Meanings
comparative more transnational · superlative most transnational
- Involving several nations or nationalities.
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: […]
2017 April 18, “DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FACT SHEET ON MS-13”, in United States Department of Justice, page 12 more examples
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.
2013 April 1, Timothy Havens, Black Television Travels: African American Media around the Globe (Book collections on Project MUSE), NYU Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 75The 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.”
2024 July 11, Priscilla Alvarez, “Biden administration designates dangerous Venezuelan gang as a transnational criminal organization”, in CNN
plural transnationals
- Someone operating in several countries.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveinvolving or operating in several nations or nationalities
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrans-
- Englishtrans-
- Englishnational
- Englishtransnational
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 跨國 /跨国
- 跨國 /跨国 (kuàguó)between or beyond national boundaries
Czech nadnárodní
- nadnárodníbetween or beyond national boundaries
Dutch transnationaal, grensoverschrijdend
- transnationaalbetween or beyond national boundaries
- grensoverschrijdendbetween or beyond national boundaries
Finnish monikansallinen
- monikansallinenbetween or beyond national boundaries
French transnational
- transnationalbetween or beyond national boundaries
German transnational, grenzüberschreitend
- transnationalbetween or beyond national boundaries
- grenzüberschreitendbetween or beyond national boundaries
Greek υπερεθνικός, διεθνικός
- υπερεθνικός (yperethnikós)between or beyond national boundaries
- διεθνικός (diethnikós)between or beyond national boundaries
Icelandic milli landa, millilanda-
- milli landabetween or beyond national boundaries
- millilanda-between or beyond national boundaries
Indonesian transnasional, lintas negara
- transnasionalbetween or beyond national boundaries
- lintas negarabetween or beyond national boundaries
Italian transnazionale
- transnazionalebetween or beyond national boundaries
Latin transnātiōnālis
- transnātiōnālisbetween or beyond national boundaries
Malay rentas negara
- rentas negarabetween or beyond national boundaries
Polish transnarodowy
- transnarodowybetween or beyond national boundaries
Portuguese transnacional
- transnacionalbetween or beyond national boundaries
Romanian transnațional
- transnaționalbetween or beyond national boundaries
Russian транснациона́льный, наднациона́льный
- транснациона́льный (transnacionálʹnyj)between or beyond national boundaries
- наднациона́льный (nadnacionálʹnyj)between or beyond national boundaries
Spanish transnacional
- transnacionalbetween or beyond national boundaries
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with transnational
Cite this entry
transnational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transnational
“transnational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transnational. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transnational,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transnational.
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