Phrase guide

federal government

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several forms of government of federations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The national government of the United States, in contrast to government at the state or local level.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fedgov

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The national governments of Canada and Pakistan, in contrast to government at the provincial or territorial level.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, Pakistan, countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The national governments of Australia, Malaysia, and Nigeria, in contrast to government at the state or territorial level.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria, countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a government with strong central powers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: government, authorities, regime

Narrower terms: United States government, United States, U.S. government, US Government, U.S., Capital, Washington

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: federale regering — general term for a federal government
  • Arabic: حُكُومَة اَلاِتِّحَادِيَّة — general term for a federal government
  • Armenian: դաշնային կառավարություն (dašnayin kaṙavarutʻyun) — general term for a federal government
  • Azerbaijani: federal hökumət — general term for a federal government
  • Basque: gobernu federal — general term for a federal government
  • Belarusian: федэральны уряд (fjederalʹny urjad) — general term for a federal government
  • Bengali: ফেডারেল সরকার (pheḍarel śorkar) — general term for a federal government
  • Bulgarian: федерално правителство (federalno pravitelstvo) — general term for a federal government
  • Catalan: govern federal — general term for a federal government
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聯邦政府 /联邦政府 (liánbāng zhèngfǔ) — general term for a federal government
  • Czech: federální vláda — general term for a federal government
  • Danish: føderal regering — general term for a federal government
  • Danish: forbundsregering — general term for a federal government
  • Dutch: federale regering — general term for a federal government
  • Dutch: bondsregering — general term for a federal government
  • Esperanto: federacia registaro — general term for a federal government
  • Estonian: föderaalvalitsus — general term for a federal government
  • Finnish: liittovaltion hallitus — general term for a federal government
  • French: gouvernement fédéral — general term for a federal government
  • Galician: goberno federal — general term for a federal government
  • Georgian: ფედერალური მთავრობა (pederaluri mtavroba) — general term for a federal government
  • German: Bundesregierung — general term for a federal government
  • German: föderale Regierung — general term for a federal government
  • Greek: ομοσπονδιακή κυβέρνηση (omospondiakí kyvérnisi) — general term for a federal government
  • Hebrew: הממשלה הפדרלית (hamemshala hafederalit) — general term for a federal government
  • Hindi: संघीय सरकार (saṅghīya sarkār) — general term for a federal government
  • Hungarian: szövetségi kormány — general term for a federal government
  • Icelandic: ríkisstjórn sambandsríkis — general term for a federal government
  • Indonesian: pemerintah federal — general term for a federal government
  • Irish: rialtas feidearálach — general term for a federal government
  • Italian: governo federale — general term for a federal government
  • Japanese: 連邦政府 (renpō seifu) — general term for a federal government
  • Korean: 연방정부 (yeonbangjeongbu) — general term for a federal government
  • Latvian: federāla valdība — general term for a federal government
  • Lithuanian: federalinė vyriausybė — general term for a federal government
  • Macedonian: федерална влада (federalna vlada) — general term for a federal government
  • Malay: pemerintah persekutuan — general term for a federal government
  • Malay: kerajaan persekutuan — general term for a federal government
  • Maltese: gvern federali — general term for a federal government
  • Norwegian Bokmål: føderal regjering — general term for a federal government
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forbundsregjering — general term for a federal government
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: føderal regjering — general term for a federal government
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forbundsregjering — general term for a federal government
  • Persian: حکومت فدرال (hokumat federâl) — general term for a federal government
  • Polish: rząd federalny — general term for a federal government
  • Portuguese: governo federal — general term for a federal government
  • Romanian: guvern federal — general term for a federal government
  • Russian: федера́льное прави́тельство (federálʹnoje pravítelʹstvo) — general term for a federal government
  • Serbo-Croatian: федерална влада — general term for a federal government
  • Serbo-Croatian: савезна влада — general term for a federal government
  • Serbo-Croatian: federalna vlada — general term for a federal government
  • Serbo-Croatian: savezna vlada — general term for a federal government
  • Slovak: federálna vláda — general term for a federal government
  • Slovene: zvezna vlada — general term for a federal government
  • Spanish: gobierno federal — general term for a federal government
  • Swedish: federal regering — general term for a federal government
  • Swedish: förbundsregering — general term for a federal government
  • Tagalog: pamahalaang pederal — general term for a federal government
  • Thai: รัฐบาลกลาง (rát-tà-baan-glaang) — general term for a federal government
  • Turkish: federal hükûmet — general term for a federal government
  • Ukrainian: федера́льний у́ряд (federálʹnyj úrjad) — general term for a federal government
  • Vietnamese: chính quyền liên bang — general term for a federal government
  • Welsh: llywodraeth ffederal — general term for a federal government