎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 ofinternational
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	international	—	—2
Indefinite 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”inDen Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ.nal/

• Audio(Paris):

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

Adjective

international(feminineinternationale,masculine pluralinternationaux,feminine pluralinternationales)

1. international

   Les Nations Unies sont une organisationinternationale.

   The United Nations is aninternationalorganization.

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”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-aːl

Adjective

international(strong nominative masculine singularinternationaler,not comparable)

1. international

   Synonyms:global,zwischenstaatlich

Declension

Positive forms ofinternational(uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		eristinternational	sieistinternational	esistinternational	siesindinternational
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	derinternationale	dieinternationale	dasinternationale	dieinternationalen
	genitive	desinternationalen	derinternationalen	desinternationalen	derinternationalen
	dative	deminternationalen	derinternationalen	deminternationalen	deninternationalen
	accusative	deninternationalen	dieinternationale	dasinternationale	dieinternationalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	eininternationaler	eineinternationale	eininternationales	(keine)internationalen
	genitive	einesinternationalen	einerinternationalen	einesinternationalen	(keiner)internationalen
	dative	eineminternationalen	einerinternationalen	eineminternationalen	(keinen)internationalen
	accusative	eineninternationalen	eineinternationale	eininternationales	(keine)internationalen

Further reading

• “international”inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “international”inDudenonline

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/in.ter.na.tsjoˈnal/

Adjective

international(comparativeplusinternational,superlativeleplusinternational)

1. international