intergovernmental

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

substrateder.?

Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō)bor.

Latin gubernāre

Old French governer

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -ment

Old French governementbor.

Middle English governement

English government

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

▲

Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

▲

Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English governmental

English intergovernmental

From inter- + governmental.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

intergovernmental (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or involving two or more governments.

Derived terms

• intergovernmentalism
• intergovernmentalist
• intergovernmentally

Translations

of, relating to, or involving two or more governments

• Belarusian: міжура́давы (mižurádavy)
• Bulgarian: междуправи́телствен (meždupravítelstven)
• Catalan: intergovernamental
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 政府間 / 政府间 (zhèngfǔjiān)

• Czech: mezivládní
• Dutch: intergouvernementeel (nl)
• Esperanto: interregistara
• Finnish: hallitustenvälinen
• French: intergouvernemental (fr)
• Georgian: მთავრობათაშორისი (mtavrobatašorisi), მთავრობათაშორისო (mtavrobatašoriso), მთავრობათშორისი (mtavrobatšorisi) (alternative form), მთავრობათშორისო (mtavrobatšoriso) (alternative form)
• German: zwischenstaatlich (de)
• Greek: ενδοκυβερνητικός (el) (endokyvernitikós)
• Hebrew: בֵּין־מֶמְשַׁלְתִּי (beyn-memshaltí)
• Hungarian: kormányközi (hu)
• Italian: intergovernativo (it)
• Japanese: 政府間 (せいふかん, seifukan)
• Kazakh: үкіметаралық (ükimetaralıq)
• Korean: 정부간(政府間) (jeongbugan)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: navhikûmetî (ku)

• Macedonian: меѓувладин (meǵuvladin)
• Occitan: intergovernamental
• Polish: międzyrządowy (pl)
• Portuguese: intergovernamental
• Romanian: interguvernamental
• Russian: межправи́тельственный (ru) (mežpravítelʹstvennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: међувла́дин

  Latin: međuvládin (sh)

• Slovak: medzivládny
• Slovene: medvladni
• Spanish: intergubernamental
• Ukrainian: міжурядо́вий (mižurjadóvyj)