Standard Lemma guide

interpersonal

adj · 2 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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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 P ER1 S AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Between two or more people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

occurring among or involving several people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • interpersonal situations in which speech occurs

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- Middle English personal English personal English interpersonal From inter- + personal.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: şəxslərarası — between persons
  • Catalan: interpersonal — between persons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人際的 /人际的 (rénjì de) — between persons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人與人之間的 /人与人之间的 (rén yǔ rén zhījiān de) — between persons
  • Czech: mezilidský — between persons
  • Danish: interpersonel — between persons
  • Danish: mellemmenneskelig — between persons
  • Estonian: isikutevaheline — between persons
  • Estonian: interpersonaalne — between persons
  • Finnish: vuorovaikutteinen — between persons
  • Finnish: vuorovaikutus- — between persons
  • Finnish: ihmistenvälinen — between persons
  • Finnish: ihmissuhde- — between persons
  • Finnish: interpersoonallinen — between persons
  • Finnish: interpersonaalinen — between persons
  • French: interpersonnel — between persons
  • Georgian: პიროვნებათშორისი (ṗirovnebatšorisi) — between persons
  • Georgian: ადამიანთაშორისი (adamiantašorisi) — between persons
  • German: zwischenmenschlich — between persons
  • Greek: διαπροσωπικός (diaprosopikós) — between persons
  • Hungarian: személyközi — between persons
  • Indonesian: antarpribadi — between persons
  • Indonesian: interpersonal — between persons
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mellommenneskelig — between persons
  • Polish: międzyludzki — between persons
  • Portuguese: interpessoal — between persons
  • Romanian: interpersonal — between persons
  • Russian: межли́чностный (mežlíčnostnyj) — between persons
  • Serbo-Croatian: međuljudski — between persons
  • Spanish: interpersonal — between persons
  • Swedish: mellanmänsklig — between persons
  • Ukrainian: міжособи́стісний (mižosobýstisnyj) — between persons
  • Ukrainian: міжособо́вий (mižosobóvyj) — between persons