Meanings
- not comparableHaving many sides or points of view.
- not comparablegovernmentInvolving three or more parties or nations.
a multilateral negotiation
2 more examples
Canada has continued to work within this agency to promote a multilateral solution to the problems of narcotrafficking and narcoterrorism.
1993, James Rochlin, Discovering the Americas: The Evolution of Canadian Foreign Policy Towards Latin America, page 223That is a sore point for the U.S. President Trump. He has in the past spoken against multilateral trade agreements. He argued that the deals give too much advantage to America's trading partners and lead to job losses in the U.S.
2017 February 22, Ivana Kottasova, “$1 trillion free trade agreement enters force”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving many parts or sides
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Englishlateral
- Englishmultilateral
Translations
Bulgarian многостра́нен
- многостра́нен (mnogostránen)having many sides or points of view
Chinese Mandarin 多邊 /多边
- 多邊 /多边 (duōbiān)having many sides or points of view
Czech mnohostranný, multilaterální
- mnohostrannýhaving many sides or points of view
- multilaterálníinvolving three or more parties
- vícestrannýinvolving three or more parties
Dutch multilateraal, multilateraal
- multilateraalhaving many sides or points of view
- multilateraalinvolving three or more parties
Finnish monitahoinen, monenkeskinen
- monitahoinenhaving many sides or points of view
- monenkeskineninvolving three or more parties
French multilatéral
- multilatéralhaving many sides or points of view
German multilateral, vielseitig
- multilateralhaving many sides or points of view
- vielseitighaving many sides or points of view
- multilateralinvolving three or more parties
Greek πολύπλευρος, πολυμερής
- πολύπλευρος (polýplevros)having many sides or points of view
- πολυμερής (polymerís)involving three or more parties
Icelandic marghliða, marghliða
- marghliðahaving many sides or points of view
- marghliðainvolving three or more parties
Latin multilaterālis, multilaterālis
- multilaterālishaving many sides or points of view
- multilaterālisinvolving three or more parties
Polish wielostronny, wieloboczny
- wielostronnyhaving many sides or points of view
- wielobocznyhaving many sides or points of view
Portuguese multilateral, multilateral
- multilateralhaving many sides or points of view
- multilateralinvolving three or more parties
Russian многосторо́нний
- многосторо́нний (mnogostorónnij)having many sides or points of view
Ukrainian багатобі́чний, багатосторо́нній
- багатобі́чний (bahatobíčnyj)having many sides or points of view
- багатосторо́нній (bahatostorónnij)having many sides or points of view
- многобі́чний (mnohobíčnyj)having many sides or points of view
- багатосторо́нній (bahatostorónnij)involving three or more parties
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with multilateral
Cite this entry
multilateral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilateral
“multilateral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilateral. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multilateral,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilateral.
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