foreign affairs

English

Noun

foreign affairs pl (plural only)

1. Matters or news occurring abroad.
2. Policy of a government in dealing with other countries or with activities overseas.
3. A government office or department charged with handling relations with other countries.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see foreign,‎ affairs.
   • 1992, Amy Richlin, The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor, revised edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88:

     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).

Translations

matters or news

• Azerbaijani: xaricdə baş verənlər
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外事 (zh) (wàishì)

• Finnish: ulkomaanuutiset pl
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: asuntos exteriores m pl

policy

• Azerbaijani: xarici siyasət
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外交 (zh) (wàijiāo), 外事 (zh) (wàishì), 外交事務／外交事务 (zh) (waìjiāo shìwù), 外務／外务 (zh) (waìwù)

• Czech: zahraniční věci f pl
• Danish: udenrigsanliggender n pl
• Finnish: ulkopolitiikka (fi), ulkoasiat
• French: affaires étrangères (fr) f pl
• Georgian: საგარეო პოლიტიკა (sagareo ṗoliṭiḳa), საგარეო საქმეები (sagareo sakmeebi)
• German: Außenpolitik (de) f
• Irish: gnóthaí eachtracha m
• Japanese: 外務 (ja) (がいむ, gaimu)
• Macedonian: надворешни работи f pl (nadvorešni raboti)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utenrikssaker pl

• Polish: sprawy zagraniczne f pl
• Portuguese: política externa (pt) f
• Romanian: afaceri externe (ro) f pl
• Russian: вне́шняя поли́тика (ru) f (vnéšnjaja polítika), иностра́нные дела́ n pl (inostránnyje delá)
• Spanish: asuntos exteriores m pl
• Swedish: utrikes ärende n, utrikespolitik (sv) c
• Turkish: dış ilişkiler
• Vietnamese: ngoại giao (vi)

department

• Azerbaijani: xarici işlər nazirliyi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外交部 (zh) (wàijiāobù)

• Czech: ministerstvo zahraničních věcí n
• Danish: udenrigsministerium (da) n
• Finnish: ulkoministeriö (fi)
• French: affaires étrangères (fr) f pl, ministère des affaires étrangères m
• Georgian: საგარეო საქმეთა სამინისტრო (sagareo sakmeta saminisṭro), საგარეო საქმეთა დეპარტამენტი (sagareo sakmeta deṗarṭamenṭi), საგარეო საქმეთა განყოფილება (sagareo sakmeta ganq̇opileba)
• German: Außenministerium (de) n
• Irish: gnóthaí eachtracha m
• Japanese: 外務省 (ja) (がいむしょう, gaimushō)
• Macedonian: министерство за надворешни работи n (ministerstvo za nadvorešni raboti)
• Portuguese: departamento de política externa m
• Russian: министе́рство иностра́нных дел (ru) n (ministérstvo inostránnyx del)
• Spanish: asuntos exteriores m pl
• Swedish: utrikesdepartement (sv) n, utrikesministerium n
• Tagalog: ugnayang panlabas
• Turkish: dış ilişkiler
• Vietnamese: bộ ngoại giao

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} affari esteri