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international

adj · name · noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˌɪntəˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ]
  • General-American: /ˌɪn.(t)ɚˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/
  • General-American: [ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ]
  • General-American: [ˌɪɾ̃ɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æʃənəl
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 N AE1 SH AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH2 N ER0 N AE1 SH AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or having to do with more than one nation.

Between or among nations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • an international discussion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or having to do with more than one nation.

Participated in by two or more nations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • an international competition

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or having to do with more than one nation.

Common to, or affecting, two or more nations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • an international rule

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Of or having to do with more than one nation.

Serving two or more nations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • an international airport

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Of or concerning the association called the International.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Independent of national boundaries; common to all people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The atmosphere is an international resource.
  • the international community of scholars

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Foreign; of another nation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • an international student

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

name

Meaning 8

A make of truck and other vehicles formerly manufactured by International Harvester.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Someone who has represented their country in a particular sport.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Ireland, UK

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • The United team includes five England internationals.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A game or contest between two or more nations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Britain, Ireland

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A transnational organization of political parties of similar ideology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adjective

Meaning 12

concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • international affairs
  • an international agreement
  • international waters

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: national

13

adjective satellite

Meaning 13

from or between other countries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • external commerce
  • international trade
  • developing nations need outside help

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: external, outside(a)

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

any of several international socialist organizations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: socialism, socialist economy

History

Etymology

From inter- + national. Introduced in modern English by Jeremy Bentham in his An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, 1780.

