municipal
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: mu‧ni‧ci‧pal
Adjective
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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Noun
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 reading
- “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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin municipālis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
municipal m or f (masculine and feminine plural municipals)
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Further reading
- “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
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
municipal (feminine municipale, masculine plural municipaux, feminine plural municipales)
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Further reading
- “municipal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mūnicipālis.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
municipal m or f (plural municipais)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “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
Etymology
Borrowed from French municipal.
Adjective
municipal m or n (feminine singular municipală, masculine plural municipali, feminine and neuter plural municipale)
Declension
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 |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin municipālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /muniθiˈpal/ [mu.ni.θiˈpal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /munisiˈpal/ [mu.ni.siˈpal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: mu‧ni‧ci‧pal
Adjective
municipal m or f (masculine and feminine plural municipales)
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Further reading
- “municipal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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