noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
Received-Pronunciation:/nɪˌɡəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
Canada, General-American:/nɪˌɡoʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
Canada, General-American:/nəˌɡoʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
Canada, General-American:/nɪˌɡoʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
Canada, General-American:/nəˌɡoʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The process of achieving agreement through discussion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The specifics of the contract are still under negotiation.
The two parties entered into negotiations about the merger.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”). By surface analysis, negotiate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
113 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
negocim
— process of achieving agreement
Amharic:
ድርድር
(dərdər)
— process of achieving agreement
Arabic:
مُفَاوَضَات
(mufāwaḍāt)
— process of achieving agreement
Arabic:
مُذَاكَرَات
(muḏākarāt)
— process of achieving agreement
Arabic:
تَفَاوُض
(tafāwuḍ)
— process of achieving agreement
Arabic:
مُبَاحَثَات
(mubāḥaṯāt)
— process of achieving agreement
Armenian:
բանակցություն
(banakcʻutʻyun)
— process of achieving agreement
Azerbaijani:
danışıq
— process of achieving agreement
Azerbaijani:
danışıqlar
— process of achieving agreement
Belarusian:
перагаво́ры
(pjerahavóry)
— process of achieving agreement
Belarusian:
перамо́вы
(pjeramóvy)
— process of achieving agreement
Bengali:
আলোচনা
(alōcona)
— process of achieving agreement
Bulgarian:
пре́говори
(prégovori)
— process of achieving agreement
Burmese:
စေ့စပ်ရေး
(ce.cap-re:)
— process of achieving agreement
Burmese:
ဆွေးနွေးပွဲ
(hcwe:nwe:pwai:)
— process of achieving agreement
Catalan:
negociació
— process of achieving agreement
Chinese Cantonese:
談判 /谈判
(taam4 pun3)
— process of achieving agreement
Chinese Cantonese:
交涉
(gaau1 sip3)
— process of achieving agreement
Chinese Mandarin:
談判 /谈判
(tánpàn)
— process of achieving agreement
Chinese Mandarin:
交涉
(jiāoshè)
— process of achieving agreement
Czech:
vyjednávání
— process of achieving agreement
Czech:
negociace
— process of achieving agreement
Danish:
forhandling
— process of achieving agreement
Dutch:
onderhandeling
— process of achieving agreement
Estonian:
läbirääkimine
— process of achieving agreement
Estonian:
läbirääkimised
— process of achieving agreement
Finnish:
neuvottelu
— process of achieving agreement
French:
négociation
— process of achieving agreement
Galician:
negociación
— process of achieving agreement
Georgian:
მოლაპარაკება
(molaṗaraḳeba)
— process of achieving agreement
German:
Verhandlung
— process of achieving agreement
Greek:
παζάρεμα
(pazárema)
— process of achieving agreement
Greek:
διαπραγμάτευση
(diapragmátefsi)
— process of achieving agreement
Hebrew:
מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן
(masá umatán)
— process of achieving agreement
Hindi:
बातचीत
(bātcīt)
— process of achieving agreement
Hindi:
परक्रामण
(parakrāmaṇ)
— process of achieving agreement
Hindi:
संधिवार्ता
(sandhivārtā)
— process of achieving agreement
Hungarian:
tárgyalás
— process of achieving agreement
Hungarian:
egyeztetés
— process of achieving agreement
Hungarian:
egyezkedés
— process of achieving agreement
Hungarian:
megbeszélés
— process of achieving agreement
Icelandic:
viðræður
— process of achieving agreement
Indonesian:
negosiasi
— process of achieving agreement
Indonesian:
perundingan
— process of achieving agreement
Italian:
negoziato
— process of achieving agreement
Italian:
negoziazione
— process of achieving agreement
Japanese:
交渉
(kōshō)
— process of achieving agreement
Kazakh:
келіссөз
(kelıssöz)
— process of achieving agreement
Kazakh:
