マルチナショナル

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Common word

Meanings

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noun

multinational; multinational company or organization

A katakana noun used especially for companies, organizations, or operations involving multiple countries. It commonly appears in compounds such as マルチナショナル企業.

彼かの女じょはマルチナショナル企き業ぎょうで働はたらいている。

She works for a multinational company.

Usage patterns

マルチナショナル企き業ぎょうa multinational company
彼かの女じょはマルチナショナル企き業ぎょうで働はたらいている。
She works for a multinational company.
マルチナショナルな〈事こと〉something multinational (in nature/scope)
この計けい画かくはマルチナショナルな取とり組くみだ。
This project is a multinational initiative.

Related words

多た国こく籍せき企き業ぎょう
多国籍企業 is the standard, neutral Japanese term for a multinational corporation, while マルチナショナル is a katakana loanword that sounds more like business jargon.
多た国こく籍せきN2
多国籍 is a broader Sino-Japanese word for 'multinational' usable in many contexts, whereas マルチナショナル is specifically tied to modern corporate/business usage.
グローバル
グローバル emphasizes worldwide scope in general, while マルチナショナル specifically highlights operation across several distinct nations.

Counted with

社しゃ
Used when referring to a company or organization as a corporate entity.

Built from

マルチ+ナショナル

Etymology

Katakana term corresponding to English 'multinational'; no language of origin or detailed borrowing history is specified.