federal

English Online Dictionary. What means federal‎? What does federal mean?

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/

Adjective

federal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
2. Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
3. (slang) Intrusive; airing out another's personal affairs.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

federal (plural federals)

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

Synonyms

• fed (noun)

Translations

Anagrams

• Elfreda

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fə.ðəˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fe.ðeˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

federal m or f (masculine and feminine plural federals)

1. federal

Derived terms

• federalisme
• federalista
• federalment

Noun

federal m (plural federals)

1. blackbird (any of various birds in the New World family Icteridae)

Derived terms

• federal capgroc
• federal cap-roig
• federal safrà

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, 2024
• “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): [fɛdəˈral]
• Hyphenation: fè‧dê‧ral
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

federal

1. federal.

Related terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

federal m or f (plural federais)

1. federal

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

Related terms

• federație

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fedeˈɾal/ [fe.ð̞eˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: fe‧de‧ral

Adjective

federal m or f (masculine and feminine plural federales)

1. federal

Derived terms

Noun

federal m (plural federales)

1. a federal law enforcement officer
   1. (Mexico) federal law enforcement officer belonging to the Mexican government
   2. (US) federal law enforcement officer belonging to the United States
2. the scarlet-headed blackbird, Amblyramphus holosericeus

Related terms

Descendants

• English: federale, Federale

Further reading

• “federal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Adjective

federal (not comparable)

1. federal

Declension

See also

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