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intergovernmental

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, or involving two or more governments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English government English -al English governmental English intergovernmental From inter- + governmental.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: міжура́давы (mižurádavy) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Bulgarian: междуправи́телствен (meždupravítelstven) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Catalan: intergovernamental — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Chinese Mandarin: 政府間 /政府间 (zhèngfǔjiān) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Czech: mezivládní — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Dutch: intergouvernementeel — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Esperanto: interregistara — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Finnish: hallitustenvälinen — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • French: intergouvernemental — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Georgian: მთავრობათაშორისი (mtavrobatašorisi) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Georgian: მთავრობათაშორისო (mtavrobatašoriso) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Georgian: მთავრობათშორისი (mtavrobatšorisi) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Georgian: მთავრობათშორისო (mtavrobatšoriso) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • German: zwischenstaatlich — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Greek: ενδοκυβερνητικός (endokyvernitikós) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Hebrew: בֵּין־מֶמְשַׁלְתִּי (beyn-memshaltí) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Hungarian: kormányközi — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Italian: intergovernativo — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Japanese: 政府間 (seifukan) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Kazakh: үкіметаралық (ükımetaralyq) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Korean: 정부간 (jeongbugan) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Northern Kurdish: navhikûmetî — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Macedonian: меѓувладин (meǵuvladin) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Occitan: intergovernamental — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Polish: międzyrządowy — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Portuguese: intergovernamental — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Romanian: interguvernamental — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Russian: межправи́тельственный (mežpravítelʹstvennyj) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Serbo-Croatian: међувла́дин — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Serbo-Croatian: međuvládin — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Slovak: medzivládny — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Slovene: medvladni — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Spanish: intergubernamental — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
  • Ukrainian: міжурядо́вий (mižurjadóvyj) — of, relating to, or involving two or more governments