transnational

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ national.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æʃənəl

Adjective

transnational (comparative more transnational, superlative most transnational)

  1. Between or beyond national boundaries.
  2. Involving several nations or nationalities.
    • 2013 April 1, Timothy Havens, Black Television Travels: African American Media around the Globe (Book collections on Project MUSE)‎[1], NYU Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 75:
      And finally, the transnational discourses of antiapartheidism and divestiture had led the U.K. television industry to ban sales of current programs to South Africa, again shaping the ways Bop-TV could enact its particular form of antigovernment, antiapartheid cultural politics.
    • 2017 April 18, “DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FACT SHEET ON MS-13”, in United States Department of Justice[2], page 1:
      While MS-13 is not the only transnational gang this administration will target, we believe the following background information attributed as “information provided by the Justice Department” will be helpful: []
    • 2024 July 11, Priscilla Alvarez, “Biden administration designates dangerous Venezuelan gang as a transnational criminal organization”, in CNN[3]:
      The Biden administration will designate a dangerous Venezuelan gang infiltrating the United States as a significant transnational criminal organization on Thursday, according to a senior administration official, who described the gang as an “emerging threat.”

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

transnational (plural transnationals)

  1. Someone operating in several countries.

See also

French

Etymology

From trans- +‎ national.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.na.sjɔ.nal/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

transnational (feminine transnationale, masculine plural transnationaux, feminine plural transnationales)

  1. transnational