different between prefecture vs municipal

English

Alternative forms

• præfecture (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French préfecture, from Latin praefect?ra. As an East Asian administrative division, a calque of Chinese ? (f?) and ? (jùn), also used to describe ? (xian, “county”) and ? (zhou, “province”) in some eras.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?i?f?k(t)???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?i?f?kt??/, /?p?i?f?ktj??/

Noun

prefecture (plural prefectures)

1. The office or position of a prefect.
2. The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.

Synonyms

• (Chinese administrative division): jun, fu; chun, foo (obsolete); commandery (some contexts)

Derived terms

• prefectural (adjective)

Translations

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.