different between multicultural vs multinational

English

Etymology

From multi- +? cultural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?lti?k?lt????l/

Adjective

multicultural (comparative more multicultural, superlative most multicultural)

1. Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.
   • 31.X.2001 Viewed from the boardrooms of Britain, the market is becoming more multicultural than could have been imagined just five years ago. - The Guardian (2001)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From multi- +? cultural.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mul.ti.kul.tu??al/

Adjective

multicultural (masculine and feminine plural multiculturals)

1. multicultural

Further reading

• “multicultural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From multi- +? cultural.

Adjective

multicultural m or f (plural multiculturais)

1. multicultural

Derived terms

• multiculturalidade
• multiculturalismo

Further reading

• “multicultural” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Portuguese

Etymology

From multi- +? cultural.

Adjective

multicultural m or f (plural multiculturais, comparable)

1. multicultural (encompassing several cultures)

Derived terms

• multiculturalidade
• multiculturalismo

Further reading

• “multicultural” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From multi- +? cultural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /multikultu??al/, [mul?.t?i.kul?.t?u??al]

Adjective

multicultural (plural multiculturales)

1. multicultural

   Synonym: pluricultural

Derived terms

• multiculturalidad
• multiculturalismo

Further reading

• “multicultural” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

multi- +? national

Adjective

multinational (not comparable)

1. Of, or involving more than two countries.
2. (of a business organization) Operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries (especially more than two).

Derived terms

• multinationalism
• multinationally

Translations

Noun

multinational (plural multinationals)

1. A multinational company.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English multinational.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /?m?l.ti?n?.??.n?l/
• Hyphenation: mul?ti?na?ti?o?nal

Noun

multinational m (plural multinationals, diminutive multinationaltje n or multinationalletje n)

1. a multinational company

French

Etymology

multi- +? national

Adjective

multinational (feminine singular multinationale, masculine plural multinationaux, feminine plural multinationales)

1. multinational

Related terms

• multinationale

Further reading

• “multinational” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).