келіссөздер
(kelıssözder)
— process of achieving agreement
Khmer:
ការចរចា
(kaa cɑɑcaa)
— process of achieving agreement
Korean:
교섭
(gyoseop)
— process of achieving agreement
Korean:
협상
(hyeopsang)
— process of achieving agreement
Northern Kurdish:
mizakere
— process of achieving agreement
Northern Kurdish:
danûstandin
— process of achieving agreement
Northern Kurdish:
guftûgo
— process of achieving agreement
Northern Kurdish:
gotûbêj
— process of achieving agreement
Northern Kurdish:
nîqaş
— process of achieving agreement
Northern Kurdish:
dêwan
— process of achieving agreement
Kyrgyz:
сүйлөшүүлөр
(süylöşüülör)
— process of achieving agreement
Lao:
ການເຈລະຈາ
(kān chē la chā)
— process of achieving agreement
Latvian:
sarunas
— process of achieving agreement
Lithuanian:
derybos
— process of achieving agreement
Macedonian:
преговори
(pregovori)
— process of achieving agreement
Malay:
rundingan
— process of achieving agreement
Māori:
matapakinga
— process of achieving agreement
Mongolian:
хэлэлцээр
(xelelceer)
— process of achieving agreement
Norwegian Bokmål:
forhandling
— process of achieving agreement
Occitan:
negociacion
— process of achieving agreement
Pashto:
مذاکره
(mozākera)
— process of achieving agreement
Iranian Persian:
مُذاکِرِه
(mozâkere)
— process of achieving agreement
Iranian Persian:
مُذاکِرات
(mozâkerât)
— process of achieving agreement
Polish:
negocjacja
— process of achieving agreement
Polish:
negocjacje
— process of achieving agreement
Portuguese:
negociação
— process of achieving agreement
Romanian:
negociere
— process of achieving agreement
Russian:
перегово́ры
(peregovóry)
— process of achieving agreement
Serbo-Croatian:
пре̏гово̄ри
— process of achieving agreement
Serbo-Croatian:
прије̏гово̄ри
— process of achieving agreement
Serbo-Croatian:
prȅgovōri
— process of achieving agreement
Serbo-Croatian:
prijȅgovōri
— process of achieving agreement
Slovak:
vyjednávanie
— process of achieving agreement
Slovak:
rokovanie
— process of achieving agreement
Slovene:
pregovor
— process of achieving agreement
Slovene:
pogajanja
— process of achieving agreement
Lower Sorbian:
jadnanje
— process of achieving agreement
Spanish:
negociación
— process of achieving agreement
Spanish:
tratativa
— process of achieving agreement
Swedish:
förhandling
— process of achieving agreement
Swedish:
underhandling
— process of achieving agreement
Tajik:
музокира
(muzokira)
— process of achieving agreement
Tajik:
музокирот
(muzokirot)
— process of achieving agreement
Tajik:
гуфтугузор
(guftuguzor)
— process of achieving agreement
Tajik:
гуфтушунид
(guftušunid)
— process of achieving agreement
Telugu:
బేరం
(bēraṁ)
— process of achieving agreement
Thai:
การต่อรอง
(gaan-dtɔ̀ɔ-rɔɔng)
— process of achieving agreement
Thai:
การเจรจา
(gaan-jee-rá-jaa)
— process of achieving agreement
Turkish:
müzakere
— process of achieving agreement
Turkish:
görüşme
— process of achieving agreement
Ottoman Turkish:
مذاكره
(müzakere)
— process of achieving agreement
Ukrainian:
перегово́ри
(perehovóry)
— process of achieving agreement
Ukrainian:
перемо́ви
(peremóvy)
— process of achieving agreement
Ukrainian:
перемо́вини
(peremóvyny)
— process of achieving agreement
Urdu:
مُذاکَرَہ
(muzākara)
— process of achieving agreement
Urdu:
مُذاکَرات
(muzākarāt)
— process of achieving agreement
Urdu:
بات چِیت
(bāt cīt)
— process of achieving agreement
Uyghur:
سۆھبەت
(söhbet)
— process of achieving agreement
Uzbek:
muzokara
— process of achieving agreement
Uzbek:
muzokaralar
— process of achieving agreement
Vietnamese:
sự đàm phán
— process of achieving agreement
Walloon:
negociåcion
— process of achieving agreement
Walloon:
bate di dvizes
— process of achieving agreement
Welsh:
trafodaeth
— process of achieving agreement
Yiddish:
פֿאַרהאַנדלונג
(farhandlung)
— process of achieving agreement