Meanings
adjectiveintergovernmental (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, relating to, or involving two or more governments.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
- Latingubernāre
- Old Frenchgoverner
- Old Frenchgovernement
- Middle Englishgovernement
- Englishgovernment
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishgovernmental
- Englishintergovernmental
From inter- + governmental.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian междуправи́телствен
- междуправи́телствен (meždupravítelstven)of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Catalan intergovernamental
- intergovernamentalof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Chinese Mandarin 政府間 /政府间
- 政府間 /政府间 (zhèngfǔjiān)of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Czech mezivládní
- mezivládníof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Dutch intergouvernementeel
- intergouvernementeelof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Esperanto interregistara
- interregistaraof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Finnish hallitustenvälinen
- hallitustenvälinenof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
French intergouvernemental
- intergouvernementalof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
German zwischenstaatlich
- zwischenstaatlichof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Greek ενδοκυβερνητικός
- ενδοκυβερνητικός (endokyvernitikós)of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Hebrew בֵּין־מֶמְשַׁלְתִּי
- בֵּין־מֶמְשַׁלְתִּי (beyn-memshaltí)of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Hungarian kormányközi
- kormányköziof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Italian intergovernativo
- intergovernativoof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Japanese 政府間
- 政府間 (seifukan)of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Korean 정부간
- 정부간 (jeongbugan)of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Polish międzyrządowy
- międzyrządowyof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Portuguese intergovernamental
- intergovernamentalof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Romanian interguvernamental
- interguvernamentalof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Russian межправи́тельственный
- межправи́тельственный (mežpravítelʹstvennyj)of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Slovak medzivládny
- medzivládnyof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Spanish intergubernamental
- intergubernamentalof, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Ukrainian міжурядо́вий
- міжурядо́вий (mižurjadóvyj)of, relating to, or involving two or more governments
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with intergovernmental
environmentalrentaldentalexperimentalcontinentaldevelopmentalgentleinstrumentaldepartmentalaccidentalelementaloccidentaltranscendentalnongovernmentalcoincidentallentiljudgmentalinterdepartmentaltemperamentalentalcompartmentalunsentimentalcentalthiopental
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
intergovernmental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intergovernmental
MLA
“intergovernmental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intergovernmental. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intergovernmental,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intergovernmental.
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