multinational
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multinational
Rhymes with -æʃənəl
adjective
- Of, or involving more than two nations (externally between countries or internally in a country). AS a young student at the multinational Aramco school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Fadi Jaber, a son of Palestinian refugees, always preferred his American classmates’ cupcakes, brownies and chocolate chip cookies to his mother’s pastries: knafah, qatayef and baklawah.
- Operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries (especially more than two). By operating within many nations, but ouside them at the same time, multinational firms create possibilities of change even in the world political structure
noun multinationals
- A multinational company. The G8 leaders also called on multinationals to make a full disclosure to the taxman over how much tax they pay in different countries.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: international, transnational, supranational, multicultural, multi-ethnic, multiethnic, multiracial, grouping, combined, multiple, multilateral, multimodal, multidimensional, corporation, task, cross-border
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adj of, or involving more than two countries
| Español | multinacional |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | बहुराष्ट्रीय bahurāṣṭrīya |
| Português | multinacional |
| Français | multinational |
| Deutsch | multinational |
| Italiano | multinazionale |
| Русский | междунаро́дный meždunaródnyj, многонациона́льный mnogonacionálʹnyj |
adj operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries
| Español | multinacional |
|---|---|
| Português | multinacional |
| Français | multinational |
| Italiano | multinazionale |
noun multinational company
| Español | multinacional |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 多国籍企業 takokuseki kigyō |
| Português | multinacional |
| Français | multinationale |
| Deutsch | multinationales Unternehmen |
| Italiano | multinazionale |
Talk about this word "multinational." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/multinational. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. multinational. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/multinational "multinational." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/multinational.Cite this
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