federal
/fedeˈɾal/ · A2 · adj
federal
🏛️ Same word as English federal; stress jumps to the end: fe-de-RAL
From Latin foedus, a treaty or league: states bound by a pact. Spelled exactly like the English word, but stressed on the last syllable. As a noun it also means a federal officer, and in South America a scarlet-headed blackbird.