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fœderation

fœderation is the obsolete spelling of federation.

Meaning of federation

Noun

federation (countable and uncountable, plural federations)

  1. An act of joining together into a single political entity.
    • It is 106 years since federation.
  2. An array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority.
    Synonyms:
    federal state, federal country
  3. Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
    • FIDE appeals to all chess players and federations to accept this view.2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 2
  4. A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.

See all 6 meanings of federation

Forms of fœderation

pluralfœderations

Questions about fœderation

What is fœderation the obsolete spelling of?
Fœderation is the obsolete spelling of federation.

Words near fœderation in the dictionary

  1. fœderalist
  2. fœderalists
  3. fœderall
  4. fœderally
  5. fœderate
  6. fœderation
  7. fœderations
  8. fœderative
  9. fœdifragous
  10. fœdities
  11. fœdity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fœderation (page history and authors); federation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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