federal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈfɛdəɹəl/ (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
- /ˈfɛdəɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈfɛdɚəl] ~ [ˈfɛdɹ̩l̩] (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
- [ˈfɛdəɹəl] ~ [ˈfɛdəɹl̩] (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós Proto-Italic *feiðos Latin foedus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French fédéralbor. English federal Borrowed from French fédéral, from Latin foedus + French -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
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.
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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(not-comparable) Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
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.
2021, Joe Biden, Executive Order 13991 (Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing), Section 1 (Policy):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.
1996, United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward the Branch Davidians: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; [...]
1798, James Madison, Virginia Resolutions of 1798:
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(not-comparable) Relating to covenantalism.
federal theology
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fœderal | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| fœderall | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
federal law · semifederal · anti-federal · federally · Federal Capital Territory · federalisation · federal district · federal government · Federal Republic of Somalia · federalist · quasifederal · Federal City · federalese · prefederal · federal case · Federal Republic of Germany · federal municipality · federalwide · federalize · federalness · federal state · federal city · federal question · federal yellow · nonfederal · Federal Way · federal subject · Fedzilla · postfederal · federal council · federal question jurisdiction · unfederal · federalization · federalise · federal territory · federalism · FedEx · make a federal case out of something
Translations (94)
pt federal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · hu államközi (pertaining to the national government level) · fr fédérale (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ca federal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · hu szövetségi (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · fi liittovaltion (pertaining to the national government level) · gl federal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · cs svazový (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ar اِتِّحَادِيّ (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · hu szövetségi (pertaining to the national government level) · sk federálny (pertaining to the national government level) · fi federatiivinen (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · cs federalistický (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ga cónaidhmeach (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ro federativ (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · be федэраты́ўны (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · cs spolkový (pertaining to the national government level) · nb føderal (pertaining to the national government level) · ar فِدِرَالِيّ (pertaining to the national government level) · hi संघीय (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ka ფედერალური (pertaining to the national government level) · tr federal (pertaining to the national government level) · hy դաշնային (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · fr fédéral (pertaining to the national government level) · ka ფედერალური (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ga feidearálach (pertaining to the national government level) · es federal (pertaining to the national government level) · kk федеративті (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ru федерати́вный (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · de Bundes- (pertaining to the national government level) · fi federaalinen (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · am ፌዴራል (pertaining to the national government level) · nl federaal (pertaining to the national government level) · nl federaal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · hy դաշնային (pertaining to the national government level) · pt federal (pertaining to the national government level) · pt federativo (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · eo federacia (pertaining to the national government level) · hi संघीय (pertaining to the national government level) · pl związkowy (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · sh са́везнӣ (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ro federal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · sh federalan (pertaining to the national government level) · da føderal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ka ფედერაციული (pertaining to the national government level) · nn føderal (pertaining to the national government level) · bg федера́лен (pertaining to the national government level) · ar فِدِرَالِيّ (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · tl sang-isahan (pertaining to the national government level) · eo federacia (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · sh фе̏дера̄лнӣ (pertaining to the national government level) · ar اِتِّحَادِيّ (pertaining to the national government level) · de Bundes- (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · kk федеративтік (pertaining to the national government level) · ga cónaidhme (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · id serikat (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · it federale (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · sv federal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · nn føderal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · it federale (pertaining to the national government level) · tr birliksel (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ru федера́льный (pertaining to the national government level) · nl rijks- (pertaining to the national government level) · bg съю́зен (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · de föderal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · tl sang-isahan (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ur وفاق (pertaining to the national government level) · ca federal (pertaining to the national government level) · kk федеративтік (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ur وفاقی (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · pl federalny (pertaining to the national government level) · fr fédérale (pertaining to the national government level) · el ομοσπονδιακός (pertaining to the national government level) · ro federal (pertaining to the national government level) · nl bonds- (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · sl zvezdi (pertaining to the national government level) · sh savezni (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · es federal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · tr federal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ru сою́зный (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · nb føderal (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · de föderal (pertaining to the national government level) · fr fédéral (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · my ဖက်ဒရယ် (pertaining to the national government level) · uk федерати́вний (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · ka მოკავშირე (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations) · sh federalni (pertaining to the national government level) · sv federal (pertaining to the national government level) · sh фе̏дера̄лан (pertaining to the national government level) · nl bonds- (pertaining to the national government level) · kk федеративті (pertaining to the national government level) · he פדרלי (pertaining to the national government level) · cs federální (pertaining to the national government level) · da føderal (pertaining to the national government level)