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non-governmental organization

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control).

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Antonyms: governmental organization

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: иеиҳабыратəым аиҿкаара (jejḥabəratʼəəm ajĉʼkʼaara) — organization with no direct government control
  • Albanian: organizatë joqeveritare — organization with no direct government control
  • Arabic: مُنَظَّمَة غَيْر حُكُومِيَّة (munaẓẓama ḡayr ḥukūmiyya) — organization with no direct government control
  • Armenian: ոչ կառավարական կազմակերպություն (očʻ kaṙavarakan kazmakerputʻyun) — organization with no direct government control
  • Avar: хӏукуматалъул гьечӏеб организация (ḥrukumatalsul hečʼeb organizacija) — organization with no direct government control
  • Azerbaijani: qeyri-hökümət təşkilatı — organization with no direct government control
  • Belarusian: грама́дская арганіза́цыя (hramádskaja arhanizácyja) — organization with no direct government control
  • Belarusian: неўрадавая арганізацыя (njewradavaja arhanizacyja) — organization with no direct government control
  • Bulgarian: неправи́телствена организа́ция (nepravítelstvena organizácija) — organization with no direct government control
  • Catalan: organització no governamental — organization with no direct government control
  • Chechen: ӏедалх йозуш йоцу организаци (ˀedalx jozuš jocu organizaci) — organization with no direct government control
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非政府組織 /非政府组织 (fēizhèngfǔ zǔzhī) — organization with no direct government control
  • Czech: nevládní organizace — organization with no direct government control
  • Dutch: niet-gouvernementele organisatie — organization with no direct government control
  • Finnish: kansalaisjärjestö — organization with no direct government control
  • French: organisation non gouvernementale — organization with no direct government control
  • Georgian: არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაცია (arasamtavrobo organizacia) — organization with no direct government control
  • German: Nichtregierungsorganisation — organization with no direct government control
  • German: nichtstaatliche Organisation — organization with no direct government control
  • Greek: μη κυβερνητικός οργανισμός (mi kyvernitikós organismós) — organization with no direct government control
  • Hungarian: nem kormányzati szervezet — organization with no direct government control
  • Hungarian: civil szervezet — organization with no direct government control
  • Indonesian: lembaga swadaya masyarakat — organization with no direct government control
  • Indonesian: organisasi nonpemerintah — organization with no direct government control
  • Italian: organizzazione non governativa — organization with no direct government control
  • Japanese: 非政府組織 (hiseifu soshiki) — organization with no direct government control
  • Korean: 비정부 기구 (bijeongbu gigu) — organization with no direct government control
  • Kazakh: бейүкіметтік ұйым (beiükımettık ūiym) — organization with no direct government control
  • Latvian: sabiedriska organizācija — organization with no direct government control
  • Malay: pertubuhan bukan kerajaan — organization with no direct government control
  • Malayalam: സർക്കാരിതര സംഘടന (saṟkkāritara saṅghaṭana) — organization with no direct government control
  • Norwegian: ikke-statlig organisasjon — organization with no direct government control
  • Ossetian: ӕнӕхицауадон организаци (ænæxicawadon organizaci) — organization with no direct government control
  • Polish: organizacja pozarządowa — organization with no direct government control
  • Portuguese: organização não-governamental — organization with no direct government control
  • Romanian: organizație non-guvernamentală — organization with no direct government control
  • Russian: обще́ственная организа́ция (obščéstvennaja organizácija) — organization with no direct government control
  • Russian: неправи́тельственная организа́ция (nepravítelʹstvennaja organizácija) — organization with no direct government control
  • Serbo-Croatian: невладина организација — organization with no direct government control
  • Serbo-Croatian: nevladina organizacija — organization with no direct government control
  • Slovak: mimovládna organizácia — organization with no direct government control
  • Slovene: nevladna organizacija — organization with no direct government control
  • Spanish: organización no gubernamental — organization with no direct government control
  • Swahili: shirika lisilo la kiserikali — organization with no direct government control
  • Swedish: icke-statlig organisation — organization with no direct government control
  • Swedish: enskild organisation — organization with no direct government control
  • Thai: องค์การนอกภาครัฐ (ong-gaan-nɔ̂ɔk-pâak-rát) — organization with no direct government control
  • Turkish: sivil toplum kuruluşu — organization with no direct government control
  • Ukrainian: грома́дська організа́ція (hromádsʹka orhanizácija) — organization with no direct government control
  • Ukrainian: недержавна організація (nederžavna orhanizacija) — organization with no direct government control
  • Uyghur: غەيرى ھۆكۈمەت تەشكىلاتى (gheyri hökümet teshkilati) — organization with no direct government control