Phrase guide

foreign affairs

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Matters or news occurring abroad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Policy of a government in dealing with other countries or with activities overseas.

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Usage: plural, plural-only

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A government office or department charged with handling relations with other countries.

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Usage: plural, plural-only

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see foreign, affairs.

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Usage: plural, plural-only

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History

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Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: xaricdə baş verənlər — matters or news
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外事 (wàishì) — matters or news
  • Finnish: ulkomaanuutiset — matters or news
  • Polish: sprawy zagraniczne — matters or news
  • Spanish: asuntos exteriores — matters or news
  • Azerbaijani: xarici siyasət — policy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外交 (wàijiāo) — policy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外事 (wàishì) — policy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外交事務 /外交事务 (waìjiāo shìwù) — policy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外務 /外务 (waìwù) — policy
  • Czech: zahraniční věci — policy
  • Danish: udenrigsanliggender — policy
  • Finnish: ulkopolitiikka — policy
  • Finnish: ulkoasiat — policy
  • French: affaires étrangères — policy
  • Georgian: საგარეო პოლიტიკა (sagareo ṗoliṭiḳa) — policy
  • Georgian: საგარეო საქმეები (sagareo sakmeebi) — policy
  • German: Außenpolitik — policy
  • Irish: gnóthaí eachtracha — policy
  • Japanese: 外務 (gaimu) — policy
  • Korean: 외무 (oemu) — policy
  • Macedonian: надворешни работи (nadvorešni raboti) — policy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utenrikssaker — policy
  • Polish: sprawy zagraniczne — policy
  • Portuguese: política externa — policy
  • Romanian: afaceri externe — policy
  • Russian: вне́шняя поли́тика (vnéšnjaja polítika) — policy
  • Russian: иностра́нные дела́ (inostránnyje delá) — policy
  • Spanish: asuntos exteriores — policy
  • Swedish: utrikes ärende — policy
  • Swedish: utrikespolitik — policy
  • Turkish: dış ilişkiler — policy
  • Vietnamese: ngoại giao — policy
  • Albanian: ministria e punëve të jashtme — department
  • Arabic: وِزَارَةُ الْخَارِجِيَّة (wizāratu l-ḵārijiyya) — department
  • Armenian: արտաքին գործերի նախարարություն (artakʻin gorceri naxararutʻyun) — department
  • Azerbaijani: xarici işlər nazirliyi — department
  • Belarusian: міністэ́рства заме́жных спраў (ministérstva zamjéžnyx spraw) — department
  • Bulgarian: министе́рство на въ́ншните ра́боти (ministérstvo na vǎ́nšnite ráboti) — department
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外交部 (wàijiāobù) — department
  • Czech: ministerstvo zahraničních věcí — department
  • Danish: udenrigsministerium — department
  • Dutch: ministerie van buitenlandse zaken — department
  • Estonian: välisministeerium — department
  • Finnish: ulkoministeriö — department
  • French: affaires étrangères — department
  • French: ministère des affaires étrangères — department
  • Georgian: საგარეო საქმეთა სამინისტრო (sagareo sakmeta saminisṭro) — department
  • Georgian: საგარეო საქმეთა დეპარტამენტი (sagareo sakmeta deṗarṭamenṭi) — department
  • Georgian: საგარეო საქმეთა განყოფილება (sagareo sakmeta ganq̇opileba) — department
  • German: Außenministerium — department
  • Greek: υπουργείο εξωτερικών (ypourgeío exoterikón) — department
  • Hebrew: משרד החוץ (misrád ha-khúts) — department
  • Hindi: विदेश मंत्रालय (videś mantrālay) — department
  • Hungarian: külügyminisztérium — department
  • Icelandic: utanríkisráðuneyti — department
  • Indonesian: kementerian luar negeri — department
  • Irish: gnóthaí eachtracha — department
  • Italian: ministero degli affari esteri — department
  • Japanese: 外務省 (gaimushō) — department
  • Kazakh: сыртқы істер министрлігі (syrtqy ıster ministrlıgı) — department
  • Korean: 외무부 (oemubu) — department
  • Korean: 외교부 (oegyobu) — department
  • Korean: 외무성 (oemuseong) — department
  • Kyrgyz: тышкы иштер министрлиги (tışkı işter ministrligi) — department
  • Latvian: ārlietu ministrija — department
  • Lithuanian: užsienio reikalų ministerija — department
  • Macedonian: министерство за надворешни работи (ministerstvo za nadvorešni raboti) — department
  • Malay: kementerian hal ehwal luar negeri — department
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utenriksministerium — department
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utenriksdepartement — department
  • Iranian Persian: وِزارَتِ اُمورِ خارِجِه (vezârat-e omur-e xâreje) — department
  • Polish: ministerstwo spraw zagranicznych — department
  • Portuguese: departamento de política externa — department
  • Romanian: ministerul afacerilor externe — department
  • Russian: министе́рство иностра́нных дел (ministérstvo inostránnyx del) — department
  • Serbo-Croatian: министарство спољних послова — department
  • Serbo-Croatian: министарство вањских послова — department
  • Serbo-Croatian: ministarstvo spoljnih poslova — department
  • Serbo-Croatian: ministarstvo vanjskih poslova — department
  • Slovak: ministerstvo zahraničných vecí — department
  • Slovene: ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve — department
  • Spanish: asuntos exteriores — department
  • Swedish: utrikesdepartement — department
  • Swedish: utrikesministerium — department
  • Tagalog: ugnayang panlabas — department
  • Tajik: вазорати корҳои хориҷӣ (vazorat-i korho-yi xoriji) — department
  • Tajik: вазорати умури хориҷӣ (vazorat-i umur-i xoriji) — department
  • Tamil: வெளியுறவுத்துறை (veḷiyuṟavuttuṟai) — department
  • Thai: กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ — department
  • Turkish: dışişleri bakanlığı — department
  • Ukrainian: міністе́рство закордо́нних справ (ministérstvo zakordónnyx sprav) — department
  • Urdu: وِزارَتِ خارِجَہ (vizārat-i xārija) — department
  • Uzbek: tashqi ishlar vazirligi — department
  • Vietnamese: bộ ngoại giao — department