adj · name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: confederation, confederacy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: union
Narrower terms: nation, Creek Confederacy, Hanseatic League
9
noun
Meaning 9
an organization formed by merging several groups or parties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organization, organisation
Narrower terms: American Federation of Labor, AFL, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, AFL-CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations, CIO
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French fédération, from Late Latin foederatio, from Latin foederare; equivalent to federate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
146 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
federasie
— array of nations or states
Albanian:
federatë
— array of nations or states
Amharic:
ፌዴሬሽን
(federešn)
— array of nations or states
Arabic:
اِتِّحَادِيَّة
(ittiḥādiyya)
— array of nations or states
Arabic:
فِدِرَالِيَّة
(fidirāliyya)
— array of nations or states
Armenian:
դաշնություն
(dašnutʻyun)
— array of nations or states
Asturian:
federación
— array of nations or states
Azerbaijani:
federasiya
— array of nations or states
Azerbaijani:
ittifaq
— array of nations or states
Belarusian:
федэра́цыя
(fjederácyja)
— array of nations or states
Belarusian:
фэдэра́цыя
(federácyja)
— array of nations or states
Bengali:
ফেডারেশন
(pheḍareśon)
— array of nations or states
Bulgarian:
федера́ция
(federácija)
— array of nations or states
Burmese:
အဖွဲ့ချုပ်
(a.hpwai.hkyup)
— array of nations or states
Burmese:
ဖယ်ဒရေးရှင်း
(hpaida.re:hrang:)
— array of nations or states
Buryat:
федераци
(fjedjeraci)
— array of nations or states
Buryat:
холбоо
(xolboo)
— array of nations or states
Carpathian Rusyn:
федера́ція
(federácija)
— array of nations or states
Catalan:
federació
— array of nations or states
Chinese Cantonese:
聯邦 /联邦
(lyun4 bong1)
— array of nations or states
Chinese:
聯邦 /联邦
(zh-min-nan)
— array of nations or states
Chinese Mandarin:
聯邦 /联邦
(liánbāng)
— array of nations or states
Chuvash:
федераци
(federatsi)
— array of nations or states
Czech:
federace
— array of nations or states
Danish:
føderation
— array of nations or states
Dutch:
federatie
— array of nations or states
Dutch:
bondsstaat
— array of nations or states
Esperanto:
federacio
— array of nations or states
Estonian:
föderatsioon
— array of nations or states
Faroese:
samgonga
— array of nations or states
Finnish:
liittovaltio
— array of nations or states
Finnish:
federaatio
— array of nations or states
French:
fédération
— array of nations or states
Georgian:
ფედერაცია
(pederacia)
— array of nations or states
German:
Föderation
— array of nations or states
German:
Bund
— array of nations or states
Greek:
ομοσπονδία
(omospondía)
— array of nations or states
Haitian Creole:
federasyon
— array of nations or states
Hebrew:
פֶדֶרַצְיָה
(federátsya)
— array of nations or states
Hindi:
महासंघ
(mahāsaṅgh)
— array of nations or states
Hindi:
फ़ेडरेशन
(feḍreśan)
— array of nations or states
Hindi:
संघ
(saṅgh)
— array of nations or states
Hungarian:
föderáció
— array of nations or states
Icelandic:
samband
— array of nations or states
Ido:
federuro
— array of nations or states
Indonesian:
federasi
— array of nations or states
Indonesian:
negara berserikat
— array of nations or states
Interlingua:
federation
— array of nations or states
Irish:
cónaidhm
— array of nations or states
Irish:
feidearálacht
— array of nations or states
Italian:
federazione
— array of nations or states
Japanese:
連邦
(renpō)
— array of nations or states
Japanese:
聯邦
(renpō)
— array of nations or states
Japanese:
連盟
(renmei)
— array of nations or states
Japanese:
聯盟
(renmei)
— array of nations or states
Japanese:
同盟
(dōmei)
— array of nations or states
Kashubian:
federacëjô
— array of nations or states
Kazakh:
федерация
(federasiä)
— array of nations or states
Khmer:
សហព័ន្ធ
(saʼhaʼpŏən)
— array of nations or states
Korean:
연방
(yeonbang)
— array of nations or states
Korean:
련방
(ryeonbang)
— array of nations or states
Korean:
연합
(yeonhap)
— array of nations or states
Korean:
련합
(ryeonhap)
— array of nations or states
Korean:
연맹
(yeonmaeng)
— array of nations or states
Korean:
련맹
(ryeonmaeng)
— array of nations or states
Korean:
동맹
(dongmaeng)
— array of nations or states
Northern Kurdish:
federasyon
— array of nations or states
Kyrgyz:
федерация
(federatsiya)
— array of nations or states
Lao:
ສະຫະພັນ
(sa ha phan)
— array of nations or states
Lao:
ສະຫະພັນລັດ
