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English

Alternative forms

• fœderal (archaic)
• fœderall (obsolete)

Etymology

From French fédéral, from Latin stem foeder- of foedus (“covenant, league, treaty, alliance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?d???l/, /?f?d??l/

Adjective

federal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
   • 1701, Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia Sacra

     The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, […] to part with Sardinia.

2. Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.

Derived terms

• quasifederal

Translations

Noun

federal (plural federals)

1. (US) A law-enforcement official of the FBI; a federal agent.
2. A supporter of federation.
3. (historical) A unionist soldier in the American Civil War.

Synonyms

• fed (noun)

Translations

Anagrams

• Elfreda

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /f?.d???al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fe.de??al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

federal (masculine and feminine plural federals)

1. federal

Derived terms

• federalisme
• federalista
• federalment

Further reading

• “federal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “federal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “federal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “federal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch federaal, from French fédéral, from Latin stem foeder- of foedus (“covenant, league, treaty, alliance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f?d??ral]
• Hyphenation: fè?dê?ral

Adjective

federal

1. federal.

Related terms

Further reading

• “federal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ð???a?/
• Hyphenation: fe?de?ral

Adjective

federal m or f (plural federais, comparable)

1. federal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fédéral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe.de?ral/

Adjective

federal m or n (feminine singular federal?, masculine plural federali, feminine and neuter plural federale)

1. federal

Declension

Related terms

• federa?ie

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fede??al/, [fe.ð?e??al]
• Hyphenation: fe?de?ral

Adjective

federal (plural federales)

1. federal

Derived terms

Noun

federal m (plural federales)

1. a federal law enforcement officer, usually belonging to the Mexican government

Related terms

Swedish

Adjective

federal (not comparable)

1. federal

Declension

See also

• delstatlig
• global
• kommunal
• lokal
• nationell
• regional
• statlig