federalist

English

Alternative forms

• fœderalist (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós

Proto-Italic *feiðos

Latin foedusder.

French fédéralder.

English federal

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English federalist

From federal + -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛdəɹəlˌɪst/, /ˈfɛdɹəlˌɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

federalist (plural federalists)

1. (politics) Advocate of federalism.
2. (Canada, politics) Supporter of the view that the province of Québec should remain within the Canadian federal system; an opponent of Québec‐based separatism or sovereigns.
3. (theology) A covenantalist.

Derived terms

• anti-federalist
• pro-federalist
• quasi-federalist

Translations

advocate of federalism

• Esperanto: federisto
• Georgian: ფედერალისტი (pederalisṭi)
• German: Föderalist (de) m, Föderalistin (de) f
• Irish: feidearálach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: føderalist m

  Nynorsk: føderalist m

• Portuguese: federalista (pt) m or f

Adjective

federalist (not comparable)

1. (politics) Of or relating to federalism, or its advocates.

Derived terms

• antifederalist
• Eurofederalist
• federast
• ultrafederalist

Translations

of or relating to federalism

• Georgian: ფედერალისტური (pederalisṭuri)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: føderalistisk

• Portuguese: federalista (pt)
• Swedish: federalistisk

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English federalist. Equivalent to federaal +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfeː.də.raːˈlɪst/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fe‧de‧ra‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

federalist m (plural federalisten, no diminutive)

1. federalist [from late 18th c.]

Derived terms

• federalistisch

Related terms

• federalisme

Maltese

Alternative forms

• federalista

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian federalistabor.

Maltese federalist

Borrowed from Italian federalista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛ.dɛ.raˈliːst/
• Rhymes: -iːst

Noun

federalist m (plural federalisti, feminine federalista)

1. federal

Related terms

• federali
• federaliżmu
• federazzjoni
• ffedera

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fédéraliste. By surface analysis, federal +‎ -ist.

Noun

federalist m (plural federaliști, feminine equivalent federalistă)

1. federalist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	federalist	federalistul	federaliști	federaliștii
genitive-dative	federalist	federalistului	federaliști	federaliștilor
vocative	federalistule		federaliștilor

Related terms

• federalism

Further reading

• “federalist”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• federàlista (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

From federácija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /federǎlist/
• Hyphenation: fe‧de‧ra‧list

Noun

federàlist m anim (Cyrillic spelling федера̀лист)

1. federalist

Declension

Declension of federalist

	singular	plural
nominative	federalist	federalisti
genitive	federalista	federalista
dative	federalistu	federalistima
accusative	federalista	federaliste
vocative	federaliste	federalisti
locative	federalistu	federalistima
instrumental	federalistom	federalistima

References

• “federalist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026