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say it: in-tur-NASH-uh-nuhl
international is an adjective and noun meaning "concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations". It is pronounced /ˌɪntɚˈnæʃənəl/ — in-tur-NASH-uh-nuhl. It carries 3 recorded senses.
concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations
“international affairs”
“an international agreement”
“international waters”
from or between other countries
“external commerce”
“international trade”
“developing nations need outside help”
any of several international socialist organizations
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for international come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.