federal meaning
EN
[ˈfɛdəɹəl] 
US WFederal
- Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to:
FR fédéral 
- NounPLfederals
- Adjective
- Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
- Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
- Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Joan H. Geismar is trying to unravel the mystery of old stone walls in the subbasement of Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street.
- 1993: Sheppard, Wilcox and Hartigan JJ — Federal Court of Australia report, Peabody v Commissioner of Taxation [1]
- One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of federal in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en federalism
- en federals
- en federally
- en federalist
- en federalese
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "federal" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.