confederal

See also: confédéral

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French con-bor.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-bor.

Middle English con-

English con-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós

Proto-Italic *feiðos

Latin foedus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -al

Middle French -al

French -al

French fédéralbor.

English federal

English confederal

From con- + federal.

Adjective

confederal (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.

Derived terms

• confederalism
• confederalist

Translations

of, pertaining to, or being a confederation

• Dutch: confederaal (nl)
• Finnish: konfederatiivinen
• French: confédéral (fr)
• Greek: συνομοσπονδιακός (el) (synomospondiakós)
• Italian: confederale (it)
• Polish: konfederacyjny (pl)
• Russian: конфедерати́вный (ru) (konfederatívnyj)
• Spanish: confederal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konfedeˈɾal/ [kõɱ.fe.ð̞eˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: con‧fe‧de‧ral

Adjective

confederal m or f (masculine and feminine plural confederales)

1. confederal

Further reading

• “confederal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025