interpersonal

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ personal

Adjective

interpersonal (not comparable)

1. Between two or more people.
   • 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 13, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 213:

     By slightly modifying Piaget's scheme of the development of the capacity to follow and be aware of rules, I propose to distinguish three stages, or types, of mastery of interpersonal processes: coercion, self-help, and cooperation.

   • 2021 June 2, Paul Stephen, “Advances made in digital revolution”, in RAIL, number 932, page 58:

     The complexity of having so many organisations involved, and the deep integration required, has undoubtedly tested the interpersonal skills of project leaders who have had little face-to-face contact.

Synonyms

• interindividual

Coordinate terms

• intergroup

Derived terms

• interpersonally
• noninterpersonal

Translations

between persons

• Catalan: interpersonal
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: mezilidský
• Danish: interpersonel, mellemmenneskelig
• Estonian: isikutevaheline, interpersonaalne
• Finnish: vuorovaikutteinen, vuorovaikutus-, ihmistenvälinen, ihmissuhde-, interpersoonallinen, interpersonaalinen
• French: interpersonnel (fr)
• Georgian: პიროვნებათშორისი (ṗirovnebatšorisi), ადამიანთაშორისი (adamiantašorisi)
• German: zwischenmenschlich (de)
• Greek: διαπροσωπικός (el) (diaprosopikós)
• Hungarian: személyközi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mellommenneskelig

• Polish: międzyludzki (pl)
• Portuguese: interpessoal (pt)
• Romanian: interpersonal
• Russian: межли́чностный (ru) (mežlíčnostnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: međuljudski (sh)
• Spanish: interpersonal
• Swedish: mellanmänsklig
• Ukrainian: міжособи́стісний (mižosobýstisnyj), міжособо́вий (mižosobóvyj)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

interpersonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural interpersonals)

1. interpersonal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾpeɾsoˈnal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.peɾ.soˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧per‧so‧nal

Adjective

interpersonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural interpersonales)

1. interpersonal

Further reading

• “interpersonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014