different between municipal vs alcalde

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French municipal, from Latin m?nicip?lis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”), from m?niceps (“a citizen, an inhabitant of a free town”), from m?nus (“duty”) + capi? (“to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mju?n?s?p?l/
• Hyphenation: mu?ni?ci?pal

Adjective

municipal (comparative more municipal, superlative most municipal)

1. Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
2. Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.

Synonyms

• civic

Derived terms

• municipality

Related terms

Translations

Noun

municipal (plural municipals)

1. (finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality.

Further reading

• municipal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• municipal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin municipalis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mu.ni.si?pal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

municipal (masculine and feminine plural municipals)

1. municipal

Derived terms

• municipalitat

Related terms

• municipi

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin municipalis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”), from municeps (“a citizen, an inhabitant of a free town”), from munus (“duty”) + capi? (“to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ni.si.pal/

Adjective

municipal (feminine singular municipale, masculine plural municipaux, feminine plural municipales)

1. municipal

Derived terms

• municipalité

Further reading

• “municipal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

município +? -al

Adjective

municipal m or f (plural municipais, comparable)

1. municipal
2. town (attributive)
3. civic

Romanian

Etymology

From French municipal

Adjective

municipal m or n (feminine singular municipal?, masculine plural municipali, feminine and neuter plural municipale)

1. municipal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin municip?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /muni?i?pal/, [mu.ni.?i?pal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /munisi?pal/, [mu.ni.si?pal]

Adjective

municipal (plural municipales)

1. municipal

Related terms

• municipio
• municipalidad

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Spanish alcalde, from Arabic ??????????? (al-q???, “judge”).

Noun

alcalde (plural alcaldes)

1. In Spain or Latin America, a municipal magistrate who has both judicial and administrative functions.

Related terms

• qadi

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with alcaide.

Further reading

• alcalde on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic ??????????? (al-q???, “judge”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?l?kal.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /al?kal.de/

Noun

alcalde m or f (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldessa)

1. mayor

Related terms

• alcaldada
• alcaldia

Further reading

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

Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish alcalde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkalde/

Noun

alcalde

1. mayor

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish alcalde, from Andalusian Arabic ???????????, from Arabic ?????? (q??in, “judge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a??ká??.te?]

Noun

alcalde (animate, plural alcaldesmeh)

1. A municipal judge or member of the cabildo.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 14r.

     Alcalde.  lo mi?mo.

     A magistrate. the same.

Derived terms

• alcaldey?tl

References

• Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese alcalde, from Old Spanish alcalde, from Arabic ??????????? (al-q???, “judge”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?kalðe?/

Noun

alcalde m (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldesa, feminine plural alcaldesas)

1. mayor (leader of a city)
   • 1437, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 127:

     Pero Ares d'Aldãa, tenente lugar ?na dita billa e torres dela por noso señor o arçebispo de Santiago dom Lopo, e Pero Falcon, juis, Juan Garçia Rouquo, Lourenço Yanes de Pastoris, alcaldes, Alvaro Lopes, Garçia Goterres, Afonso Basques, Fernan Basques, jurados, Pero de Plazer, procurador do dito Conçello, diseron que por rason que alg?us mercadores e suas mercadorias e navios se temian e reçeavan de v?ir a esta dita billa e seu porto con as ditas suas mercadorias e navios, entendendo de seer prendados e penorados por las mercadorias que Gonçalvo Correa tomara eno dito porto e levara ?na barcha chamada per nome "Rostro Fremoso"

     Pedro Ares de Aldán, lieutenant in this town [Pontevedra] and it's towers on behalf of our lord the archbishop of Santiado Don Lopo, and Pedro Falcón, judge; Xoán Garcia Rouco, Lourenzo Yanes de Pastoriza, mayors; Álvaro López, Garcia Gotérrez, Afonso Vázquez, Fernán Vázquez, councilors; Pedro de Placer, town agent; they said that since certain merchants and their goods and ships feared and distrusted coming to this town and harbor with their mentioned goods and ships, believing that they would be seized and confiscated because of the trade goods that Gonzalo Correa took at this harbor and carried away in the ship named "Beauty Face";

Related terms

• alcaldía

References

• “alcalde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “alcalde” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “alcalde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “alcalde” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “alcalde” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Romanian

Noun

alcalde m (plural alcalzi)

1. Alternative form of alcade

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????????? (al-q???, “judge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?kalde/, [al?kal?.d?e]

Noun

alcalde m (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldesa, feminine plural alcaldesas)

1. mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)

   Synonym: (Argentina) intendente

2. (Spain, Southwestern US) an official such as an administrator, mayor, or judge

Derived terms

• alcaldable
• alcalde pedáneo
• alcaldía
• alcaldada
• vicealcalde (“deputy mayor”)

Related terms

• alcaldía

Descendants

• ? English: alcalde
• ? Classical Nahuatl: alcalde
• ? Tagalog: alkalde
• ? Western Highland Chatino: rle

See also

• burgomaestre
• edil

Further reading

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