municipal
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: mu‧ni‧ci‧pal
Adjective
editmunicipal (comparative more municipal, superlative most municipal)
- Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
- Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.
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Noun
editmunicipal (plural municipals)
- (finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality.
- 2008 April 21, Julie Connelly, “Muni Bonds, Safe With High Yields”, in New York Times[1]:
- “This might be the last great opportunity for preretirement baby boomers to buy municipals at such attractive levels,” said Janet Fiorenza, head of municipal fixed income at Lehman Brothers Asset Management.
Further reading
edit- “municipal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “municipal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin municipālis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmunicipal m or f (masculine and feminine plural municipals)
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editFurther reading
edit- “municipal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “municipal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “municipal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “municipal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmunicipal (feminine municipale, masculine plural municipaux, feminine plural municipales)
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editFurther reading
edit- “municipal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin mūnicipālis.[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Adjective
editmunicipal m or f (plural municipais)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “municipal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “municipal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French municipal.
Adjective
editmunicipal m or n (feminine singular municipală, masculine plural municipali, feminine and neuter plural municipale)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | municipal | municipală | municipali | municipale | ||
definite | municipalul | municipala | municipalii | municipalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | municipal | municipale | municipali | municipale | ||
definite | municipalului | municipalei | municipalilor | municipalelor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin municipālis.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /muniθiˈpal/ [mu.ni.θiˈpal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /munisiˈpal/ [mu.ni.siˈpal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: mu‧ni‧ci‧pal
Adjective
editmunicipal m or f (masculine and feminine plural municipales)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “municipal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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