"federal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɛdəɹəl/, /ˈfɛdɹəl/ Audio: en-us-federal.ogg Forms: fœderal [alternative, archaic], fœderall [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From French fédéral, from Latin stem foeder- of foedus (“covenant, league, treaty, alliance”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-}}, {{der|en|fr|fédéral}} French fédéral, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} federal (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations. Tags: not-comparable Translations (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations): فِدِرَالِيّ (fidirāliyy) [masculine] (Arabic), اِتِّحَادِيّ (ittiḥādiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), դաշնային (dašnayin) (Armenian), федэраты́ўны (fjederatýwny) (Belarusian), съю́зен (sǎjúzen) (Bulgarian), federal (Catalan), federalistický (Czech), svazový (Czech), føderal (Danish), federaal (Dutch), bonds- (Dutch), federacia (Esperanto), federaalinen (Finnish), federatiivinen (Finnish), fédéral [masculine] (French), fédérale [feminine] (French), federal [feminine, masculine] (Galician), ფედერალური (pederaluri) (Georgian), მოკავშირე (moḳavšire) (Georgian), Bundes- (German), föderal (German), संघीय (saṅghīya) (Hindi), szövetségi (Hungarian), serikat (Indonesian), cónaidhme (Irish), cónaidhmeach (Irish), federale [feminine, masculine] (Italian), федеративті (federativtı) (Kazakh), федеративтік (federativtık) (Kazakh), føderal (Norwegian Bokmål), føderal (Norwegian Nynorsk), związkowy (Polish), federal (Portuguese), federativo (Portuguese), federal (Romanian), federativ (Romanian), федерати́вный (federatívnyj) (Russian), сою́зный (sojúznyj) (Russian), са́везнӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), savezni [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), federal (Spanish), federal (Swedish), sang-isahan (Tagalog), федерати́вний (federatývnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), وفاقی (wafāqī) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-federal-en-adj-QC86ggTU Disambiguation of 'pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations': 98 1 1
  2. Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town. Tags: not-comparable Translations (pertaining to the national government level): فِدِرَالِيّ (fidirāliyy) [masculine] (Arabic), اِتِّحَادِيّ (ittiḥādiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), դաշնային (dašnayin) (Armenian), федера́лен (federálen) (Bulgarian), ဖက်ဒရယ် (hpakda.rai) (Burmese), federal (Catalan), federální (Czech), spolkový (Czech), føderal (Danish), federaal (Dutch), bonds- (Dutch), federacia (Esperanto), liittovaltion (Finnish), fédéral [masculine] (French), fédérale [feminine] (French), ფედერალური (pederaluri) (Georgian), ფედერაციული (pederaciuli) (Georgian), Bundes- (German), föderal (German), ομοσπονδιακός (omospondiakós) (Greek), פדרלי (Hebrew), संघीय (saṅghīya) (Hindi), államközi (Hungarian), szövetségi (Hungarian), feidearálach (Irish), federale [feminine, masculine] (Italian), федеративті (federativtı) (Kazakh), федеративтік (federativtık) (Kazakh), føderal (Norwegian Bokmål), føderal (Norwegian Nynorsk), federalny (Polish), federal (Portuguese), federal (Romanian), федера́льный (federálʹnyj) (Russian), фе̏дера̄лан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), фе̏дера̄лнӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), federalan [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), federalni [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), federálny (Slovak), zvezdi (Slovene), federal (Spanish), federal (Swedish), sang-isahan (Tagalog), وفاق (wafāq) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-federal-en-adj-mo1dK0wN Disambiguation of 'pertaining to the national government level': 0 100 0
  3. (theology) Relating to covenantalism. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-federal-en-adj-6Xv9AJkA Categories (other): Theology Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛdəɹəl/, /ˈfɛdɹəl/ Audio: en-us-federal.ogg Forms: federals [plural], fœderal [alternative, archaic], fœderall [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From French fédéral, from Latin stem foeder- of foedus (“covenant, league, treaty, alliance”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-}}, {{der|en|fr|fédéral}} French fédéral, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun}} federal (plural federals)
  1. A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official. Coordinate_terms: federale
    Sense id: en-federal-en-noun-Ck~pBQ4l
  2. A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official.
    (US) A law-enforcement official of the FBI.
    Tags: US Coordinate_terms: federale Translations (a law-enforcement officer of the FBI): федерален агент (english: federalen agent) [masculine] (Bulgarian), liittovaltion poliisi (Finnish), ფედერალი (pederali) (Georgian), ფედერალური აგენტი (pederaluri agenṭi) (Georgian), סוכן פדרלי [masculine] (Hebrew), федера́л (federál) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-federal-en-noun-OtdtKJ-Z Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'a law-enforcement officer of the FBI': 4 75 18 3
  3. (US, historical) A Union soldier in the American Civil War. Tags: US, historical
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  4. A supporter of federation.
    Sense id: en-federal-en-noun-GxyPsLS1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fed [noun]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "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:",
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          "roman": "pederaluri",
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          "word": "ფედერალური"
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          "roman": "moḳavšire",
          "sense": "pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations",
          "word": "მოკავშირე"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "sense": "pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations",
          "word": "संघीय"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "sense": "pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations",
          "word": "szövetségi"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "sense": "pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations",
          "word": "serikat"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations",
          "word": "cónaidhme"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations",
          "word": "cónaidhmeach"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations",
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          "word": "federale"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "lang_code": "kk",
          "roman": "federativtı",
          "sense": "pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations",
          "word": "федеративті"
        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "lang_code": "kk",
          "roman": "federativtık",
          "sense": "pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations",
          "word": "федеративтік"
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        {
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      "code": "tl",
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      "code": "ur",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "word": "فِدِرَالِيّ"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "word": "դաշնային"
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "hpakda.rai",
      "sense": "pertaining to the national government level",
      "word": "ဖက်ဒရယ်"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "ფედერაციული"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "it",
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      "roman": "pederaluri agenṭi",
      "sense": "a law-enforcement officer of the FBI",
      "word": "ფედერალური აგენტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "a law-enforcement officer of the FBI",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סוכן פדרלי"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "federál",
      "sense": "a law-enforcement officer of the FBI",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "федера́л"
    }
  ],
  "word": "federal"
}

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