federal

See also: fédéral

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛdəɹəl/, /ˈfɛdɹəl/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

federal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
    • Grew
      The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, […] to part with Sardinia.
  2. Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.

Derived terms
  • quasifederal

Translations

Noun

federal (plural federals)

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

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Catalan

Adjective

federal (masculine and feminine plural federals)

  1. federal

Portuguese

Adjective

federal m or f (plural federais, comparable)

  1. federal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fédéral.

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

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fedeˈɾal/, [feðeˈɾal]

Adjective

federal (plural federales)

  1. federal

Noun

federal m (plural federales)

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

Swedish

Adjective

federal

  1. federal

Declension
Inflection of federal
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular federal — —
Neuter singular federalt — —
Plural federala — —
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.

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