多た国こく籍せき

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Meanings

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noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective, noun

multinational; transnational

Describes something involving multiple nations, such as companies, teams, or forces. Often used as a noun modifier (e.g., 多国籍企業).

彼かれは多た国こく籍せき企き業ぎょうで働はたらい

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He works for a multinational corporation.

そのチームは多た国こく籍せきなメンバーで構こう成せいされている。

The team is made up of multinational members.

Usage patterns

〈組そ織しき〉が多た国こく籍せき化かするfor an organization to become multinational
その会かい社しゃは海かい外がい進しん出しゅつを通つうじて多た国こく籍せき化かした。
The company became multinational through its overseas expansion.
多た国こく籍せきの〈人ひと〉people of multiple nationalities
そのチームは多た国こく籍せきのメンバーで構こう成せいされている。
The team is made up of members of multiple nationalities.

Kanji

多many, frequent, much
国country
籍enroll, domiciliary register, membership

Related words

国こく際さい的てきN1
国際的 broadly means 'international' covering relations or activities between nations, while 多国籍 specifically stresses that many nationalities are directly involved, as in a company's workforce or ownership.
グローバル
グローバル (from English 'global') emphasizes worldwide scale or reach, whereas 多国籍 focuses on the presence of multiple distinct nationalities within an entity.
マルチナショナル
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.

Opposites

国こく内ないN4
国内 ('domestic') describes something confined to one country, the opposite of 多国籍 ('multinational'), as in 国内企業 vs 多国籍企業.

Don't confuse with

多た民みん族ぞく
多民族 means 'multiethnic', describing a mix of ethnic groups within one nation, whereas 多国籍 means 'multinational', describing involvement of multiple countries or nationalities.

Word family

多た国こく籍せき軍ぐん
multinational force
多た国こく籍せき企き業ぎょう
multinational corporation; transnational corporation
多た国こく籍せき言げん語ご
multilingual; in many languages

Built from

多た+国こく籍せき

Etymology

Compound of 多 (many) and 国籍 (nationality). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern of forming adjectives/nouns with 多-.