federal

federal

See also: fédéral and Federal

English

Alternative forms

• fœderal (obsolete)
• fœderall (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛdəɹəl/, /ˈfɛdɹəl/

• Audio (US)

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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, “Of Providence over Publick States”, in Cosmologia Sacra: Or A Discourse of the Universe as It is the Creature and Kingdom of God. […], London: […] W. Rogers, S. Smith, and B[enjamin] Walford: […], OCLC 642328229, 3rd book, paragraph 27, page 113:

     Yet the Romans, taking them [the Carthaginians] at an Advantage, vvhen they vvere in Streights; compell'd them, contrary to all Fœderal Right and Juſtice, by Nevv Articles, both to part with Sardinia, their Lavvful Territory, and alſo to pay them for the future, a Double Tribute.

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

Derived terms

• anti-federal
• Federal Capital Territory
• federal case
• federal case
• federal city
• federal council
• federal council
• federal district
• federal district
• federal government
• federal government
• federalism
• federalist
• federalization
• federalize
• federally
• federalness
• federal official
• federal official
• federal question
• federal question jurisdiction
• Federal Republic of Germany
• federal state
• federal subject
• federal territory
• federal yellow
• make a federal case out of something
• nonfederal
• prefederal
• quasifederal
• unfederal

 

Translations

pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations

Arabic: فِدِرَالِيّ‎ m (fidirāliyy), اِتِّحَادِيّ‎‎ m (ittiḥādiyy) Armenian: դաշնային (hy) (dašnayin) Bulgarian: съю́зен (bg) (sǎjúzen) Catalan: federal (ca) Czech: federalistický, svazový (cs) Danish: føderal (da) Dutch: federaal (nl), bonds- (nl) Esperanto: federacia Finnish: federaalinen (fi), federatiivinen (fi) French: fédéral (fr) m, fédérale (fr) f Galician: federal m or f Georgian: ფედერალური (pederaluri), მოკავშირე (moḳavšire) German: Bundes- (de), föderal (de) Hungarian: szövetségi (hu) Indonesian: serikat (id) Irish: cónaidhme, cónaidhmeach Italian: federale (it) m or f Kazakh: федеративті (federativtı), федеративтік (federativtık) Norwegian: Bokmål: føderal Nynorsk: føderal Polish: związkowy (pl) Portuguese: federal (pt), federativo (pt) Romanian: federal (ro), federativ (ro) Russian: федерати́вный (ru) (federatívnyj), сою́зный (ru) (sojúznyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: са́везнӣ Roman: savezni (sh) Spanish: federal (es) Swedish: federal (sv) Tagalog: sang-isahan Ukrainian: федерати́вний m (federatývnyj) Urdu: وفاقی‎ (wafāqī)

pertaining to the national government level

Arabic: فِدِرَالِيّ‎ m (fidirāliyy), اِتِّحَادِيّ‎ m (ittiḥādiyy) Armenian: դաշնային (hy) (dašnayin) Bulgarian: федера́лен (federálen) Catalan: federal (ca) Czech: federální (cs), spolkový (cs) Danish: føderal (da) Dutch: federaal (nl), bonds- (nl) Esperanto: federacia Finnish: liittovaltion French: fédéral (fr) m, fédérale (fr) f Georgian: ფედერალური (pederaluri) German: Bundes- (de), föderal (de) Greek: ομοσπονδιακός (el) (omospondiakós) Hebrew: פדרלי‎ Hungarian: államközi (hu), szövetségi (hu) Irish: feidearálach Italian: federale (it) m or f Kazakh: федеративті (federativtı), федеративтік (federativtık) Norwegian: Bokmål: føderal Nynorsk: føderal Polish: federalny (pl) Portuguese: federal (pt) Romanian: federal (ro) Russian: федера́льный (ru) (federálʹnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: фе̏дера̄лан, фе̏дера̄лнӣ Roman: federalan (sh), federalni (sh) Slovak: federálny Slovene: zvezdi Spanish: federal (es) Swedish: federal (sv) Tagalog: sang-isahan Urdu: وفاق‎ (wafāq)

Noun

federal (plural federals)

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

Synonyms

• fed (noun)

Translations

a law-enforcement officer of the FBI

Bulgarian: федерален агент m (federalen agent) Finnish: liittovaltion poliisi Georgian: ფედერალი (pederali), ფედერალური აგენტი (pederaluri agenṭi) Hebrew: סוכן פדרלי‎ m Russian: федера́л (ru) m (federál)

Anagrams

• Elfreda

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fə.dəˈɾal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fe.deˈɾal/
• 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, 2023
• “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.

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɛdəˈral]
• Hyphenation: fè‧dê‧ral

Adjective

federal

1. federal.

Related terms

• federalis
• federalisme
• federalistis
• federasi

 

Further reading

• “federal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.deˈɾaw/ [fe.deˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.dɨˈɾal/ [fɨ.ðɨˈɾaɫ]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: fe‧de‧ral

Adjective

federal m or f (plural federais)

1. federal

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fédéral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe.deˈral/

Adjective

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

1. federal

Declension

Declension of federal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	federal		federală	federali	federale
	definite	federalul		federala	federalii	federalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	federal		federale	federali	federale
	definite	federalului		federalei	federalilor	federalelor

Related terms

• federație

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fedeˈɾal/ [fe.ð̞eˈɾal]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: fe‧de‧ral

Adjective

federal (plural federales)

1. federal

Derived terms

• ciudad federal
• federalmente
• Distrito Federal
• sujeto federal

Noun

federal m (plural federales)

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

Related terms

• confederación
• federación

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Adjective

federal (not comparable)

1. federal

Declension

Inflection of federal
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	federal	—	—
Neuter singular	federalt	—	—
Plural	federala	—	—
Masculine plural3	federale	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	federale	—	—
All	federala	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

See also

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