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international organization

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An organisation established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: international law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an international alliance involving many different countries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: world organization, world organisation, international organisation, global organization

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement

Narrower terms: Arab League, European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, Organization of American States, OAS, Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, OPEC, League of Nations, community, Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS, United Nations, UN, commonwealth, World Trade Organization, WTO

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Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: منظمة دولية — organisation established by treaty
  • Armenian: միջազգային կազմակերպություն (miǰazgayin kazmakerputʻyun) — organisation established by treaty
  • Asturian: organización internacional — organisation established by treaty
  • Azerbaijani: beynəlxalq təşkilat — organisation established by treaty
  • Basque: nazioarteko erakunde — organisation established by treaty
  • Belarusian: міжнародная арганізацыя (mižnaródnaja arhanizacyja) — organisation established by treaty
  • Bengali: আন্তর্জাতিক সংস্থা (antorjatik śoṅstha) — organisation established by treaty
  • Bulgarian: международна организация (meždunarodna organizacija) — organisation established by treaty
  • Catalan: organització internacional — organisation established by treaty
  • Chinese Cantonese: 國際組織 /国际组织 (gwok3 zai3 zou2 zik1) — organisation established by treaty
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 國際組織 /国际组织 (guók-cié cū-cék) — organisation established by treaty
  • Hakka Chinese: 國際組織 /国际组织 (koet-chi chû-chṳt) — organisation established by treaty
  • Chinese: 國際組織 /国际组织 (kok-chè cho͘-chit) — organisation established by treaty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國際組織 /国际组织 (guójì zǔzhī) — organisation established by treaty
  • Czech: mezinárodní organizace — organisation established by treaty
  • Danish: international organisation — organisation established by treaty
  • Dutch: internationale organisatie — organisation established by treaty
  • Esperanto: internacia organizaĵo — organisation established by treaty
  • Estonian: rahvusvaheline organisatsioon — organisation established by treaty
  • Finnish: kansainvälinen järjestö — organisation established by treaty
  • French: organisation internationale — organisation established by treaty
  • Galician: organización internacional — organisation established by treaty
  • Georgian: საერთაშორისო ორგანიზაცია (saertašoriso organizacia) — organisation established by treaty
  • German: Internationale Organisation — organisation established by treaty
  • Greek: διεθνής οργανισμός (diethnís organismós) — organisation established by treaty
  • Hindi: अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय संगठन (antarrāṣṭrīya saṅgṭhan) — organisation established by treaty
  • Icelandic: alþjóðastofnun — organisation established by treaty
  • Indonesian: organisasi internasional — organisation established by treaty
  • Italian: organizzazione internazionale — organisation established by treaty
  • Japanese: 国際機関 — organisation established by treaty
  • Kannada: ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸಂಘಟನೆಗಳು (antararāṣṭrīya saṅghaṭanegaḷu) — organisation established by treaty
  • Kazakh: халықаралық ұйымдар (xalyqaralyq ūiymdar) — organisation established by treaty
  • Korean: 국제기구 (gukjegigu) — organisation established by treaty
  • Latvian: starptautiska organizācija — organisation established by treaty
  • Lithuanian: tarptautinė organizacija — organisation established by treaty
  • Macedonian: меѓународна организација (meǵunarodna organizacija) — organisation established by treaty
  • Norwegian: internasjonal organisasjon — organisation established by treaty
  • Pashto: نړیوال سازمان — organisation established by treaty
  • Persian: سازمان بینالمللی — organisation established by treaty
  • Polish: organizacja międzynarodowa — organisation established by treaty
  • Portuguese: organização internacional — organisation established by treaty
  • Romanian: organizație internațională — organisation established by treaty
  • Russian: междунаро́дная организа́ция (meždunaródnaja organizácija) — organisation established by treaty
  • Serbo-Croatian: međunarodna organizacija — organisation established by treaty
  • Serbo-Croatian: међународна организација — organisation established by treaty
  • Slovak: medzinárodná organizácia — organisation established by treaty
  • Spanish: organismo internacional — organisation established by treaty
  • Swedish: internationell organisation — organisation established by treaty
  • Tamil: சர்வதேச அமைப்பு (carvatēca amaippu) — organisation established by treaty
  • Thai: องค์การระหว่างประเทศ (ong-gaan-rá-wàang-bprà-têet) — organisation established by treaty
  • Turkish: uluslararası kuruluş — organisation established by treaty
  • Ukrainian: міжнародна організація (mižnarodna orhanizacija) — organisation established by treaty
  • Urdu: بین الاقوامی تنظیم — organisation established by treaty
  • Uzbek: xalqaro tashkilot — organisation established by treaty
  • Yoruba: àjọ àgbáyé — organisation established by treaty