municipal
Syllables: mu·ni·ci·pal/mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/
municipal adjective: of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
Adjective
municipal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
- More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.2016 May 4, Nicky Woolf, “Fort McMurray: Canada wildfires force evacuation of oil sands city”, in The Guardian
- Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.
Noun
municipal (plural municipals)
- A financial instrument issued by a municipality (e.g., municipal bonds).
- “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.2008 April 21, Julie Connelly, “Muni Bonds, Safe With High Yields”, in New York Times
municipal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
municipal in Hindi
- pertaining to city
- नगरीय nagrīya
municipal in Tamil
- நகராட்சிக்குரிய
municipal in Marathi
- नगरपालिका
municipal in Urdu
- بلدیاتی, شہری
More languagesFewer languages
- municipal in Bengali
- পৌর pōur
- municipal in Telugu
- మునిసిపల్
- municipal in Malayalam
- മുൻസിപ്പാൽ muṉsippāl, മുനിസിപ്പൽ munisippal
- municipal in Kannada
- ಪುರಸಭೆಯ
- municipal in Punjabi
- ਨਾਗਰਿਕ nāgrik
- municipal in Gujarati
- નગરપાલિકા, મ્યુનિસિપલ
- municipal in Odia
- ମ୍ଯ଼ୁନିସିପାଲିଟି
- municipal in Nepali
- नगरपालिका
- municipal in Arabic
- مَدَنِيّ madaniyy
- municipal in Malay
- perbandaran
- municipal in Persian
- شهری šahri
Examples of municipal in a sentence
- The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.
- The municipal pension plan was deemed actuarially unsound.
- Kangbashi District, the famous Chinese newly-built ghost town, lies in the mineral-rich region of Ordos, more precisely 25 km away from Dongsheng built-up area in Dongsheng District, the municipal seat.
Synonyms of municipal
Forms of municipal
| plural | municipals |
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Origin of municipal
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”).
Words formed from municipal
- antimunicipal
- bimunicipal
- intermunicipal
- intramunicipal
- monomunicipal
- municipal borough
- municipal corporation
- municipal engineering
- municipal flag
- municipal incorporation
- municipalise
- municipalism
- municipality
- municipalization
- municipalize
- municipally
- municipal president
- municipal seat
- nonmunicipal
- premunicipal
- quasimunicipal
- submunicipal
Phrases with municipal
Questions about municipal
- What does municipal mean?
- Municipal means of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
- What is municipal in Hindi?
- Municipal in Hindi is नगरीय (nagrīya). See Municipal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is municipal?
- Municipal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce municipal?
- Municipal is pronounced /mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/.
Words near municipal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: municipal (page history and authors); municipal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); municipal (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); municipal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); পৌর (Bengali) (page history and authors); municipal (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); മുനിസിപ്പൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); municipal (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); municipal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); municipal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); municipal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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