universal

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl̩/
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• General-American: /ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)səl
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• CMU ARPABET: Y UW2 N AH0 V ER1 S AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English universal, from Old French universal (modern French universel), from Latin ūniversālis, equivalent to universe + -al.

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: вселенски (vselenski) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Bulgarian: всеми́рен (vsemíren) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Catalan: universal — of or pertaining to the universe
• Chinese Mandarin: 宇宙的 (yǔzhòu de) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Esperanto: universa — of or pertaining to the universe
• Finnish: yleismaailmallinen — of or pertaining to the universe
• Finnish: universaali — of or pertaining to the universe
• Finnish: kosminen — of or pertaining to the universe
• French: universel — of or pertaining to the universe
• Galician: universal — of or pertaining to the universe
• Greek: παγκόσμιος (pagkósmios) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Ido: universala — of or pertaining to the universe
• Indonesian: universal — of or pertaining to the universe
• Japanese: 宇宙の (uchū no) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Korean: 우주(宇宙)의 (uju-ui) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Korean: 우주적 (ujujeok) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Central Kurdish: گەردوونی (gerdûnî) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Malayalam: ലോക (lōka) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Malayalam: വിശ്വ (viśva) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Occitan: universal — of or pertaining to the universe
• Persian: جهانی — of or pertaining to the universe
• Polish: kosmiczny — of or pertaining to the universe
• Portuguese: universal — of or pertaining to the universe
• Russian: вселе́нский (vselénskij) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Russian: косми́ческий (kosmíčeskij) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Slovene: vesoljski — of or pertaining to the universe
• Spanish: universal — of or pertaining to the universe
• Swedish: universell — of or pertaining to the universe
• Tagalog: sansinukbin — of or pertaining to the universe
• Thai: จักรวาล (jàk-grà-waan) — of or pertaining to the universe
• Armenian: համամարդկային (hamamardkayin) — common to all members of a group or class
• Belarusian: агу́льны (ahúlʹny) — common to all members of a group or class
• Bulgarian: универсален (universalen) — common to all members of a group or class
• Catalan: universal — common to all members of a group or class
• Chinese Mandarin: 普遍 (pǔbiàn) — common to all members of a group or class
• Chinese Mandarin: 全體的 /全体的 (quántǐ de) — common to all members of a group or class
• Dutch: algemeen — common to all members of a group or class
• Finnish: yleinen — common to all members of a group or class
• Finnish: yleis- — common to all members of a group or class
• Finnish: yleispätevä — common to all members of a group or class
• French: universel — common to all members of a group or class
• German: allgemein — common to all members of a group or class
• German: Allgemein- — common to all members of a group or class
• German: universell — common to all members of a group or class
• Greek: παγκόσμιος (pagkósmios) — common to all members of a group or class
• Ancient Greek: καθολικός (katholikós) — common to all members of a group or class
• Ancient Greek: οἰκουμενῐκός (oikoumenĭkós) — common to all members of a group or class
• Irish: comhchoiteann — common to all members of a group or class
• Japanese: 普遍的 (fuhen-teki) — common to all members of a group or class
• Korean: 보편적 (bopyeonjeok) — common to all members of a group or class
• Latin: ūniversālis — common to all members of a group or class
• Polish: ogólny — common to all members of a group or class
• Polish: powszechny — common to all members of a group or class
• Polish: uniwersalny — common to all members of a group or class
• Portuguese: universal — common to all members of a group or class
• Russian: всео́бщий (vseóbščij) — common to all members of a group or class
• Slovene: univerzalen — common to all members of a group or class
• Spanish: universal — common to all members of a group or class
• Thai: สากล (sǎa-gon) — common to all members of a group or class
• Turkish: evrensel — common to all members of a group or class
• Armenian: համամարդկային (hamamardkayin) — common to all society, world-wide
• Armenian: համընդհանուր (haməndhanur) — common to all society, world-wide
• Belarusian: агу́льны (ahúlʹny) — common to all society, world-wide
