multilateral

multilateral

See also: multilatéral

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ lateral

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætəɹəl

Adjective

multilateral (not comparable)

1. Having many sides or points of view.
2. (politics) Involving three or more parties or nations.

   a multilateral negotiation

Translations

having many sides or points of view

Azerbaijani: çoxtərəfli Belarusian: многабо́чны (mnohabóčny), многабако́вы (mnohabakóvy), шматбако́вы (šmatbakóvy), многастаро́нні (mnohastarónni) Bulgarian: многостра́нен (bg) (mnogostránen) Chinese: Mandarin: 多邊／多边 (zh) (duōbiān) Czech: mnohostranný Dutch: multilateraal (nl) Finnish: monitahoinen French: multilatéral (fr) Georgian: მრავალმხრივი (mravalmxrivi) German: multilateral (de), vielseitig (de) Greek: πολύπλευρος (el) m (polýplevros) Icelandic: marghliða m Kazakh: көпжақты (köpjaqty) Manx: yl-heuagh Polish: wielostronny (pl), wieloboczny Portuguese: multilateral Russian: многосторо́нний (ru) (mnogostorónnij) Ukrainian: багатобі́чний (uk) (bahatobíčnyj), багатосторо́нній (uk) (bahatostorónnij), многобі́чний (mnohobíčnyj)

involving three or more parties

Azerbaijani: çoxtərəfli Czech: multilaterální (cs) m, vícestranný m Dutch: multilateraal (nl) Finnish: monenkeskinen Georgian: მრავალმხრივი (mravalmxrivi) German: multilateral (de) Greek: πολυμερής (el) m (polymerís) Icelandic: marghliða m Portuguese: multilateral

Noun

multilateral (plural multilaterals)

1. (politics) A group with representatives from three or more parties or nations.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From multi- +‎ lateral.

Adjective

multilateral m or f (plural multilaterais)

1. multilateral (having many sides or points of view)
2. multilateral (involving more than one party)

Further reading

• “multilateral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French multilatéral.

Adjective

multilateral m or n (feminine singular multilaterală, masculine plural multilaterali, feminine and neuter plural multilaterale)

1. multilateral

Declension

Declension of multilateral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	multilateral		multilaterală	multilaterali	multilaterale
	definite	multilateralul		multilaterala	multilateralii	multilateralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	multilateral		multilaterale	multilaterali	multilaterale
	definite	multilateralului		multilateralei	multilateralilor	multilateralelor

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Spanish

Etymology

multi- + lateral

Adjective

multilateral (plural multilaterales)

1. multilateral
   • 2015 July 31, “La ‘Colección Mexicana’ en Chile: una historia de solidaridad”, in El País‎:

     Por un lado, se propuso ejecutar una política de mayor activismo y estrecho acercamiento hacia mecanismos multilaterales como el Movimiento de los países No Alineados, el Grupo de los 77 y, en general, el Tercer Mundo.

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Further reading

• “multilateral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014