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trinational

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A person who is a citizen of three countries

noun
/ˌtraɪˈnæʃənl/

: trinacional

She is a trinational who holds citizenship in Canada, the USA, and Mexico.

Examples

As a trinational, she could vote in elections in Canada, France, and Brazil.
Being a trinational allows him to travel freely between his countries of citizenship.
The conference welcomed a trinational who shared experiences from three different cultures.
Being a trinational allows him to travel freely between three countries.
As a trinational, she could vote in elections in Canada, France, and Brazil.
She is a trinational who holds citizenship in Canada, the USA, and Mexico.
Being a trinational allows him to travel freely between his countries of citizenship.

Surface Forms

trinational singular

trinationales plural

Morphology

trinational = trinational (semi-transparent) = tri + nation + al

The adjective 'trinational' is transparently built from 'tri-' and 'nation' + '-al', but the noun sense is a nominalized use that is only partly predictable from the adjective.

Etymology

Trinational comes from the parts tri- 'three' and nation 'country', so a trinational is a person who has citizenship in three different countries.