adj · noun · 5 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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/mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/
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adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A financial instrument issued by a municipality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
municipal government
municipal bonds
a municipal park
municipal transportation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
of or relating to the government of a municipality- J.L.kuntz
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French municipal, from Latin mūnicipālis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”), from mūniceps (“a citizen, an inhabitant of a free town”), from mūnus (“duty”) + capiō (“to take”).
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَدَنِيّ
(madaniyy)
— pertaining to city
Aragonese:
monezipal
— pertaining to city
Asturian:
municipal
— pertaining to city
Belarusian:
гарадскі́
(haradskí)
— pertaining to city
Belarusian:
място́вы
(mjastóvy)
— pertaining to city
Belarusian:
муніцыпа́льны
(municypálʹny)
— pertaining to city
Bulgarian:
гра́дски
(grádski)
— pertaining to city
Bulgarian:
муниципа́лен
(municipálen)
— pertaining to city
Catalan:
municipal
— pertaining to city
Chinese Mandarin:
城市的
(chéngshì de)
— pertaining to city
Chinese Mandarin:
市立
(shìlì)
— pertaining to city
Czech:
městský
— pertaining to city
Dutch:
gemeentelijk
— pertaining to city
Esperanto:
municipa
— pertaining to city
Finnish:
kunnallinen
— pertaining to city
Finnish:
kunnan
— pertaining to city
French:
municipal
— pertaining to city
Galician:
municipal
— pertaining to city
Georgian:
საქალაქო
(sakalako)
— pertaining to city
Georgian:
მუნიციპალური
(municiṗaluri)
— pertaining to city
Georgian:
თვითმმართველი
(tvitmmartveli)
— pertaining to city
German:
munizipal
— pertaining to city
German:
Stadt-
— pertaining to city
Hindi:
नगरीय
(nagrīya)
— pertaining to city
Hungarian:
községi
— pertaining to city
Hungarian:
városi
— pertaining to city
Icelandic:
borgar-
— pertaining to city
Icelandic:
bæjar-
— pertaining to city
Icelandic:
sveitar-
— pertaining to city
Ido:
municip-ala
— pertaining to city
Irish:
bardasach
— pertaining to city
Italian:
civico
— pertaining to city
Italian:
comunale
— pertaining to city
Japanese:
市立
(shiritsu)
— pertaining to city
Japanese:
都市の
(toshi no)
— pertaining to city
Korean:
시립의
(siribui)
— pertaining to city
Korean:
도시의
(dosiui)
— pertaining to city
Latin:
mūnicipālis
— pertaining to city
Macedonian:
градски
(gradski)
— pertaining to city
Malay:
perbandaran
— pertaining to city
Norwegian:
kommunal
— pertaining to city
Norwegian:
kommune-
— pertaining to city
Persian:
شهری
(šahri)
— pertaining to city
Polish:
miejski
— pertaining to city
Polish:
municypalny
— pertaining to city
Portuguese:
municipal
— pertaining to city
Punjabi:
ਨਾਗਰਿਕ
(nāgrik)
— pertaining to city
Romanian:
municipal
— pertaining to city
Russian:
городско́й
(gorodskój)
— pertaining to city
Russian:
муниципа́льный
(municipálʹnyj)
— pertaining to city
Serbo-Croatian:
гра̀дскӣ
— pertaining to city
Serbo-Croatian:
gràdskī
— pertaining to city
Slovak:
mestský
— pertaining to city
Slovene:
mesten
— pertaining to city
Lower Sorbian:
měsćański
— pertaining to city
Spanish:
municipal
— pertaining to city
Swedish:
kommun-
— pertaining to city
Tajik:
шаҳрӣ
(šahri)
— pertaining to city
Ukrainian:
міськи́й
(misʹkýj)
— pertaining to city
Ukrainian:
муніципа́льний
(municypálʹnyj)
— pertaining to city
