Meanings
nounnegotiation (countable and uncountable, plural negotiations)
plural negotiations · alternative negociation
- countableuncountableThe process of achieving agreement through discussion.
The specifics of the contract are still under negotiation.
1 more example
The two parties entered into negotiations about the merger.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna discussion intended to produce an agreement
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Origin
- Latinnegotiatio“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”
- Middle Frenchnégociation
- Englishnegotiation
Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”). By surface analysis, negotiate + -ion.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُفَاوَضَات, مُذَاكَرَات
- مُفَاوَضَات (mufāwaḍāt)process of achieving agreement
- مُذَاكَرَات (muḏākarāt)process of achieving agreement
- تَفَاوُض (tafāwuḍ)process of achieving agreement
- مُبَاحَثَات (mubāḥaṯāt)process of achieving agreement
Bengali আলোচনা
- আলোচনা (alōcona)process of achieving agreement
Bulgarian пре́говори
- пре́говори (prégovori)process of achieving agreement
Catalan negociació
- negociacióprocess of achieving agreement
Chinese Cantonese 談判 /谈判, 交涉
- 談判 /谈判 (taam⁴ pun³)process of achieving agreement
- 交涉 (gaau¹ sip³)process of achieving agreement
Chinese Mandarin 談判 /谈判, 交涉
- 談判 /谈判 (tánpàn)process of achieving agreement
- 交涉 (jiāoshè)process of achieving agreement
Czech vyjednávání, negociace
- vyjednáváníprocess of achieving agreement
- negociaceprocess of achieving agreement
Danish forhandling
- forhandlingprocess of achieving agreement
Dutch onderhandeling
- onderhandelingprocess of achieving agreement
Estonian läbirääkimine, läbirääkimised
- läbirääkimineprocess of achieving agreement
- läbirääkimisedprocess of achieving agreement
Finnish neuvottelu
- neuvotteluprocess of achieving agreement
French négociation
- négociationprocess of achieving agreement
German Verhandlung
- Verhandlungprocess of achieving agreement
Greek παζάρεμα, διαπραγμάτευση
- παζάρεμα (pazárema)process of achieving agreement
- διαπραγμάτευση (diapragmátefsi)process of achieving agreement
Hebrew מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן
- מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן (masá umatán)process of achieving agreement
Hindi बातचीत, परक्रामण
- बातचीत (bātcīt)process of achieving agreement
- परक्रामण (parakrāmaṇ)process of achieving agreement
- संधिवार्ता (sandhivārtā)process of achieving agreement
Hungarian tárgyalás, egyeztetés
- tárgyalásprocess of achieving agreement
- egyeztetésprocess of achieving agreement
- egyezkedésprocess of achieving agreement
- megbeszélésprocess of achieving agreement
Icelandic viðræður
- viðræðurprocess of achieving agreement
Indonesian negosiasi, perundingan
- negosiasiprocess of achieving agreement
- perundinganprocess of achieving agreement
Italian negoziato, negoziazione
- negoziatoprocess of achieving agreement
- negoziazioneprocess of achieving agreement
Japanese 交渉
- 交渉 (kōshō)process of achieving agreement
Korean 교섭, 협상
- 교섭 (gyoseop)process of achieving agreement
- 협상 (hyeopsang)process of achieving agreement
Latvian sarunas
- sarunasprocess of achieving agreement
Lithuanian derybos
- derybosprocess of achieving agreement
Malay rundingan
- rundinganprocess of achieving agreement
Māori matapakinga
- matapakingaprocess of achieving agreement
Norwegian Bokmål forhandling
- forhandlingprocess of achieving agreement
Polish negocjacja, negocjacje
- negocjacjaprocess of achieving agreement
- negocjacjeprocess of achieving agreement
Portuguese negociação
- negociaçãoprocess of achieving agreement
Romanian negociere
- negociereprocess of achieving agreement
Russian перегово́ры
- перегово́ры (peregovóry)process of achieving agreement
Slovak vyjednávanie, rokovanie
- vyjednávanieprocess of achieving agreement
- rokovanieprocess of achieving agreement
Spanish negociación, tratativa
- negociaciónprocess of achieving agreement
- tratativaprocess of achieving agreement
Swedish förhandling, underhandling
- förhandlingprocess of achieving agreement
- underhandlingprocess of achieving agreement
Thai การต่อรอง, การเจรจา
- การต่อรอง (gaan-dtɔ̀ɔ-rɔɔng)process of achieving agreement
- การเจรจา (gaan-jee-rá-jaa)process of achieving agreement
Turkish müzakere, görüşme
- müzakereprocess of achieving agreement
- görüşmeprocess of achieving agreement
Ukrainian перегово́ри, перемо́ви
- перегово́ри (perehovóry)process of achieving agreement
- перемо́ви (peremóvy)process of achieving agreement
- перемо́вини (peremóvyny)process of achieving agreement
Urdu مُذاکَرَہ, مُذاکَرات
- مُذاکَرَہ (muzākara)process of achieving agreement
- مُذاکَرات (muzākarāt)process of achieving agreement
- بات چِیت (bāt cīt)process of achieving agreement
Vietnamese sự đàm phán
- sự đàm phánprocess of achieving agreement
Welsh trafodaeth
- trafodaethprocess of achieving agreement
Yiddish פֿאַרהאַנדלונג
- פֿאַרהאַנדלונג (farhandlung)process of achieving agreement
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with negotiation
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
negotiation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negotiation
MLA
“negotiation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negotiation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “negotiation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negotiation.
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