al-Qaeda

See also: Al Qaeda

English

From Arabic الْقَاعِدَة (al-qāʕida), definite form of قَاعِدَة (qāʕida, “foundation, base”).

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɑl ˈkaɪdə/, /æl ˈkaɪdə/, /æl ˈkeɪdə/
- Audio (US): (file)
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæl kaɪˈiːdə/, /ˌæl kɑːˈiːdə/, /æl ˈkaɪdə/
- Audio (UK): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪdə, -eɪdə

al-Qaeda (uncountable)

A worldwide network of militant Sunni Islamic organizations and individuals.
Al-Qaeda often kills non-Muslim and non-Sunni civilians.

The global network of militant Islamic extremists.

Arabic: اَلْقَاعِدَة f (al-qāʕida)
Armenian: Ալ Ղաիդա (Al Ġaida)
Basque: Al-Kaida
Catalan: Al-Qaida
Chinese:
Mandarin: 基地組織 / 基地组织 (zh) (Jīdì-zǔzhī), 阿凱達組織 / 阿凯达组织 (Ākǎidá-zǔzhī), 開打組織 / 开打组织 (Kāidǎ-zǔzhī), 蓋達組織 / 盖达组织 (Gàidá-zǔzhī)
Danish: Al-Qaida
Dutch: Al Qaida
Esperanto: Al-Kaida
Finnish: al-Qaida
French: Al-Qaida (fr)
Galician: Al Qaida
German: Al-Kaida f, Al-Qaida (de) f
Hebrew: אל־קאעידה f (al-ka‘ida)
Hindi: अल-क़ायदा (al-qāydā)
Hungarian: al-Kaida
Icelandic: Al-Kaída
Ido: Al-Kaida
Indonesian: Al-Qaeda
Italian: al-Qaida
Japanese: アルカーイダ (Arukāida)
Korean: 알카에다 (Alka'eda)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: El-Qaîde
Latin: Alcaeda
Luxembourgish: Al-Qaida
Malay: Al Qaeda
Norwegian: al-Qaida
Pashto: القاعدې
Persian: القاعده (alqâ'ede)
Polish: Al-Kaida f
Portuguese: al-Qaeda (pt) f, al-Qaida (pt), Alcaida (pt) f
Romanian: al-Qaida
Russian: Аль-Ка́ида (ru) f (Alʹ-Káida)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ал-Каида f

Roman: al-Kaida, Al-Kaida f, al-Qaeda f
Slovak: Al-Káida
Slovene: Al Kaida
Spanish: Al Qaida
Swedish: al-Qaida
Turkish: El Kaide (tr)
Urdu: القاعدہ (alqā'ida)
Uyghur: ئەلقائىدە (elqa'ide)
Vietnamese: Al-Qaeda
Welsh: Al-Qaeda
West Frisian: Al Kaida