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international law

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations, serving as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the body of laws governing relations between nations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: law of nations

Antonyms: civil law

Broader terms: law, jurisprudence

Narrower terms: maritime law, marine law, admiralty law

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Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ligji ndërkombëtar — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Arabic: قَانُون دُوَلِيّ (qānūn duwaliyy) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Armenian: միջազգային իրավունք (miǰazgayin iravunkʻ) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Azerbaijani: beynəlxalq hüquq — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Belarusian: міжнаро́днае пра́ва (mižnaródnaje práva) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Bengali: আন্তর্জাতিক আইন (antorjatik ain) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Bulgarian: междунаро́дно пра́во (meždunaródno právo) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Catalan: dret internacional — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 國際法 /国际法 (gwok3 zai3 faat3) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 萬國公法 /万国公法 (maan6 gwok3 gung1 faat3) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國際法 /国际法 (guójìfǎ) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 萬國公法 /万国公法 (wànguó gōngfǎ) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 萬國法 /万国法 (wànguófǎ) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國際公法 /国际公法 (guójì gōngfǎ) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Czech: mezinárodní právo — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Danish: folkeret — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Danish: international ret — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Danish: international lov — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Dutch: volkenrecht — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Dutch: internationaal recht — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Esperanto: internacia juro — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Estonian: rahvusvaheline õigus — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Finnish: kansainvälinen oikeus — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • French: droit international — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Galician: dereito internacional — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Georgian: საერთაშორისო სამართალი (saertašoriso samartali) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • German: Völkerrecht — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Greek: διεθνές δίκαιο (diethnés díkaio) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Hebrew: משפט בינלאומי — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Hebrew: מִשְׁפָּט בֵּינְלְאֻמִּי (mishpát beinl'umí) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Hindi: अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय विधि (antarrāṣṭrīya vidhi) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Hungarian: nemzetközi jog — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Indonesian: hukum internasional — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Italian: diritto internazionale — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Japanese: 国際法 (kokusaihō) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Kazakh: халықаралық құқық (xalyqaralyq qūqyq) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Korean: 국제법 (gukjebeop) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Northern Kurdish: hiqûqa navneteweyî — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Kyrgyz: эл аралык укук (el aralık ukuk) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Latin: ius gentium — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Latin: ius internationale — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Latvian: starptautiskās tiesības — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Lithuanian: tarptautinė teisė — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Macedonian: меѓународно право (meǵunarodno pravo) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Malay: undang-undang antarabangsa — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: folkerett — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Pashto: نړيوال قانون (naṛəywãl qānún) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Iranian Persian: حُقوقِ بِیْنُٱلْمِلَل (hoġuġ-e beyn-ol-melal) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Polish: prawo międzynarodowe — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Portuguese: direito internacional — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Romanian: drept internațional — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Russian: междунаро́дное пра́во (meždunaródnoje právo) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Serbo-Croatian: међународно право — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Serbo-Croatian: međunarodno pravo — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Sicilian: dirittu ntirnazziunali — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Slovak: medzinárodné právo — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Slovene: mednarodno pravo — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Spanish: derecho internacional — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Swedish: folkrätt — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Swedish: internationell rätt — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Tagalog: batas-pandaigdig — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Tajik: ҳуқуқи байналмилалӣ (huquq-i baynalmilali) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Thai: กฎหมายระหว่างประเทศ (gòt-mǎai-rá-wàang-bprà-têet) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Turkish: milletlerarası hukuk — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Turkish: uluslararası hukuk — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Ukrainian: міжнаро́дне пра́во (mižnaródne právo) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Urdu: بَینَ ٱلْاَقْوامی قَانُون (baina l-aqvāmī qānūn) — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Uzbek: xalqaro huquq — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Vietnamese: luật quốc tế — set of rules applied to the relations between nations
  • Welsh: cyfraith ryngwladol — set of rules applied to the relations between nations