extraterritorial

English

Etymology

From extra- +‎ territorial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.stɹəˌtɛ.ɹɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

extraterritorial (not comparable)

1. Of a section of territory: not subject to the laws of the local country.
   • 1998, Sita Ram Goel, Niyogi Committee Report on Christian Missionary Activities:

     Panikkar’s study was primarily aimed at providing a survey of Western imperialism in Asia from CE 1498 to 1945. Christian missions came into the picture simply because he found them arrayed always and everywhere alongside Western gunboats, diplomatic pressures, extraterritorial rights and plain gangsterism.

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Presidium Tourism Terminal I:

     Shepard: Do you know anything about Spectres?
     Avina: The term Spectre is derived from the branch of Special Tactics and Reconnaissance. Each Sepctre agent is hand-picked by the Council.
     Avina: Their primary role is preserving galactic stability and resolving volatile situations that cannot be handled through normal political channels.
     Avina: In this role, they are granted extraterritorial rights and jurisdictions. Spectres answer to no law or authority except the Council itself.

Derived terms

• extraterritoriality
• extraterritorialize
• extraterritorially

Catalan

Etymology

From extra- +‎ territorial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌɛks.tɾə.tə.ri.tu.ɾiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌɛks.tɾə.tə.ri.to.ɾiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌeks.tɾa.te.ri.to.ɾiˈal]

Adjective

extraterritorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural extraterritorials)

1. extraterritorial

French

Etymology

From extra- +‎ territorial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.stʁa.tɛ.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal/ ~ /ɛk.stʁa.te.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

extraterritorial (feminine extraterritoriale, masculine plural extraterritoriaux, feminine plural extraterritoriales)

1. extraterritorial

Derived terms

• extraterritorialité

Spanish

Etymology

From extra- +‎ territorial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡstɾateritoˈɾjal/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ɾa.t̪e.ri.t̪oˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ex‧tra‧te‧rri‧to‧rial

Adjective

extraterritorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural extraterritoriales)

1. extraterritorial

Derived terms

• extraterritorialidad

Further reading

• “extraterritorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024