multinational

\myl.ti.na.sjɔ.nal\

/\myl.ti.na.sjɔ.nal\/ adj

The verdict

“multinational” is uncommon French (frequency #66,929 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,929
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à plus de deux nations.

Corpus desk

Index FR-multinational · multinational · French

multinational · rank #66,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,929
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH moyenâgeux

Nearest frequency peer: moyenâgeux (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « multinational »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « multinational » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for multinational
PropertyValue
Headwordmultinational
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\myl.ti.na.sjɔ.nal\
Letters13
Frequency rank#66,929
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « multinational » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).multinationaltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « moyenâgeux » (#66,928), « mutée » (#66,930), « mox » (#66,927). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « multinational » est au #66,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

multinational is uncommon French at frequency #66,929 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \myl.ti.na.sjɔ.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à plus de deux nations.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for multinational, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is multinational, spelled M-U-L-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à plus de deux nations.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how multinational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La victoire de l’Entente envers les Pouvoirs Centraux représenta la dernière phase dans la désintégration des empires multinationaux européens et euro-asiatiques (Autriche-Hongrie, Empire Ottoman, Empire Tsariste) et aboutit à des traités de paix qui changèrent dramatiquement les frontières de l’Europe centrale et Orientale.

Synonyms

Antonyms

uninational

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "multinational"?
"multinational" is spelled M-U-L-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \myl.ti.na.sjɔ.nal\.
What does "multinational" mean?
As an adjective, "multinational" means: Relatif à plus de deux nations.
How do you pronounce "multinational"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "multinational" is \myl.ti.na.sjɔ.nal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "multinational" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "multinational", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list