(sa ha phan lat)
— array of nations or states
Latin:
foederātiō
— array of nations or states
Latvian:
federācija
— array of nations or states
Lithuanian:
federacija
— array of nations or states
Low German:
Föderatschoon
— array of nations or states
Macedonian:
федерација
(federacija)
— array of nations or states
Malay:
persekutuan
— array of nations or states
Malay:
federasi
— array of nations or states
Maltese:
federazzjoni
— array of nations or states
Mongolian:
холбоо
(xolboo)
— array of nations or states
Norwegian Bokmål:
føderasjon
— array of nations or states
Norwegian Bokmål:
forbundsstat
— array of nations or states
Norwegian Nynorsk:
føderasjon
— array of nations or states
Norwegian Nynorsk:
forbundsstat
— array of nations or states
Occitan:
federacion
— array of nations or states
Pannonian Rusyn:
федерация
(federacija)
— array of nations or states
Pashto:
فدارسيون
(federāsyun)
— array of nations or states
Pashto:
فېډرېشن
(feḍerēšan)
— array of nations or states
Pashto:
اتحاد
(etehād)
— array of nations or states
Iranian Persian:
فِدِراسْیون
(federâsyon)
— array of nations or states
Iranian Persian:
اِتِّحاد
(ettehâd)
— array of nations or states
Polish:
federacja
— array of nations or states
Portuguese:
federação
— array of nations or states
Romanian:
federație
— array of nations or states
Russian:
федера́ция
(federácija)
— array of nations or states
Serbo-Croatian:
федера́ција
— array of nations or states
Serbo-Croatian:
federácija
— array of nations or states
Silesian:
federacyjo
— array of nations or states
Slovak:
federácia
— array of nations or states
Slovene:
federacija
— array of nations or states
Lower Sorbian:
federacija
— array of nations or states
Upper Sorbian:
federacija
— array of nations or states
Spanish:
federación
— array of nations or states
Swahili:
shirikisho
— array of nations or states
Swedish:
federation
— array of nations or states
Tagalog:
kalipunan
— array of nations or states
Tagalog:
pederasyon
— array of nations or states
Tagalog:
sampisanan
— array of nations or states
Tajik:
федератсия
(federatsiya)
— array of nations or states
Tajik:
иттиҳод
(ittihod)
— array of nations or states
Tamil:
கூட்டரசு
(kūṭṭaracu)
— array of nations or states
Tatar:
федерация
(federatsiyä)
— array of nations or states
Telugu:
సమాఖ్య
(samākhya)
— array of nations or states
Thai:
สหพันธรัฐ
(sà-hà-pan-tá-rát)
— array of nations or states
Thai:
สหพันธ์
(sà-hà-pan)
— array of nations or states
Tibetan:
མཉམ་སྦྲེལ
(mnyam sbrel)
— array of nations or states
Tigrinya:
ፈደረሽን
(fädäräšn)
— array of nations or states
Turkish:
federasyon
— array of nations or states
Turkish:
ittifak
— array of nations or states
Turkish:
birlik
— array of nations or states
Turkmen:
federasiýa
— array of nations or states
Tuvan:
федерация
(federatsiya)
— array of nations or states
Ukrainian:
федера́ція
(federácija)
— array of nations or states
Urdu:
فیڈَریشَن
(feḍareśan)
— array of nations or states
Urdu:
اِتِّحاد
(ittihād)
— array of nations or states
Urdu:
وِفاق
(vifāq)
— array of nations or states
Uyghur:
فېدېراتسىيە
(fëdëratsiye)
— array of nations or states
Uzbek:
federatsiya
— array of nations or states
Uzbek:
ittifoq
— array of nations or states
Uzbek:
federasiya
— array of nations or states
Vietnamese:
liên bang
— array of nations or states
Volapük:
fed
— array of nations or states
Yakut:
бэдэрээссийэ
(bedereessiye)
— array of nations or states
Yakut:
федерация
(federatsiya)
— array of nations or states
Yiddish:
פֿעדעראַציע
(federatsye)
— array of nations or states
Zhuang:
lenzbangh
— array of nations or states
Chinese Mandarin:
聯合會 /联合会
(liánhéhuì)
— society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Dutch:
federatie
— society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Finnish:
liitto
— society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Hungarian:
szövetség
— society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Tamil:
கூட்டமைப்பு
(kūṭṭamaippu)
— society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Tibetan:
མཉམ་སྦྲེལ
(mnyam sbrel)
— society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Tuvan:
федерация
(federatsiya)
— society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Tuvan:
эвилел
(evilel)
— society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Vietnamese:
liên đoàn
— society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Vietnamese:
liên hiệp
— society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Yiddish:
פֿעדעראַציע
(federatsye)
— society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies