federal

See also: fédéral

English

Alternative forms

• fœderal (archaic), fœderall (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛdəɹəl/

• Audio (US)

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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: съю́зен (bg) (sǎjúzen)
• Catalan: federal (ca)
• Esperanto: federacia
• French: fédéral (fr)
• Galician: federal m, f
• Georgian: ფედერალური (pederaluri), მოკავშირე (moḳavšire)

• German: Bundes- (de), föderal (de)
• Portuguese: federal (pt), federativo (pt)
• Romanian: federal (ro)
• Russian: федерати́вный (ru) (federatívnyj), сою́зный (ru) (sojúznyj)
• Spanish: federal (es) m, f
• Tagalog: sang-isahan

pertaining to the national government level

• Bulgarian: федера́лен (federálen)
• Catalan: federal (ca)
• Esperanto: federacia
• Finnish: liittovaltion
• French: fédéral (fr)
• Georgian: ფედერალური (pederaluri)
• German: Bundes- (de), föderal (de)

• Greek: ομοσπονδιακός (el) (omospondiakós)
• Hebrew: פדרלי‏‎
• Portuguese: federal (pt)
• Russian: федера́льный (ru) (federálʹnyj)
• Spanish: federal (es) m, f
• Tagalog: sang-isahan

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
• Georgian: ფედერალი (pederali), ფედერალური აგენტი (pederaluri agenṭi)

• Hebrew: סוכן פדרלי‏‎ m
• Russian: федера́л (ru) m (federál)

Anagrams

• Elfreda

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Catalan

Adjective

federal (masculine and feminine plural federals)

1. federal

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Portuguese

Adjective

federal m, f (plural federais, comparable)

1. federal

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Spanish

Adjective

federal (plural federales)

1. federal

Noun

federal m (plural federales)

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

Related terms

• confederación
• federación

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Swedish

Adjective

federal

1. federal

Declension

Inflection of federal
Indefinite/attributive	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 an attributive role.

See also

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