Standard Lemma guide

multinational

adj · noun · 4 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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  • rhymes with -æʃənəl
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  • CMU ARPABET: M AH2 L T AY2 N AE1 SH AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M AH2 L T IY2 N AE1 SH AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Of, or involving more than two nations (externally between countries or internally in a country).

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

adj

Meaning 2

Operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries (especially more than two).

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

3

noun

Meaning 3

A multinational company.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

involving or operating in several nations or nationalities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • multinational corporations
  • transnational terrorist networks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transnational

Antonyms: none provided

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 national English multinational From multi- + national.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: шматнацыяна́льны (šmatnacyjanálʹny) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Bulgarian: многонациона́лен (mnogonacionálen) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Bulgarian: многонароден (mnogonaroden) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Catalan: multinacional — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Finnish: monikansallinen — of, or involving more than two countries
  • French: multinational — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Galician: multinacional — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Georgian: მულტინაციონალური (mulṭinacionaluri) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Georgian: მრავალნაციონალური (mravalnacionaluri) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Georgian: მრავალეროვნული (mravalerovnuli) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Georgian: საერთაშორისო (saertašoriso) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Georgian: მულტიეროვნული (mulṭierovnuli) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • German: multinational — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Hindi: बहुराष्ट्रीय (bahurāṣṭrīya) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Indonesian: multinasional — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Italian: multinazionale — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Māori: whenuarau — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Norman: multinâtionnal — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Occitan: multinacional — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Polish: wielonarodowy — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Portuguese: multinacional — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Russian: междунаро́дный (meždunaródnyj) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Russian: многонациона́льный (mnogonacionálʹnyj) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Spanish: multinacional — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Telugu: బహుళజాతీయ (bahuḷajātīya) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Ukrainian: багатонаціона́льний (bahatonacionálʹnyj) — of, or involving more than two countries
  • Catalan: multinacional — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Finnish: monikansallinen — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • French: multinational — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Galician: multinacional — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Georgian: მულტინაციონალური (mulṭinacionaluri) — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Georgian: მრავალნაციონალური (mravalnacionaluri) — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Georgian: მრავალეროვნული (mravalerovnuli) — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Georgian: მულტიეროვნული (mulṭierovnuli) — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Hungarian: multinacionális — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Indonesian: multinasional — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Italian: multinazionale — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Norman: multinâtionnal — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Portuguese: multinacional — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Spanish: multinacional — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Swedish: multinationell — operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
  • Catalan: multinacional — multinational company
  • Cornish: korforeth lieskenedhlek — multinational company
  • Dutch: multinational — multinational company
  • French: multinationale — multinational company
  • Galician: multinacional — multinational company
  • Georgian: მულტინაციონალური კომპანია (mulṭinacionaluri ḳomṗania) — multinational company
  • Georgian: მრავალეროვნული კომპანია (mravalerovnuli ḳomṗania) — multinational company
  • Georgian: მრავალნაციონალური კომპანია (mravalnacionaluri ḳomṗania) — multinational company
  • German: multinationales Unternehmen — multinational company
  • Hungarian: multi — multinational company
  • Italian: multinazionale — multinational company
  • Japanese: 多国籍企業 (takokuseki kigyō) — multinational company
  • Māori: rangatōpū whenuarau — multinational company
  • Polish: koncern — multinational company
  • Polish: korporacja — multinational company
  • Portuguese: multinacional — multinational company
  • Spanish: multinacional — multinational company
Real reading context

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