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Internationale

Internationale

3 9.6
A famous international song that socialists and workers sing at rallies
  • noun
  • /ˌɪntərˈnæʃənəl/
: Internacional
  • With victory at last, we'll hail the Workers' Internationale! (7-8)

Examples

  • The Internationale Will unite the human race!

    Local Band (2023)

  • The Internationale Unites the whole darn human race.

    Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

  • The Internationale Unites the whole beautiful human race

    Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

  • Nobody's asking to hear you sing "The Internationale."

    Mank (2020)

  • The Internationale Unites the whole darn human race

    Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

  • Then, comrades, come rally ♪ ♪ And the last fight let us face ♪ ♪ The Internationale ♪ ♪

    Cradle Will Rock (1999)

  • Red banners flap in the breeze, a brass band plays something he can't quite hear, but it must be The Internationale.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I'm with you in Rockland where there are 25,000 mad comrades all together singing the final stanzas of the Internationale.

    Howl (2010)

  • During the rally, the crowd raised their fists in solidarity while singing The Internationale together.

  • At the end of the meeting, we all stood up and proudly sang The Internationale as a symbol of our unity.

Surface Forms

Internationale singular

Etymology

Internationale comes from French and is built from inter- and nation, where inter- means 'between' and nation means 'country'. It became the title of a famous workers' song that crossed borders, so Internationale today refers to the international socialist anthem sung by workers in many countries.