plurinational

English

Etymology

From pluri- +‎ national.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æʃənəl

Adjective

plurinational (not comparable)

1. Describing a state containing large groups of people of different nationalities.

   the Plurinational State of Bolivia

   • 2019 November 18, Pablo Iglesias, “Spain’s new coalition must face up to the Catalan crisis and the rise of the far right”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     It could also help us confront the crisis within our political system. But to do so, we in the next government will have to show ourselves capable of facing up to the Catalan conflict and to the fact that Spain is a plurinational country. That will call for dialogue and empathy.

Related terms

• plurinationalism
• plurinationality
• plurinationally
• plurination

Translations

of different nationalities

• Dutch: meervolkeren-, plurinationaal
• French: plurinational (fr) m or f
• Galician: plurinacional m or f
• Greek: πολυεθνοτικός (polyethnotikós)
• Irish: ilnáisiúnach
• Italian: plurinazionale m or f
• Portuguese: plurinacional m or f
• Spanish: plurinacional (es)

Further reading

• Plurinationalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Adjective

plurinational (feminine plurinationale, masculine plural plurinationaux, feminine plural plurinationales)

1. plurinational

Further reading

• “plurinational”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.