municipal
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
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AdjectiveEdit
municipal (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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NounEdit
municipal (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 readingEdit
- municipal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- municipal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin municipalis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”).
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AdjectiveEdit
municipal (masculine and feminine plural municipals)
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Further readingEdit
- “municipal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “municipal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed 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”).
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AdjectiveEdit
municipal (feminine municipale, masculine plural municipaux, feminine plural municipales)
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Further readingEdit
- “municipal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin mūnicipālis.[1][2]
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AdjectiveEdit
municipal m or f (plural municipais)
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ “municipal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- ^ “municipal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
RomanianEdit
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municipal m or n (feminine singular municipală, masculine plural municipali, feminine and neuter plural municipale)
DeclensionEdit
singular | 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 |
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin municipālis.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /muniθiˈpal/ [mu.ni.θiˈpal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /munisiˈpal/ [mu.ni.siˈpal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: mu‧ni‧ci‧pal
AdjectiveEdit
municipal (plural municipales)
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Further readingEdit
- “municipal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014