# municipal
## English
### Etymology

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

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

### Adjective

municipal (comparative more municipal, superlative most municipal)
* Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
* Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.

#### Synonyms

* civic

#### Derived terms

* municipal borough
* municipal corporation
* municipal engineering
* municipal flag
* municipal incorporation
* municipality
* municipal president
* municipal seat

#### Related terms

* munificence
* munificent
* remunerate
* remuneration

#### Translations
### Noun

municipal (plural municipals)
* (finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality.
** 2008 April 21, Julie Connelly, “Muni Bonds, Safe With High Yields”, in New York Times‎:“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.

#### Further reading

* “municipal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “municipal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [mu.ni.siˈpal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Audio (Central):(file)

### Adjective

municipal m or f (masculine and feminine plural municipals)
* municipal

#### Derived terms

* municipalitat

#### Related terms

* municipi

### Further reading

* “municipal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “municipal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “municipal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “municipal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /my.ni.si.pal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* municipalité

#### Related terms

* municipe

### Further reading

* “municipal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mūnicipālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mu.ni.siˈpaw/ [mu.ni.siˈpaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mu.ni.siˈpal/ [mu.ni.siˈpaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mu.ni.siˈpal/ [mu.ni.siˈpaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mu.ni.siˈpa.li/
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: mu‧ni‧ci‧pal

### Adjective

municipal m or f (plural municipais)
* municipal
* (relational) town
* civic

#### Derived terms

* municipalmente

### References

* ↑ “municipal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “municipal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French municipal.

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin municipālis.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

municipal m or f (masculine and feminine plural municipales)
* municipal

#### Derived terms

* junta municipal
* municipalmente
* presidente municipal
* término municipal

#### Related terms

* municipalidad
* municipio

### Further reading

* “municipal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10