Across languages

Translations

168 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ndërkombëtar — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Albanian: internacional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Arabic: دُوَلِيّ (duwaliyy) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Armenian: միջազգային (miǰazgayin) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Asturian: internacional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Azerbaijani: beynəlxalq — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Azerbaijani: beynəlmiləl — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Bashkir: халыҡара (xalıqara) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Basque: nazioarteko — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Basque: internazional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Belarusian: міжнаро́дны (mižnaródny) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Belarusian: інтэрнацыяна́льны (internacyjanálʹny) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Bengali: আন্তর্জাতিক (antorjatik) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Central Bikol: pangkinaban — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Breton: etrebroadel — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Bulgarian: междунаро́ден (meždunaróden) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Bulgarian: интернациона́лен (internacionálen) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Burmese: နိုင်ငံတကာ (nuingngamta.ka) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Catalan: internacional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Cebuano: internasyonal — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Cherokee: ᎡᎶᎯ (elohi) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏰᎵᏚᎾᏙᏢᏒ (ayelidunadotlvsv) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 國際 /国际 (gwok3 zai3) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Chinese: 國際 /国际 (zh-min-nan) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國際 /国际 (guójì) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Chukchi: ымваратэн (ymvaratėn) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Crimean Tatar: halqara — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Czech: mezinárodní — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Danish: international — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Dutch: internationaal — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Esperanto: internacia — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Estonian: rahvusvaheline — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Faroese: altjóða — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Finnish: kansainvälinen — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • French: international — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Galician: internacional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Georgian: საერთაშორისო (saertašoriso) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Georgian: ინტერნაციონალური (inṭernacionaluri) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Georgian: სახელმწიფოთაშორისი (saxelmc̣ipotašorisi) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Georgian: სახელმწიფოთშორისი (saxelmc̣ipotšorisi) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • German: international — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • German: zwischenstaatlich — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Greek: διεθνής (diethnís) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Gujarati: આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય (āntarrāṣṭrīya) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Haitian Creole: entènasyonal — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Hebrew: בֵּינְלְאֻמִּי \ בינלאומי (beinl'umí) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Hindi: अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय (antarrāṣṭrīya) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Hungarian: nemzetközi — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Iban: entarabansa — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Icelandic: alþjóðlegur — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Indonesian: mancanegara — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Indonesian: antarabangsa — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Indonesian: internasional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Interlingua: international — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Irish: idirnáisiúnta — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Italian: internazionale — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Japanese: 国際的な (kokusaiteki na) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Kazakh: халықаралық (xalyqaralyq) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Kazakh: интернационалдық (internasionaldyq) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Khmer: អន្តរជាតិ (ʼɑntaʼraʼ ciət) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Komi-Zyrian: войтыркостса (vojtyrkostsa) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Korean: 국제 (gukje) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Korean: 국제적 (gukjejeok) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Northern Kurdish: navneteweyî — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Kyrgyz: эл аралык (el aralık) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Kyrgyz: интернационалдык (internatsionaldık) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Lao: ສາກົນ (sā kon) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Lao: ລະຫວ່າງຊາດ (la huāng sāt) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Lao: ນານາຊາດ (nā nā sāt) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Lao: ນານາປະເທດ (nā nā pa thēt) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Latin: internātiōnālis — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Latvian: starptautisks — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Latvian: internacionāls — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Lithuanian: tarptautinis — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Macedonian: меѓународен (meǵunaroden) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Macedonian: интернациона́лен (internacionálen) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Malay: antarabangsa — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Malay: internasional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Malayalam: അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര (antārāṣṭra) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Malayalam: അന്തർദേശീയ (antaṟdēśīya) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Manx: eddyr-ashoonagh — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Māori: aowhānui — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Māori: tauhonoao — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Marathi: आंतरराष्ट्रीय (āntararāśṭrīya) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Mongolian: олон улсын (olon ulsyn) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: internasjonal — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: internasjonal — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Occitan: internacional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Pannonian Rusyn: медзинародни (medzinarodni) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Pannonian Rusyn: интернационални (internacionalni) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Pannonian Rusyn: медзинационални (medzinacionalni) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Pashto: نړيوال (naṛəywãl) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Pashto: بين الاقوامي (baynolaqwāmí) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Pashto: بين المللي (baynolmelalí) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Pashto: انټرنېشنل (entarnešnál) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Iranian Persian: بِیْنُٱلْمِلَلی (beyn-ol-melali) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Iranian Persian: اَنْتِرْناسْیونال (anternâsyonâl) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Iranian Persian: بِیْنُٱلْمِلَل (beyn-ol-melal) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Polish: międzynarodowy — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Polish: internacjonalny — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Portuguese: internacional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Romanian: internațional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Russian: междунаро́дный (meždunaródnyj) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Russian: интернациона́льный (intɛrnacionálʹnyj) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Sanskrit: सर्वदेशीय (sarvadeśīya) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Sanskrit: अन्ताराष्ट्रिय (antārāṣṭriya) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadarnàiseanta — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Serbo-Croatian: међуна́роднӣ — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Serbo-Croatian: međunárodnī — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Sicilian: ntirnazziunali — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Slovak: medzinárodný — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Slovene: mednaroden — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Upper Sorbian: internacionalny — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Upper Sorbian: mjezynarodny — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Lower Sorbian: internacionalny — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Lower Sorbian: internacionalnje — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Lower Sorbian: mjazynarodny — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Lower Sorbian: mjazynarodnje — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Spanish: internacional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Swahili: kimataifa — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Swedish: internationell — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Tagalog: pandaigdig — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Tajik: байналхалқӣ (baynalxalqi) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Tajik: байналмилалӣ (baynalmilali) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Tajik: интернатсионалӣ (internatsionali) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Tamil: சர்வதேச (carvatēca) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Tatar: халыкара (xalıqara) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Tatar: милләтара (millätara) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Telugu: అంతర్జాతీయ (antarjātīya) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Thai: สากล (sǎa-gon) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Thai: ระหว่างประเทศ (rá-wàang-bprà-têet) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Thai: ข้ามชาติ (kâam-châat) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Thai: นานาชาติ (naa-naa-châat) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Tibetan: རྒྱལ་སྤྱི (rgyal spyi) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Tibetan: རྒྱལ་འབྲེལ (rgyal 'brel) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Turkish: uluslararası — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Turkish: enternasyonal — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Turkmen: halkara — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Udmurt: калыккуспо (kalykkuspo) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Ukrainian: міжнаро́дний (mižnaródnyj) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Ukrainian: інтернаціона́льний (internacionálʹnyj) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Urdu: بَینَ ٱلْاَقْوامی (baina l-aqvāmī) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Urdu: اِنْٹَرْنَیشْنال (inṭarnaiśnāl) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Uyghur: خەلقئارا (xelq'ara) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Uzbek: xalqaro — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Uzbek: internatsional — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Vietnamese: quốc tế — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Volapük: bevünetik — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Welsh: rhyngwladol — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Yiddish: אינטערנאַציאָנאַל (internatsyonal) — between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations
  • Arabic: الدولية — transnational organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 萬國公黨 /万国公党 — transnational organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國際政黨 /国际政党 — transnational organization
  • Czech: internacionála — transnational organization
  • Danish: internationale — transnational organization
  • Finnish: internationaali — transnational organization
  • French: internationale — transnational organization
  • Galician: internacional — transnational organization
  • Hungarian: internacionálé — transnational organization
  • Japanese: 国際政党組織 — transnational organization
  • Korean: 국제정당조직 (gukjejeongdangjojik) — transnational organization
  • Korean: 국제정당 (gukjejeongdang) — transnational organization
  • Korean: 정치적 인터내셔널 (jeongchijeok inteonaesyeoneol) — transnational organization
  • Lithuanian: internacionalas — transnational organization
  • Polish: międzynarodówka — transnational organization
  • Russian: интернациона́л (intɛrnacionál) — transnational organization
  • Spanish: internacional — transnational organization
  • Ukrainian: інтернаціонал (internacional) — transnational organization
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