Meanings
confederation1
nounconfederation (plural confederations)
plural confederations · alternative obsolete confœderation
- A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
Synonyms: alliance, confederacy, federation, league
- The act of forming an alliance.
Confederation2
proper nounthe Confederation
- In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, initially New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others.
- In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.
- In Newfoundland, the date of Confederation: March 31, 1949.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA union or alliance of states or political organizations.
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Origin
- Latincōnfoederātiō
- Old Frenchconfederacion
- Middle Frenchconfédération
- Middle Englishconfederacion
- Englishconfederation
From Middle English confederacion, confideracion and Middle French confédération, from Old French confederacion, from Latin cōnfoederātiō. Doublet of confederacy.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans konfederasie
- konfederasieunion or alliance
Arabic كُونْفِدِرَالِيَّة
- كُونْفِدِرَالِيَّة (kūnfidirāliyya)union or alliance
Bengali পরিসংঘ, মিত্রসংঘ
- পরিসংঘ (poriśoṅgho)union or alliance
- মিত্রসংঘ (mitrośoṅgho)union or alliance
Bulgarian конфедера́ция
- конфедера́ция (konfederácija)union or alliance
Catalan confederació
- confederacióunion or alliance
Chinese Mandarin 邦聯 /邦联
- 邦聯 /邦联 (bānglián)union or alliance
Czech konfederace
- konfederaceunion or alliance
Danish konføderation
- konføderationunion or alliance
Dutch statenbond, confederatie
- statenbondunion or alliance
- confederatieunion or alliance
Estonian konföderatsioon
- konföderatsioonunion or alliance
Finnish liitto, valtioliitto
- liittounion or alliance
- valtioliittounion or alliance
- konfederaatiounion or alliance
- liittoutuminenact
French confédération, Confédération
- confédérationunion or alliance
- ConfédérationTranslations
German Bund, Bündnis
- Bundunion or alliance
- Bündnisunion or alliance
- Konföderationunion or alliance
- Eidgenossenschaftunion or alliance
- Staatenbundunion or alliance
- Staatenbündnisunion or alliance
Greek συνομοσπονδία, κοινόν
- συνομοσπονδία (synomospondía)union or alliance
- κοινόν (koinón)union or alliance
- ένωση (énosi)union or alliance
Hebrew קוֹנְפֶדֶרַצְיָה
- קוֹנְפֶדֶרַצְיָה (konfederátsya)union or alliance
Hindi परिसंघ
- परिसंघ (parisaṅgh)union or alliance
Hungarian konföderáció, államszövetség
- konföderációunion or alliance
- államszövetségunion or alliance
Icelandic samband, bandalag
- sambandunion or alliance
- bandalagunion or alliance
Indonesian konfederasi
- konfederasiunion or alliance
Irish cónaidhm
- cónaidhmunion or alliance
Italian confederazione
- confederazioneunion or alliance
Japanese 国家連合, コンフェデレーション
- 国家連合 (kokka rengō)union or alliance
- コンフェデレーション (konfederēshon)union or alliance
Korean 국가 연합
- 국가 연합 (gukga yeonhap)union or alliance
Latvian konfederācija
- konfederācijaunion or alliance
Lithuanian konfederacija
- konfederacijaunion or alliance
Malay konfederasi, gabungan
- konfederasiunion or alliance
- gabunganunion or alliance
Norwegian Bokmål konføderasjon
- konføderasjonunion or alliance
Polish konfederacja, konfederowanie
- konfederacjaunion or alliance
- konfederowanieact
Portuguese confederação
- confederaçãounion or alliance
Romanian confederație
- confederațieunion or alliance
Russian конфедера́ция
- конфедера́ция (konfederácija)union or alliance
Scottish Gaelic co-fhlaitheas
- co-fhlaitheasunion or alliance
Slovak konfederácia
- konfederáciaunion or alliance
Spanish confederación
- confederaciónunion or alliance
Swedish konfederation
- konfederationunion or alliance
Tagalog kalaguman, kompederasyon
- kalagumanunion or alliance
- kompederasyonunion or alliance
Thai สมาพันธ์, สมาพันธรัฐ
- สมาพันธ์ (sà-maa-pan)union or alliance
- สมาพันธรัฐ (sà-maa-pan-tá-rát)union or alliance
Turkish konfederasyon
- konfederasyonunion or alliance
Ukrainian конфедера́ція
- конфедера́ція (konfederácija)union or alliance
Urdu کَنْفیڈَریشَن
- کَنْفیڈَریشَن (kanfeḍareśan)union or alliance
Vietnamese bang liên
- bang liênunion or alliance
Welsh cydffederasiwn
- cydffederasiwnunion or alliance
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
confederation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confederation
MLA
“confederation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confederation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confederation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confederation.
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