Standard Lemma guide

federation

adj · name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfɛdəˈɹeɪ̯ʃən/
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˌfɛdəˈɹeɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌfɛdəˈɹeɪ̯ʃn̩]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˌfɛdəˈɹæɪ̯ʃən/
  • Australian: [ˌfɛdəˈɹæ̝ɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌfɛdəˈɹæ̝ɪ̯ʃn̩]
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: F EH2 D ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, not-comparable

Examples

  • We live in a federation house.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A local government area (Federation Council (New South Wales)) in the Murray region of New South Wales, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An act of joining together into a single political entity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • It is 106 years since federation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: federal state, federal country, federation

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: communications, computing, electrical-engineering, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, telecommunications

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation

8

noun

Meaning 8

a union of political organizations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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
Real reading context

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