federation

See also fédération

English

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Alternative forms

• fœderation (archaic) [18^th–19^th C]

Etymology

From French fédération, from Late Latin foederatio, from Latin foederare.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

federation (plural federations)

1. Act of joining together into a single political entity.

   It is 106 years since federation.

2. Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.
3. Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.

Translations

array of nations or states

Afrikaans: federasie (af) Albanian: federatë (sq) f. Arabic: اتحاد (ar) (ittiḥād) m. Armenian: դաշնություն (hy) (dašnut’yun) Azeri: federasiya (az) Belarusian: федэрацыя (be) (federácyja) f. Bengali: ফেডারেশন (bn) (pheḑareshôn) Bulgarian: федерация (bg) (federácija) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 聯邦 (zh), 联邦 (zh) (liánbāng), 聯合會 (zh), 联合会 (zh) (liánhéhuì) Czech: federace (cs) f. Danish: føderation (da) c. Dutch: federatie (nl) f. Esperanto: federacio (eo) Estonian: föderatsioon (et) Finnish: liittovaltio (fi), federaatio (fi) French: fédération (fr) f. Georgian: ფედერაცია (ka) (p'ederac'ia) German: Föderation (de) f., Bund (de) m. Greek: ομοσπονδία (el) (omospondía) f. Hebrew: פדרציה (he) (pederátsiya) f. Hindi: महासंघ (hi) (mahāsaṅgha) m., फ़ेडरेशन (hi) (feḍareśan) Hungarian: föderáció (hu) Icelandic: samband (is) n. Indonesian: federasi (id) Interlingua: federation (ia) Irish: cónaidhm (ga) f., feidearálacht (ga) f. Italian: federazione (it) f. Japanese: 連邦 (ja) (れんぽう, renpō), 連盟 (ja) (れんめい, renmei), 同盟 (ja) (どうめい, dōmei) Kazakh: федерация (kk) (federatsiya) Khmer: សហព័ន្ធ​ (km) (sa’ha’ poan) Korean: 연방 (ko) (yeonbang) (聯邦 (ko)), 연합 (ko) (yeonhap) (聯合 (ko))

Kyrgyz: федерация (ky) (federatsiya) Lao: ສະຫະພັນ (lo) (sa ha phan) Latin: foederatio (la) f. Latvian: federācija (lv) f. Lithuanian: federacija (lt) f. Lojban: gumgu'e (jbo) Macedonian: федерација (mk) (federácija) f. Malay: persekutuan (ms) Maltese: federazzjoni (mt) f. Norwegian: føderasjon (no) Persian: فدراسیون (fa) (federâsyun) Polish: federacja (pl) f. Portuguese: federação (pt) f. Romanian: federație (ro) f. Russian: федерация (ru) (federácija) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: федерација (sh) f. Roman: federacija (sh) f. Slovak: federácie (sk) f. Slovene: federacija (sl) f. Spanish: federación (es) f. Swedish: federation (sv) c. Tagalog: pederasyong (tl) Tajik: федерасия (tg) (federasiya) Telugu: సమాఖ్య (te) (samaakhya) Thai: สหพันธรัฐ (th) (sàhàpantárát), สหพันธ์ (th) (sàhàpan) Turkish: federasyon (tr) Turkmen: federasiýa (tk) Ukrainian: федерація (uk) (federácija) f. Urdu: فیڈریشن (ur) (feḍareśan) Uzbek: federatsiya (uz) Vietnamese: liên bang (vi) (聯邦 (vi)) Yiddish: פעדעריישאַן (yi) f.

Adjective

federation (not comparable)

1. (Australian) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.

   We live in a federation house.

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Alternative forms

• føderation

Noun

federation c. (singular definite federationen, plural indefinite federationer)

1. federation (array of nations or states)

Synonyms

• forbundsstat

Inflection

    Inflection of federation

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