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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} foreign affairs pl (plural only)
  1. Matters or news occurring abroad. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (matters or news): xaricdə baş verənlər (Azerbaijani), 外事 (wàishì) (Chinese Mandarin), ulkomaanuutiset [plural] (Finnish), asuntos exteriores [masculine, plural] (Spanish)
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  2. Policy of a government in dealing with other countries or with activities overseas. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Diplomacy Translations (policy): xarici siyasət (Azerbaijani), 外交 (wàijiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 外事 (wàishì) (Chinese Mandarin), 外交事務 (Chinese Mandarin), 外交事务 (waìjiāo shìwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 外務 (Chinese Mandarin), 外务 (waìwù) (Chinese Mandarin), zahraniční věci [feminine, plural] (Czech), udenrigsanliggender [neuter, plural] (Danish), ulkopolitiikka (Finnish), ulkoasiat (Finnish), affaires étrangères [feminine, plural] (French), საგარეო პოლიტიკა (sagareo ṗoliṭiḳa) (Georgian), საგარეო საქმეები (sagareo sakmeebi) (Georgian), Außenpolitik [feminine] (German), gnóthaí eachtracha [masculine] (Irish), 外務 (gaimu) (alt: がいむ) (Japanese), надворешни работи (nadvorešni raboti) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), utenrikssaker [plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), sprawy zagraniczne [feminine, plural] (Polish), política externa [feminine] (Portuguese), afaceri externe [feminine, plural] (Romanian), вне́шняя поли́тика (vnéšnjaja polítika) [feminine] (Russian), иностра́нные дела́ (inostránnyje delá) [neuter, plural] (Russian), asuntos exteriores [masculine, plural] (Spanish), utrikes ärende [neuter] (Swedish), utrikespolitik [common-gender] (Swedish), dış ilişkiler (Turkish), ngoại giao (Vietnamese)
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  3. A government office or department charged with handling relations with other countries. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (department): xarici işlər nazirliyi (Azerbaijani), 外交部 (wàijiāobù) (Chinese Mandarin), ministerstvo zahraničních věcí [neuter] (Czech), udenrigsministerium [neuter] (Danish), ulkoministeriö (Finnish), affaires étrangères [feminine, plural] (French), ministère des affaires étrangères [masculine] (French), საგარეო საქმეთა სამინისტრო (sagareo sakmeta saminisṭro) (Georgian), საგარეო საქმეთა დეპარტამენტი (sagareo sakmeta deṗarṭamenṭi) (Georgian), საგარეო საქმეთა განყოფილება (sagareo sakmeta ganq̇opileba) (Georgian), Außenministerium [neuter] (German), gnóthaí eachtracha [masculine] (Irish), 外務省 (gaimushō) (alt: がいむしょう) (Japanese), министерство за надворешни работи (ministerstvo za nadvorešni raboti) [neuter] (Macedonian), departamento de política externa [masculine] (Portuguese), министе́рство иностра́нных дел (ministérstvo inostránnyx del) [neuter] (Russian), asuntos exteriores [masculine, plural] (Spanish), utrikesdepartement [neuter] (Swedish), utrikesministerium [neuter] (Swedish), ugnayang panlabas (Tagalog), dış ilişkiler (Turkish), bộ ngoại giao (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-foreign_affairs-en-noun--~33IfuD Disambiguation of 'department': 1 0 98 0
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see foreign, affairs. Tags: plural, plural-only
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "министерство за надворешни работи"
        },
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          "roman": "ministérstvo inostránnyx del",
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            "neuter"
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            "masculine",
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          "_dis1": "1 0 98 0",
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          "sense": "department",
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            "neuter"
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        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "department",
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          "ref": "1992, Amy Richlin, The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor, revised edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88:",
          "text": "Most of the twelve Caesars were rumored to have been licentious as both adulterers and homosexuals (not that the two were mutually exclusive, as will be seen), and Gaius and Nero were both supposed to have been adulterers, active homosexuals, and pathics. According to Suetonius, Julius Caesar was cuckolded by Clodius (Iul. 6, 74) but was himself so noted an adulterer that Pompey (lul. 50) called him \"Aegisthus\" (mock epic again); and his foreign affairs were the talk of Rome and of the army (Iul, 49–52).",
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}
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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "matters or news",
      "word": "xaricdə baş verənlər"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wàishì",
      "sense": "matters or news",
      "word": "外事"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ulkomaanuutiset"
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        "plural"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "xarici siyasət"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wàijiāo",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "外交"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wàishì",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "外事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "外交事務"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "waìjiāo shìwù",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "外交事务"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "外務"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "waìwù",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "外务"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "policy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "zahraniční věci"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "policy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "udenrigsanliggender"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "ulkopolitiikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "ulkoasiat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "policy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "affaires étrangères"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sagareo ṗoliṭiḳa",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "საგარეო პოლიტიკა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sagareo sakmeebi",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "საგარეო საქმეები"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "policy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Außenpolitik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "policy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gnóthaí eachtracha"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がいむ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gaimu",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "外務"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nadvorešni raboti",
      "sense": "policy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "надворешни работи"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "policy",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "utenrikssaker"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "policy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "sprawy zagraniczne"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "policy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "política externa"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "policy",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "afaceri externe"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnéšnjaja polítika",
      "sense": "policy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "вне́шняя поли́тика"
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      "roman": "inostránnyje delá",
      "sense": "policy",
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      "word": "иностра́нные дела́"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "policy",
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      "word": "utrikes ärende"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "policy",
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    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "dış ilişkiler"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "policy",
      "word": "ngoại giao"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "xarici işlər nazirliyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wàijiāobù",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "外交部"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ministerstvo zahraničních věcí"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "udenrigsministerium"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "ulkoministeriö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "affaires étrangères"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ministère des affaires étrangères"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sagareo sakmeta saminisṭro",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "საგარეო საქმეთა სამინისტრო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sagareo sakmeta deṗarṭamenṭi",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "საგარეო საქმეთა დეპარტამენტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sagareo sakmeta ganq̇opileba",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "საგარეო საქმეთა განყოფილება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Außenministerium"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gnóthaí eachtracha"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がいむしょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gaimushō",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "外務省"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ministerstvo za nadvorešni raboti",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "министерство за надворешни работи"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "departamento de política externa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ministérstvo inostránnyx del",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "министе́рство иностра́нных дел"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "department",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "asuntos exteriores"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "utrikesdepartement"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "utrikesministerium"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "ugnayang panlabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "dış ilişkiler"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "bộ ngoại giao"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foreign affairs"
}

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