• Bulgarian: всео́бщ (vseóbšt) — common to all society, world-wide
• Chinese Mandarin: 全世界的 (quánshìjiè de) — common to all society, world-wide
• Dutch: universeel — common to all society, world-wide
• Dutch: wereldwijd — common to all society, world-wide
• Esperanto: universala — common to all society, world-wide
• Finnish: maailmanlaajuinen — common to all society, world-wide
• French: universel — common to all society, world-wide
• Galician: universal — common to all society, world-wide
• German: weltweit — common to all society, world-wide
• German: Welt- — common to all society, world-wide
• German: universell — common to all society, world-wide
• Greek: παγκόσμιος (pagkósmios) — common to all society, world-wide
• Ancient Greek: καθολικός (katholikós) — common to all society, world-wide
• Ancient Greek: οἰκουμενῐκός (oikoumenĭkós) — common to all society, world-wide
• Haitian Creole: inivèsèl — common to all society, world-wide
• Hebrew: עולמי — common to all society, world-wide
• Icelandic: algildur — common to all society, world-wide
• Irish: uilechoiteann — common to all society, world-wide
• Japanese: 世界的 (sekai teki) — common to all society, world-wide
• Korean: 세계적 (segyejeok) — common to all society, world-wide
• Korean: 전세계적 (jeonsegyejeok) — common to all society, world-wide
• Korean: 전지구적 (jeonjigujeok) — common to all society, world-wide
• Latin: ūniversālis — common to all society, world-wide
• Malay: sejagat — common to all society, world-wide
• Malay: universal — common to all society, world-wide
• Portuguese: universal — common to all society, world-wide
• Russian: всео́бщий (vseóbščij) — common to all society, world-wide
• Russian: глоба́льный (globálʹnyj) — common to all society, world-wide
• Russian: всесторо́нний (vsestorónnij) — common to all society, world-wide
• Russian: всеми́рный (vsemírnyj) — common to all society, world-wide
• Russian: общечелове́ческий (obščečelovéčeskij) — common to all society, world-wide
• Slovak: všeľudský — common to all society, world-wide
• Slovene: univerzalen — common to all society, world-wide
• Spanish: universal — common to all society, world-wide
• Swedish: universell — common to all society, world-wide
• Thai: สากล (sǎa-gon) — common to all society, world-wide
• Turkish: evrensel — common to all society, world-wide
• Yiddish: אַלוועלטלעך (alveltlekh) — common to all society, world-wide
• Bulgarian: космически (kosmičeski) — cosmic, unlimited
• Chinese Mandarin: 無限 /无限 (wúxiàn) — cosmic, unlimited
• Chinese Mandarin: 無窮 /无穷 (wúqióng) — cosmic, unlimited
• Finnish: rajaton — cosmic, unlimited
• Finnish: ääretön — cosmic, unlimited
• German: kosmisch — cosmic, unlimited
• Japanese: 無限 (mugen) — cosmic, unlimited
• Korean: 무한(無限)한 (muhan-han) — cosmic, unlimited
• Portuguese: universal — cosmic, unlimited
• Russian: вселе́нский (vselénskij) — cosmic, unlimited
• Russian: косми́ческий (kosmíčeskij) — cosmic, unlimited
• Spanish: universal — cosmic, unlimited
• Thai: ครอบจักรวาล — cosmic, unlimited
• Bulgarian: универсален (universalen) — useful for many purposes
• Chinese Mandarin: 萬用 /万用 (wànyòng) — useful for many purposes
• Chinese Mandarin: 萬能 /万能 (wànnéng) — useful for many purposes
• Czech: všestranný — useful for many purposes
• Czech: univerzální — useful for many purposes
• Dutch: universeel — useful for many purposes
• Finnish: yleis- — useful for many purposes
• Finnish: yleiskäyttöinen — useful for many purposes
• German: universell — useful for many purposes
• German: Universal- — useful for many purposes
• German: All- — useful for many purposes
• Greek: παγκόσμιος (pagkósmios) — useful for many purposes
• Hungarian: univerzális — useful for many purposes
• Icelandic: alhliða — useful for many purposes
• Japanese: 万能 (bannō) — useful for many purposes
• Korean: 범용 (beomyong) — useful for many purposes
• Polish: uniwersalny — useful for many purposes
• Portuguese: universal — useful for many purposes
• Russian: универса́льный (universálʹnyj) — useful for many purposes
• Russian: всесторо́нний (vsestorónnij) — useful for many purposes
• Slovene: univerzalen — useful for many purposes
• Spanish: universal — useful for many purposes
• Swedish: omfattande — useful for many purposes
• Thai: อเนกประสงค์ (à-nêek-bprà-sǒng) — useful for many purposes
• Turkish: evrensel — useful for many purposes
• Turkish: çok amaçlı — useful for many purposes
• Ukrainian: універса́льний (universálʹnyj) — useful for many purposes
• Arabic: كُلِّيَّة (kulliyya) — A property that particular things have in common.
• Finnish: universaali — A property that particular things have in common.
• Finnish: yleiskäsite — A property that particular things have in common.
• German: Universalie — A property that particular things have in common.
• Russian: всео́бщее (vseóbščeje) — A property that particular things have in common.