Dictionary

interdisciplinary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English disciplinary English interdisciplinary From inter- + disciplinary.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.
   • This journal is interdisciplinary: it has articles on everything from biology to electrical engineering.
   • Near-synonyms: crossdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, transdisciplinary
2. Of or pertaining to a linkage between multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.
   • This was a very generous way of describing the swarm of cables, kit-bashed thaumatic cores, Noogenic foci and para-technological inverters, all surrounded by an astoundingly complex cognitohazardous sigil and multiple ontological anchors. This, simultaneously, simplified the interdisciplinary effort that had swelled in a miniscule amount of time, and undercut the sheer conceptual impact this could leave in all of their respective fields. 2025 February 4, Queerious, “Don't Let Them Forget”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025:
   • The interdisciplinary co-operation at this university is very impressive.

Forms

Coordinates

crossfunctional

Deriveds

interdisciplinarily · noninterdisciplinary · interdisciplinarity

Synonyms

transdisciplinary · multidisciplinary · crossdisciplinary · pluridisciplinary

Translations (38)

hi अंतर्विषयक (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · ka დისციპლინათაშორისი (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · es interdisciplinario (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · de interdisziplinär (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · ro interdisciplinar (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · it interdisciplinare (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · es interdisciplinar (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · ms antara disiplin (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · pl wielostronny (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · pl międzydyscyplinarny (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · tr disiplinlerarası (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · fi monitieteinen (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · de disziplinübergreifend (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · ru междисциплина́рный (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · is þverfræðilegur (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · el διεπιστημονικός (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · ca interdisciplinari (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · nl interdisciplinair (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · cs mezioborový (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · cmn 科際的 /科际的 (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · fi poikkitieteellinen (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · be міждысцыпліна́рны (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · pl interdyscyplinarny (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · pt interdisciplinar (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · fi tieteidenvälinen (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · uk міждисципліна́рний (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · sv tvärvetenskaplig (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · id interdisipliner (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · fr interdisciplinaire (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · cs interdisciplinární (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · hy միջգիտակարգային (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · hu interdiszciplináris (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · th สหวิทยาการ (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · pl wielowymiarowy (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · pl wielodziedzinowy (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · cmn 跨學科的 /跨学科的 (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · is þverfaglegur (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) · pl różnokierunkowy (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study)