federation

See also: fédération

English

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federation

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Etymology

Borrowed from French fédération, from Late Latin foederatio, from Latin foederare; equivalent to federate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɛdəˈɹeɪʃn̩/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

federation (countable and uncountable, plural federations)

1. Act of joining together into a single political entity.

   It is 106 years since federation.

2. Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.

   Synonyms: federal state; see also Thesaurus:federal country

3. Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
4. (computing, telecommunications) A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.

Alternative forms

• fœderation (archaic) [18^th–19^th C]

Derived terms

• defederation
• federation furniture
• Fediverse

Related terms

• federate, federative
• federationism, federationist; federational, federationalist, federationalism
• confederation; federal

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဖယ်ဒရေးရှင်း (hpaida.re:hrang:)

Translations

array of nations or states

Afrikaans: federasie Albanian: federatë (sq) f Arabic: اِتِّحَادِيَّة f (ittiḥādiyya), فِدِرَالِيَّة f (fidirāliyya) Armenian: դաշնություն (hy) (dašnutʻyun) Asturian: federación f Azerbaijani: federasiya, ittifaq Belarusian: федэра́цыя (be) f (fjederácyja), фэдэра́цыя f (federácyja) Bengali: ফেডারেশন (pheḍareśon) Bulgarian: федера́ция (bg) f (federácija) Burmese: အဖွဲ့ချုပ် (my) (a.hpwai.hkyup), ဖယ်ဒရေးရှင်း (hpaida.re:hrang:) Buryat: федераци (fjedjeraci) Catalan: federació (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 聯邦 / 联邦 (lyun4 bong1) Hokkien: 聯邦 / 联邦 (zh-min-nan) (liân-pang) Mandarin: 聯邦 / 联邦 (zh) (liánbāng) Czech: federace (cs) f Danish: føderation (da) c Dutch: federatie (nl) f, bondsstaat (nl) m Esperanto: federacio Estonian: föderatsioon Faroese: samgonga f Finnish: liittovaltio (fi), federaatio (fi) French: fédération (fr) f Georgian: ფედერაცია (pederacia) German: Föderation (de) f, Bund (de) m Greek: ομοσπονδία (el) f (omospondía) Haitian Creole: federasyon Hebrew: פֶדֶרַצְיָה (he) f (federátsya) Hindi: महासंघ m (mahāsaṅgh), फ़ेडरेशन (feḍreśan), संघ (hi) m (saṅgh) Hungarian: föderáció (hu) Icelandic: samband (is) n Ido: federuro (io) Indonesian: federasi (id), negara berserikat Interlingua: federation Irish: cónaidhm f, feidearálacht f Italian: federazione (it) f Japanese: 連邦 (ja) (れんぽう, renpō), 聯邦 (ja) (renpō) (dated), 連盟 (ja) (れんめい, renmei), 聯盟 (ja) (れんめい, renmei) (dated), 同盟 (ja) (どうめい, dōmei) Kazakh: федерация (federasiä) Khmer: សហព័ន្ធ (km) (saʼhaʼpŏən) Korean: 연방(聯邦) (ko) (yeonbang), 련방(聯邦) (ko) (ryeonbang) (North Korea), 연합(聯合) (ko) (yeonhap), 련합(聯合) (ko) (ryeonhap) (North Korea), 연맹(聯盟) (ko) (yeonmaeng), 련맹(聯盟) (ko) (ryeonmaeng) (North Korea), 동맹(同盟) (ko) (dongmaeng) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: federasyon (ku) Kyrgyz: федерация (ky) (federatsiya) Lao: ສະຫະພັນ (lo) (sa ha phan), ສະຫະພັນລັດ (sa ha phan lat) Latin: foederātiō f Latvian: federācija f Lithuanian: federacija f Low German: German Low German: Föderatschoon f Macedonian: федерација f (federacija) Malay: persekutuan (ms), federasi Maltese: federazzjoni f Mongolian: Cyrillic: холбоо (mn) (xolboo) Norwegian: Bokmål: føderasjon (no) m, forbundsstat m Nynorsk: føderasjon m, forbundsstat m Occitan: federacion (oc) f Pashto: فدارسيون m (federāsyun), فېډرېشن m (feḍerēšan), اتحاد (ps) m (etehād) Persian: Iranian Persian: فِدِراسِیون (federâsiyon), اِتِّحاد (ettehâd) Polish: federacja (pl) f Portuguese: federação (pt) f Romanian: federație (ro) f Russian: федера́ция (ru) f (federácija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: федера́ција f Roman: federácija (sh) f Slovak: federácia f Slovene: federacija f Spanish: federación (es) f Swedish: federation (sv) c Tagalog: kalipunan, pederasyon (tl), sampisanan Tajik: федерасия (federasiya), иттиҳод (ittihod) Tatar: федерация (federatsiyä) Telugu: సమాఖ్య (te) (samākhya) Thai: สหพันธรัฐ (sà-hà-pan-tá-rát), สหพันธ์ (th) (sà-hà-pan) Tibetan: མཉམ་སྦྲེལ (mnyam sbrel) Turkish: federasyon (tr), ittifak (tr) Turkmen: federasiýa Tuvan: федерация (federatsiya) Ukrainian: федера́ція f (federácija) Urdu: فیڈَریشَن (feḍareśan), اِتِّحاد (ur) m (ittihād), وِفاق m (vifāq) Uyghur: فېدېراتسىيە (fëdëratsiye) Uzbek: federatsiya (uz), ittifoq (uz), federasiya Vietnamese: liên bang (vi) (聯邦) Volapük: fed (vo) Votic: federaattsijõ Yakut: бэдэрээссийэ (bedereessiye), федерация (federatsiya) Yiddish: פֿעדעראַציע f (federatsye) Zhuang: lenzbangh

society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies

Chinese: Mandarin: 聯合會 / 联合会 (zh) (liánhéhuì) Dutch: federatie (nl) f Finnish: liitto (fi) Hungarian: szövetség (hu) Tibetan: མཉམ་སྦྲེལ (mnyam sbrel) Tuvan: федерация (federatsiya), эвилел (evilel) Vietnamese: liên đoàn (vi), liên hiệp (vi) Yiddish: פֿעדעראַציע f (federatsye)

Adjective

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Federation architecture

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federation (not comparable)

1. (Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.

   We live in a federation house.

   • 2000, Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, page 221:

     The Federation house claimed a unique place in architecture, even if it offended architects.

   • 2002, Andrew Swaffer, Katrina O'Brien, Darroch Donald, Australia: Handbook, page 754:

     Five Chimneys, 15 Maria St, T8563 0240. Comfortable accomodation ^[sic] in large federation house, spa, swimming pool.

   • 2010, Adrian Franklin, Collecting the 20th Century, page 27:

     Plaster kookaburras from the 1930s would still look good in a nature-themed Federation house; h27 cm.

Danish

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federation

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Noun

federation c (singular definite federationen, plural indefinite federationer)

1. unofficial form of føderation

Declension

Declension of federation

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	federation	federationen	federationer	federationerne
genitive	federations	federationens	federationers	federationernes

Synonyms

• forbundsstat

Swedish

Noun

federation c

1. federation; an array of states or nations

Declension

Declension of federation

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	federation	federations
	definite	federationen	federationens
plural	indefinite	federationer	federationers
	definite	federationerna	federationernas

Related terms

• federal