federation

See also: fédération

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fédération, from Late Latin foederatio, from Latin foederare; equivalent to federate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌfɛdəˈɹeɪʃn̩/
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Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

federation (countable and uncountable, plural federations)

Act of joining together into a single political entity.
It is 106 years since federation.
Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.
Synonyms: federal state; see also Thesaurus:federal country
Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
(computing, telecommunications) A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.

Alternative forms

fœderation (archaic) [18^th–19^th C]

Derived terms

federation furniture

Related terms

federate, federative
federationism, federationist; federational, federationalist, federationalism
confederation; federal

Descendants

→ Cebuano: pederasyon
→ Burmese: ဖယ်ဒရေးရှင်း (hpaida.re:hrang:)

Translations

array of nations or states

Afrikaans: federasie
Albanian: federatë (sq) f
Arabic: اِتِّحَادِيَّة‎‎ f (ittiḥādiyya), فِدِرَالِيَّة‎ f (fidirāliyya)
Armenian: դաշնություն (hy) (dašnutʿyun)
Asturian: federación f
Azerbaijani: federasiya, ittifaq
Belarusian: федэра́цыя (be) f (fjederácyja), фэдэра́цыя f (federácyja)
Bengali: ফেডারেশন (pheḍareśônô)
Bulgarian: федера́ция (bg) f (federácija)
Burmese: အဖွဲ့ချုပ် (my) (a.hpwai.hkyup), ဖယ်ဒရေးရှင်း (hpaida.re:hrang:)
Buryat: федераци (fjedjeraci)
Catalan: federació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聯邦／联邦 (zh) (liánbāng)
Czech: federace (cs) f
Danish: føderation (da) c
Dutch: federatie (nl) f, bondsstaat (nl) m
Esperanto: federacio
Estonian: föderatsioon
Faroese: samgonga f
Finnish: liittovaltio (fi), federaatio (fi)
French: fédération (fr) f
Georgian: ფედერაცია (pederacia)
German: Föderation (de) f, Bund (de) m
Greek: ομοσπονδία (el) f (omospondía)
Haitian Creole: federasyon
Hebrew: פֶדֶרַצְיָה‎ (he) f (pederátsya)
Hindi: महासंघ m (mahāsaṅgh), फ़ेडरेशन (feḍreśan)
Hungarian: föderáció (hu)
Icelandic: samband (is) n
Ido: federuro (io)
Indonesian: federasi (id), negara berserikat
Interlingua: federation
Irish: cónaidhm f, feidearálacht f
Italian: federazione (it) f
Japanese: 連邦 (ja) (れんぽう, renpō), 聯邦 (ja) (renpō) (dated), 連盟 (ja) (れんめい, renmei), 聯盟 (ja) (れんめい, renmei) (dated), 同盟 (ja) (どうめい, dōmei)
Kazakh: федерация (federasiä)
Khmer: សហព័ន្ធ (km) (saʼhaʼpŏən)
Korean: 연방(聯邦) (ko) (yeonbang), 련방(聯邦) (ko) (ryeonbang) (North Korea), 연합(聯合) (ko) (yeonhap), 련합(聯合) (ko) (ryeonhap) (North Korea), 연맹(聯盟) (ko) (yeonmaeng), 련맹(聯盟) (ko) (ryeonmaeng) (North Korea), 동맹(同盟) (ko) (dongmaeng)
Kyrgyz: федерация (ky) (federatsiya)
Lao: ສະຫະພັນ (lo) (sa ha phan), ສະຫະພັນລັດ (sa ha phan lat)
Latin: foederātiō f
Latvian: federācija f
Lithuanian: federacija f
Low German:
German Low German: Föderatschoon f
Macedonian: федерација f (federacija)
Malay: persekutuan (ms), federasi
Maltese: federazzjoni f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: холбоо (mn) (xolboo)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: føderasjon (no) m, forbundsstat m
Nynorsk: føderasjon m, forbundsstat m
Occitan: federacion (oc) f
Pashto: فدارسيون‎ m (federāsyun), فېډرېشن‎ m (feḍerēšan), اتحاد‎ (ps) m (etehād)
Persian: فدراسیون‎ (fa) (federâsyun), اتحاد‎ (fa) (ettehâd)
Polish: federacja (pl) f
Portuguese: federação (pt) f
Romanian: federație (ro) f
Russian: федера́ция (ru) f (federácija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: федера́ција f
Roman: federácija (sh) f
Slovak: federácia f
Slovene: federacija f
Spanish: federación (es) f
Swedish: federation (sv) c
Tagalog: kalipunan, pederasyon (tl), sampisanan
Tajik: федерасия (federasiya), иттиҳод (ittihod)
Tatar: федерация (federatsiya)
Telugu: సమాఖ్య (te) (samākhya)
Thai: สหพันธรัฐ (sà-hà-pan-tá-rát), สหพันธ์ (th) (sà-hà-pan)
Tibetan: མཉམ་སྦྲེལ (mnyam sbrel)
Turkish: federasyon (tr), ittifak (tr)
Turkmen: federasiýa
Tuvan: федерация (federatsiya)
Ukrainian: федера́ція f (federácija)
Urdu: فیڈریشن‎ (feḍareśan), اتحاد‎ (ur) (ittihād), وفاق‎ (vifāq)
Uyghur: فېدېراتسىيە‎ (fëdëratsiye)
Uzbek: federatsiya (uz), ittifoq (uz), federasiya
Vietnamese: liên bang (vi) (聯邦)
Volapük: fed (vo)
Votic: federaattsijõ
Yakut: бэдэрээссийэ (bedereessiye), федерация (federatsiya)
Yiddish: פֿעדעראַציע‎ f (federatsye)
Zhuang: lenzbangh

society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies

Chinese:
Mandarin: 聯合會／联合会 (zh) (liánhéhuì)
Dutch: federatie (nl) f
Finnish: liitto (fi)
Tibetan: མཉམ་སྦྲེལ (mnyam sbrel)
Tuvan: федерация (federatsiya), эвилел (evilel)
Vietnamese: liên đoàn (vi), liên hiệp (vi)
Yiddish: פֿעדעראַציע‎ f (federatsye)

Adjective

federation (not comparable)

(Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.
We live in a federation house.
- 2000, Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, page 221,
  The Federation house claimed a unique place in architecture, even if it offended architects.
- 2002, Andrew Swaffer, Katrina O'Brien, Darroch Donald, Australia: Handbook, page 754,
  Five Chimneys, 15 Maria St, T8563 0240. Comfortable accomodation ^[sic] in large federation house, spa, swimming pool.
- 2010, Adrian Franklin, Collecting the 20th Century, page 27,
  Plaster kookaburras from the 1930s would still look good in a nature-themed Federation house; h27 cm.

Danish

Noun

federation c (singular definite federationen, plural indefinite federationer)

unofficial form of of føderation

Declension

Declension of federation

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	federation	federationen	federationer	federationerne
genitive	federations	federationens	federationers	federationernes

Synonyms

forbundsstat

Swedish

Noun

federation c

federation; an array of states or nations

Declension

Declension of federation
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	federation	federationen	federationer	federationerna
Genitive	federations	federationens	federationers	federationernas

Related terms

federal