"multinational" meaning in English

See multinational in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -æʃənəl Etymology: From multi- + national. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|national}} multi- + national Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} multinational (not comparable)
  1. Of, or involving more than two nations (externally between countries or internally in a country). Tags: not-comparable Translations (of, or involving more than two countries): шматнацыяна́льны (šmatnacyjanálʹny) (Belarusian), многонациона́лен (mnogonacionálen) (Bulgarian), multinacional [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), monikansallinen (Finnish), multinational (French), multinacional [feminine, masculine] (Galician), მულტინაციონალური (mulṭinacionaluri) (Georgian), მრავალნაციონალური (mravalnacionaluri) (Georgian), მრავალეროვნული (mravalerovnuli) (Georgian), საერთაშორისო (saertašoriso) (Georgian), მულტიეროვნული (mulṭierovnuli) [rare] (Georgian), multinational (German), multinasional (Indonesian), multinazionale [feminine, masculine] (Italian), whenuarau (Maori), multinâtionnal (Norman), multinacional (Occitan), wielonarodowy (Polish), multinacional [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), междунаро́дный (meždunaródnyj) (Russian), многонациона́льный (mnogonacionálʹnyj) (Russian), multinacional (Spanish), బహుళజాతీయ (bahuḷajātīya) (Telugu), багатонаціона́льний (bahatonacionálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (of a business organization) Operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries (especially more than two). Tags: not-comparable Translations (operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries): multinacional [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), monikansallinen (Finnish), multinational (French), multinacional [feminine, masculine] (Galician), მულტინაციონალური (mulṭinacionaluri) (Georgian), მრავალნაციონალური (mravalnacionaluri) (Georgian), მრავალეროვნული (mravalerovnuli) (Georgian), მულტიეროვნული (mulṭierovnuli) [rare] (Georgian), multinacionális (Hungarian), multinasional (Indonesian), multinazionale [feminine, masculine] (Italian), multinâtionnal (Norman), multinacional [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), multinacional (Spanish), multinationell (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: multinationalism, multinationally

Noun

Forms: multinationals [plural]
Rhymes: -æʃənəl Etymology: From multi- + national. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|national}} multi- + national Head templates: {{en-noun}} multinational (plural multinationals)
  1. A multinational company. Translations (multinational company): multinacional [feminine] (Catalan), korforeth lieskenedhlek [feminine] (Cornish), multinational [masculine] (Dutch), multinationale [feminine] (French), multinacional [feminine] (Galician), მულტინაციონალური კომპანია (mulṭinacionaluri ḳomṗania) (Georgian), მრავალეროვნული კომპანია (mravalerovnuli ḳomṗania) (Georgian), მრავალნაციონალური კომპანია (mravalnacionaluri ḳomṗania) (Georgian), multinationales Unternehmen [neuter] (German), multi (Hungarian), multinazionale [feminine] (Italian), 多国籍企業 (takokuseki kigyō) (Japanese), rangatōpū whenuarau (Maori), koncern [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), korporacja [feminine] (Polish), multinacional [feminine] (Portuguese), multinacional [feminine] (Spanish)
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Inflected forms

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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From multi- + national.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "multinationals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "multinational (plural multinationals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A multinational company."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-æʃənəl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "multinacional"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "korforeth lieskenedhlek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "multinational"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "multinationale"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "multinacional"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mulṭinacionaluri ḳomṗania",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "word": "მულტინაციონალური კომპანია"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mravalerovnuli ḳomṗania",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "word": "მრავალეროვნული კომპანია"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mravalnacionaluri ḳomṗania",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "word": "მრავალნაციონალური კომპანია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "multinationales Unternehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "word": "multi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "multinazionale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "takokuseki kigyō",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "word": "多国籍企業"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "word": "rangatōpū whenuarau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koncern"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "korporacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "multinacional"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "multinational company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "multinacional"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "multinational"
  ],
  "word": "multinational"
}

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