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multilateral

adj · noun · 5 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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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having many physical sides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having many sides or points of view.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Involving three or more parties or nations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: government, politics

Examples

  • a multilateral negotiation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A group with representatives from three or more parties or nations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

having many parts or sides

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: many-sided

Antonyms: unilateral

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English lateral English multilateral From multi- + lateral.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: çoxtərəfli — having many sides or points of view
  • Belarusian: многабо́чны (mnohabóčny) — having many sides or points of view
  • Belarusian: многабако́вы (mnohabakóvy) — having many sides or points of view
  • Belarusian: шматбако́вы (šmatbakóvy) — having many sides or points of view
  • Belarusian: многастаро́нні (mnohastarónni) — having many sides or points of view
  • Bulgarian: многостра́нен (mnogostránen) — having many sides or points of view
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多邊 /多边 (duōbiān) — having many sides or points of view
  • Czech: mnohostranný — having many sides or points of view
  • Dutch: multilateraal — having many sides or points of view
  • Finnish: monitahoinen — having many sides or points of view
  • French: multilatéral — having many sides or points of view
  • Georgian: მრავალმხრივი (mravalmxrivi) — having many sides or points of view
  • German: multilateral — having many sides or points of view
  • German: vielseitig — having many sides or points of view
  • Greek: πολύπλευρος (polýplevros) — having many sides or points of view
  • Icelandic: marghliða — having many sides or points of view
  • Kazakh: көпжақты (köpjaqty) — having many sides or points of view
  • Latin: multilaterālis — having many sides or points of view
  • Macedonian: повеќестран (poveḱestran) — having many sides or points of view
  • Manx: yl-heuagh — having many sides or points of view
  • Polish: wielostronny — having many sides or points of view
  • Polish: wieloboczny — having many sides or points of view
  • Portuguese: multilateral — having many sides or points of view
  • Russian: многосторо́нний (mnogostorónnij) — having many sides or points of view
  • Ukrainian: багатобі́чний (bahatobíčnyj) — having many sides or points of view
  • Ukrainian: багатосторо́нній (bahatostorónnij) — having many sides or points of view
  • Ukrainian: многобі́чний (mnohobíčnyj) — having many sides or points of view
  • Azerbaijani: çoxtərəfli — involving three or more parties
  • Czech: multilaterální — involving three or more parties
  • Czech: vícestranný — involving three or more parties
  • Dutch: multilateraal — involving three or more parties
  • Finnish: monenkeskinen — involving three or more parties
  • Georgian: მრავალმხრივი (mravalmxrivi) — involving three or more parties
  • German: multilateral — involving three or more parties
  • Greek: πολυμερής (polymerís) — involving three or more parties
  • Icelandic: marghliða — involving three or more parties
  • Latin: multilaterālis — involving three or more parties
  • Macedonian: повеќестран (poveḱestran) — involving three or more parties
  • Macedonian: мултилатерален (multilateralen) — involving three or more parties
  • Portuguese: multilateral — involving three or more parties
  • Ukrainian: багатосторо́нній (bahatostorónnij) — involving three or more parties