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foreign affairs en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) Matters or news occurring abroad.
  2. (plural, plural-only) Policy of a government in dealing with other countries or with activities overseas.
  3. (plural, plural-only) A government office or department charged with handling relations with other countries.
  4. (plural, plural-only) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see foreign, affairs.
    • Most of the twelve Caesars were rumored to have been licentious as both adulterers and homosexuals (not that the two were mutually exclusive, as will be seen), and Gaius and Nero were both supposed to have been adulterers, active homosexuals, and pathics. According to Suetonius, Julius Caesar was cuckolded by Clodius (Iul. 6, 74) but was himself so noted an adulterer that Pompey (lul. 50) called him "Aegisthus" (mock epic again); and his foreign affairs were the talk of Rome and of the army (Iul, 49–52). 1992, Amy Richlin, The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor, revised edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88:

Coordinates

international relations · international relations

Relateds

foreign service · a foreign secretary · MFA · the Foreign Secretary · a ministry of foreign affairs · foreign minister · the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Translations (95)

cmn 外事 (policy) · nb utenriksdepartement (department) · ka საგარეო საქმეთა სამინისტრო (department) · ru вне́шняя поли́тика (policy) · es asuntos exteriores (matters or news) · he משרד החוץ (department) · ja 外務省 (department) · ja 外務 (policy) · tg вазорати корҳои хориҷӣ (department) · ru иностра́нные дела́ (policy) · fa-ira وِزارَتِ اُمورِ خارِجِه (department) · ar وِزَارَةُ الْخَارِجِيَّة (department) · sh министарство вањских послова (department) · sv utrikespolitik (policy) · cs ministerstvo zahraničních věcí (department) · ga gnóthaí eachtracha (policy) · tr dış ilişkiler (policy) · be міністэ́рства заме́жных спраў (department) · kk сыртқы істер министрлігі (department) · fi ulkoministeriö (department) · tg вазорати умури хориҷӣ (department) · da udenrigsanliggender (policy) · id kementerian luar negeri (department) · ko 외무성 (department) · de Außenministerium (department) · cmn 外交事務 /外交事务 (policy) · es asuntos exteriores (policy) · cs zahraniční věci (policy) · mk надворешни работи (policy) · uz tashqi ishlar vazirligi (department) · fi ulkopolitiikka (policy) · fi ulkomaanuutiset (matters or news) · ro ministerul afacerilor externe (department) · sh ministarstvo vanjskih poslova (department) · ka საგარეო საქმეთა დეპარტამენტი (department) · pl ministerstwo spraw zagranicznych (department) · ko 외무부 (department) · vi ngoại giao (policy) · ro afaceri externe (policy) · fr affaires étrangères (policy) · de Außenpolitik (policy) · az xaricdə baş verənlər (matters or news) · sq ministria e punëve të jashtme (department) · pl sprawy zagraniczne (policy) · tl ugnayang panlabas (department) · nb utenrikssaker (policy) · fr ministère des affaires étrangères (department) · es asuntos exteriores (department) · pt departamento de política externa (department) · az xarici siyasət (policy) · et välisministeerium (department) · sv utrikesministerium (department) · cmn 外交部 (department) · ka საგარეო საქმეთა განყოფილება (department) · sk ministerstvo zahraničných vecí (department) · ky тышкы иштер министрлиги (department) · mk министерство за надворешни работи (department) · lv ārlietu ministrija (department) · da udenrigsministerium (department) · tr dışişleri bakanlığı (department) · sh министарство спољних послова (department) · el υπουργείο εξωτερικών (department) · ko 외무 (policy) · cmn 外事 (matters or news) · ka საგარეო საქმეები (policy) · pl sprawy zagraniczne (matters or news) · lt užsienio reikalų ministerija (department) · sh ministarstvo spoljnih poslova (department) · cmn 外交 (policy) · hi विदेश मंत्रालय (department) · ta வெளியுறவுத்துறை (department) · fr affaires étrangères (department) · vi bộ ngoại giao (department) · hu külügyminisztérium (department) · ga gnóthaí eachtracha (department) · az xarici işlər nazirliyi (department) · nl ministerie van buitenlandse zaken (department) · cmn 外務 /外务 (policy) · sl ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve (department) · ko 외교부 (department) · fi ulkoasiat (policy) · pt política externa (policy) · sv utrikes ärende (policy) · uk міністе́рство закордо́нних справ (department) · sv utrikesdepartement (department) · hy արտաքին գործերի նախարարություն (department) · ms kementerian hal ehwal luar negeri (department) · ru министе́рство иностра́нных дел (department) · ur وِزارَتِ خارِجَہ (department) · ka საგარეო პოლიტიკა (policy) · is utanríkisráðuneyti (department) · th กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ (department) · it ministero degli affari esteri (department) · nb utenriksministerium (department) · bg министе́рство на въ́ншните ра́боти (department)