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federalize

/ˈfɛdəɹəlaɪz/verb

federalize is a verb meaning “To unite into a federation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-D-E-R-A-L-I-Z-E and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does federalize mean?

verb

  1. 1

    To unite into a federation.

  2. 2

    To bring under federal control.

  3. 3

    To change (a unitary state) into a federation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce federalize?

  • US /ˈfɛdəɹəlaɪz/

Federalize has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-federalize.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of federalize

  • federalizes present, singular, he/she/it
  • federalizing participle, present
  • federalized participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is federalize?

Federalize appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Federalize in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense unite into a federation:

LanguageWords
Spanishfederalizar

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does federalize come from?

From federal + -ize.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).