Meanings
nounforeign affairs pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyMatters or news occurring abroad.
- pluralplural onlyPolicy of a government in dealing with other countries or with activities overseas.
- pluralplural onlyA government office or department charged with handling relations with other countries.
- pluralplural onlyUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see foreign, affairs.
1 more example
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).
1992, Amy Richlin, The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor, revised edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88
Translations
Arabic وِزَارَةُ الْخَارِجِيَّة
- وِزَارَةُ الْخَارِجِيَّة (wizāratu l-ḵārijiyya)department
Bulgarian министе́рство на въ́ншните ра́боти
- министе́рство на въ́ншните ра́боти (ministérstvo na vắnšnite ráboti)department
Chinese Mandarin 外事, 外交
- 外事 (wàishì)matters or news
- 外交 (wàijiāo)policy
- 外事 (wàishì)policy
- 外交事務 /外交事务 (waìjiāo shìwù)policy
- 外務 /外务 (waìwù)policy
- 外交部 (wàijiāobù)department
Czech zahraniční věci, ministerstvo zahraničních věcí
- zahraniční věcipolicy
- ministerstvo zahraničních věcídepartment
Danish udenrigsanliggender, udenrigsministerium
- udenrigsanliggenderpolicy
- udenrigsministeriumdepartment
Dutch ministerie van buitenlandse zaken
- ministerie van buitenlandse zakendepartment
Estonian välisministeerium
- välisministeeriumdepartment
Finnish ulkomaanuutiset, ulkopolitiikka
- ulkomaanuutisetmatters or news
- ulkopolitiikkapolicy
- ulkoasiatpolicy
- ulkoministeriödepartment
French affaires étrangères, affaires étrangères
- affaires étrangèrespolicy
- affaires étrangèresdepartment
- ministère des affaires étrangèresdepartment
German Außenpolitik, Außenministerium
- Außenpolitikpolicy
- Außenministeriumdepartment
Greek υπουργείο εξωτερικών
- υπουργείο εξωτερικών (ypourgeío exoterikón)department
Hebrew משרד החוץ
- משרד החוץ (misrád ha-khúts)department
Hindi विदेश मंत्रालय
- विदेश मंत्रालय (videś mantrālay)department
Hungarian külügyminisztérium
- külügyminisztériumdepartment
Icelandic utanríkisráðuneyti
- utanríkisráðuneytidepartment
Indonesian kementerian luar negeri
- kementerian luar negeridepartment
Irish gnóthaí eachtracha, gnóthaí eachtracha
- gnóthaí eachtrachapolicy
- gnóthaí eachtrachadepartment
Italian ministero degli affari esteri
- ministero degli affari esteridepartment
Japanese 外務, 外務省
- 外務 (gaimu)policy
- 外務省 (gaimushō)department
Korean 외무, 외무부
- 외무 (oemu)policy
- 외무부 (oemubu)department
- 외교부 (oegyobu)department
- 외무성 (oemuseong)department
Latvian ārlietu ministrija
- ārlietu ministrijadepartment
Lithuanian užsienio reikalų ministerija
- užsienio reikalų ministerijadepartment
Malay kementerian hal ehwal luar negeri
- kementerian hal ehwal luar negeridepartment
Norwegian Bokmål utenrikssaker, utenriksministerium
- utenrikssakerpolicy
- utenriksministeriumdepartment
- utenriksdepartementdepartment
Polish sprawy zagraniczne, sprawy zagraniczne
- sprawy zagranicznematters or news
- sprawy zagranicznepolicy
- ministerstwo spraw zagranicznychdepartment
Portuguese política externa, departamento de política externa
- política externapolicy
- departamento de política externadepartment
Romanian afaceri externe, ministerul afacerilor externe
- afaceri externepolicy
- ministerul afacerilor externedepartment
Russian вне́шняя поли́тика, иностра́нные дела́
- вне́шняя поли́тика (vnéšnjaja polítika)policy
- иностра́нные дела́ (inostránnyje delá)policy
- министе́рство иностра́нных дел (ministérstvo inostránnyx del)department
Slovak ministerstvo zahraničných vecí
- ministerstvo zahraničných vecídepartment
Spanish asuntos exteriores, asuntos exteriores
- asuntos exterioresmatters or news
- asuntos exteriorespolicy
- asuntos exterioresdepartment
Swedish utrikes ärende, utrikespolitik
- utrikes ärendepolicy
- utrikespolitikpolicy
- utrikesdepartementdepartment
- utrikesministeriumdepartment
Tagalog ugnayang panlabas
- ugnayang panlabasdepartment
Tamil வெளியுறவுத்துறை
- வெளியுறவுத்துறை (veḷiyuṟavuttuṟai)department
Thai กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ
- กระทรวงการต่างประเทศdepartment
Turkish dış ilişkiler, dışişleri bakanlığı
- dış ilişkilerpolicy
- dışişleri bakanlığıdepartment
Ukrainian міністе́рство закордо́нних справ
- міністе́рство закордо́нних справ (ministérstvo zakordónnyx sprav)department
Urdu وِزارَتِ خارِجَہ
- وِزارَتِ خارِجَہ (vizārat-i xārija)department
Vietnamese ngoại giao, bộ ngoại giao
- ngoại giaopolicy
- bộ ngoại giaodepartment
Cite this entry
APA
foreign affairs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20affairs
MLA
“foreign affairs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20affairs. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreign affairs,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20affairs.
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