Meanings
federation1
nounfederation (countable and uncountable, plural federations)
plural federations · alternative obsolete fœderation
- countableuncountableAn array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority.
Synonyms: federal state, federal country, federal state
- countableuncountableAny society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
FIDE appeals to all chess players and federations to accept this view.
2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2025, page 2 - countableuncountablecommunicationsA collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.
adjectivefederation (not comparable)
alternative obsolete fœderation
- Australianot comparableOf an architectural style popular around the time of federation.
We live in a federation house.
3 more examples
The Federation house claimed a unique place in architecture, even if it offended architects.
2000, Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, page 221Five Chimneys, 15 Maria St, T8563 0240. Comfortable accomodation ^([sic]) in large federation house, spa, swimming pool.
2002, Andrew Swaffer, Katrina O'Brien, Darroch Donald, Australia: Handbook, page 754Plaster kookaburras from the 1930s would still look good in a nature-themed Federation house; h27 cm.
2010, Adrian Franklin, Collecting the 20th Century, page 27
Federation2
proper noun
- A local government area (Federation Council (New South Wales)) in the Murray region of New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfoederare
- Late Latinfoederatio
- Frenchfédération
- Englishfederation
Borrowed from French fédération, from Late Latin foederatio, from Latin foederare; equivalent to federate + -ion.
More words from French, Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans federasie
- federasiearray of nations or states
Arabic اِتِّحَادِيَّة, فِدِرَالِيَّة
- اِتِّحَادِيَّة (ittiḥādiyya)array of nations or states
- فِدِرَالِيَّة (fidirāliyya)array of nations or states
Bengali ফেডারেশন
- ফেডারেশন (pheḍareśon)array of nations or states
Bulgarian федера́ция
- федера́ция (federácija)array of nations or states
Catalan federació
- federacióarray of nations or states
Chinese Cantonese 聯邦 /联邦
- 聯邦 /联邦 (lyun⁴ bong¹)array of nations or states
Chinese Mandarin 聯邦 /联邦, 聯合會 /联合会
- 聯邦 /联邦 (liánbāng)array of nations or states
- 聯合會 /联合会 (liánhéhuì)society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Czech federace
- federacearray of nations or states
Danish føderation
- føderationarray of nations or states
Dutch federatie, bondsstaat
- federatiearray of nations or states
- bondsstaatarray of nations or states
- federatiesociety or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Esperanto federacio
- federacioarray of nations or states
Estonian föderatsioon
- föderatsioonarray of nations or states
Finnish liittovaltio, federaatio
- liittovaltioarray of nations or states
- federaatioarray of nations or states
- liittosociety or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
French fédération
- fédérationarray of nations or states
German Föderation, Bund
- Föderationarray of nations or states
- Bundarray of nations or states
Greek ομοσπονδία
- ομοσπονδία (omospondía)array of nations or states
Hebrew פֶדֶרַצְיָה
- פֶדֶרַצְיָה (federátsya)array of nations or states
Hindi महासंघ, फ़ेडरेशन
- महासंघ (mahāsaṅgh)array of nations or states
- फ़ेडरेशन (feḍreśan)array of nations or states
- संघ (saṅgh)array of nations or states
Hungarian föderáció, szövetség
- föderációarray of nations or states
- szövetségsociety or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Icelandic samband
- sambandarray of nations or states
Indonesian federasi, negara berserikat
- federasiarray of nations or states
- negara berserikatarray of nations or states
Irish cónaidhm, feidearálacht
- cónaidhmarray of nations or states
- feidearálachtarray of nations or states
Italian federazione
- federazionearray of nations or states
Japanese 連邦, 聯邦
- 連邦 (renpō)array of nations or states
- 聯邦 (renpō)array of nations or states
- 連盟 (renmei)array of nations or states
- 聯盟 (renmei)array of nations or states
- 同盟 (dōmei)array of nations or states
Korean 연방, 련방
- 연방 (yeonbang)array of nations or states
- 련방 (ryeonbang)array of nations or states
- 연합 (yeonhap)array of nations or states
- 련합 (ryeonhap)array of nations or states
- 연맹 (yeonmaeng)array of nations or states
- 련맹 (ryeonmaeng)array of nations or states
- 동맹 (dongmaeng)array of nations or states
Latin foederātiō
- foederātiōarray of nations or states
Latvian federācija
- federācijaarray of nations or states
Lithuanian federacija
- federacijaarray of nations or states
Malay persekutuan, federasi
- persekutuanarray of nations or states
- federasiarray of nations or states
Norwegian Bokmål føderasjon, forbundsstat
- føderasjonarray of nations or states
- forbundsstatarray of nations or states
Polish federacja
- federacjaarray of nations or states
Portuguese federação
- federaçãoarray of nations or states
Romanian federație
- federațiearray of nations or states
Russian федера́ция
- федера́ция (federácija)array of nations or states
Slovak federácia
- federáciaarray of nations or states
Spanish federación
- federaciónarray of nations or states
Swahili shirikisho
- shirikishoarray of nations or states
Swedish federation
- federationarray of nations or states
Tagalog kalipunan, pederasyon
- kalipunanarray of nations or states
- pederasyonarray of nations or states
- sampisananarray of nations or states
Tamil கூட்டரசு, கூட்டமைப்பு
- கூட்டரசு (kūṭṭaracu)array of nations or states
- கூட்டமைப்பு (kūṭṭamaippu)society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Thai สหพันธรัฐ, สหพันธ์
- สหพันธรัฐ (sà-hà-pan-tá-rát)array of nations or states
- สหพันธ์ (sà-hà-pan)array of nations or states
Turkish federasyon, ittifak
- federasyonarray of nations or states
- ittifakarray of nations or states
- birlikarray of nations or states
Ukrainian федера́ція
- федера́ція (federácija)array of nations or states
Urdu فیڈَریشَن, اِتِّحاد
- فیڈَریشَن (feḍareśan)array of nations or states
- اِتِّحاد (ittihād)array of nations or states
- وِفاق (vifāq)array of nations or states
Vietnamese liên bang, liên đoàn
- liên bangarray of nations or states
- liên đoànsociety or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
- liên hiệpsociety or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Yiddish פֿעדעראַציע, פֿעדעראַציע
- פֿעדעראַציע (federatsye)array of nations or states
- פֿעדעראַציע (federatsye)society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with federation
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APA
federation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/federation
MLA
“federation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/federation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “federation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/federation.
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