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See also: fédéral and Federal

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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federal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
    • 1701, Nehemiah Grew, “Of Providence over Publick States”, in Cosmologia Sacra: Or A Discourse of the Universe as It is the Creature and Kingdom of God. […], London: […] W[illiam] Rogers, S[amuel] Smith, and B[enjamin] Walford: […], →OCLC, 3rd book, paragraph 27, page 113:
      Yet the Romans, taking them [the Carthaginians] at an Advantage, vvhen they vvere in Streights; compell'd them, contrary to all Fœderal Right and Juſtice, by Nevv Articles, both to part with Sardinia, their Lavvful Territory, and alſo to pay them for the future, a Double Tribute.
  2. Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
    • 1798, James Madison, Virginia Resolutions of 1798‎[1]:
      That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government as resulting from the compact to which the states are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; [...]
    • 1996, United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward the Branch Davidians‎[2]:
      From April 1995 to May 1996, the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight jointly conducted an investigation into the actions of the Federal agencies involved in law enforcement activities near Waco, TX in late 1992 and early 1993 toward a group known as the Branch Davidians.
    • 2021, Joe Biden, Executive Order 13991 (Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing)‎[3], Section 1 (Policy):
      Accordingly, to protect the Federal workforce and individuals interacting with the Federal workforce, and to ensure the continuity of Government services and activities, on-duty or on-site Federal employees, on-site Federal contractors, and other individuals in Federal buildings and on Federal lands should all wear masks, maintain physical distance, and adhere to other public health measures, as provided in CDC guidelines.
  3. (theology) Relating to covenantalism.
    federal theology

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Noun

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federal (plural federals)

  1. A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official.
    Coordinate term: (informal) federale
    1. (US) A law-enforcement official of the FBI.
  2. (US, historical) A Union soldier in the American Civil War.
  3. A supporter of federation.

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federal m or f (masculine and feminine plural federals)

  1. federal

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Noun

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federal m (plural federals)

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

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

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federal (comparative lebih federal, superlative paling federal)

  1. federal
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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨ.dɨˈɾal/ [fɨ.ðɨˈɾaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨ.dɨˈɾa.li/ [fɨ.ðɨˈɾa.li]

Adjective

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federal m or f (plural federais)

  1. federal

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fédéral.

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federal m or n (feminine singular federală, masculine plural federali, feminine/neuter plural federale)

  1. federal

Declension

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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
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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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federal m or f (masculine and feminine plural federales)

  1. federal

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Noun

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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
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Descendants

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  • English: federale, Federale

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Swedish

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Adjective

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federal (not comparable)

  1. federal

Declension

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Inflection of federal
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular federal — —
neuter singular federalt — —
plural federala — —
masculine plural2 federale — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 federale — —
all federala — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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