federal

See also: fédéral

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• fœderal (archaic), fœderall (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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.
   • 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

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

• Bulgarian: съюзен (bg) (sǎjuzen)
• Catalan: federal (ca)
• Esperanto: federacia

• Galician: federal m, f
• Romanian: federal (ro)
• Russian: федеративный (ru) (f'ed'ertívnyj)
• Spanish: federal (es) m, f

Pertaining to the national government level

• Bulgarian: федерален (federalen)
• Catalan: federal (ca)

• Finnish: liittovaltion
• Russian: федеральный (f'ed'erál’nyj)

Noun

federal (plural federals)

1. (US) A law-enforcement official of the FBI; short for federal agent.

Synonyms

• fed (noun)

Translations

A law-enforcement officer of the FBI

• Bulgarian: федерален агент m (federalen agent)
• Finnish: liittovaltion poliisi

• Russian: федерал (ru) m (f'ed'erál)

Anagrams

• Elfreda

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Portuguese

Adjective

federal m, f (plural federais; comparable)

1. federal

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Spanish

Adjective

federal m, f (plural federales)

1. federal

Related terms

• confederación
• federación

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Swedish

Adjective

federal

1. federal

Declension

Declension of federal

Inflections of federal
Indefinite singular	Common	federal
	Neuter	federalt
Definite singular	Masc.	federale
	All	federala
Plural		federala

See also

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