How to spell international

International is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L. Build it from inter + nation + al, and every letter of nation stays.

hear itin·ter·na·tion·al/,ɪntər'næʃənəl/adjectiveLong vowels

What it means: From or between other countries.

In a sentence: The international plane flew over many countries.

The part people get wrong

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Same family: internationally, internationality, national, multinational, global. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: International was formed in English in the late 18th century from Latin roots: "inter" meaning "between" and "natio" meaning "nation" or "people." It originally became popular in political writing to describe cooperation between different countries.

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