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municipal

English

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ni‧ci‧pal

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municipal (comparative more municipal, superlative most municipal)

  1. Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
  2. Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.

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Noun

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municipal (plural municipals)

  1. (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.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin municipālis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”).

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municipal m or f (masculine and feminine plural municipals)

  1. municipal

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French

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Etymology

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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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municipal (feminine municipale, masculine plural municipaux, feminine plural municipales)

  1. municipal

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin mūnicipālis.[1][2]

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.ni.siˈpal/ [mu.ni.siˈpaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.ni.siˈpa.li/

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ni‧ci‧pal

Adjective

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municipal m or f (plural municipais)

  1. municipal
  2. (relational) town
  3. civic

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  1. ^ “municipal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “municipal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French municipal.

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municipal m or n (feminine singular municipală, masculine plural municipali, feminine and neuter plural municipale)

  1. municipal

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singular plural
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

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Etymology

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From Latin municipālis.

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /muniθiˈpal/ [mu.ni.θiˈpal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /munisiˈpal/ [mu.ni.siˈpal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mu‧ni‧ci‧pal

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municipal m or f (masculine and feminine plural municipales)

  1. municipal

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