municipal
mu·ni·ci·pal/mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/adjective, noun
municipal is spelled M-U-N-I-C-I-P-A-L: 9 letters and 4 syllables (mu·ni·ci·pal). It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,752nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, municipal means “Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in municipal?
| Letters | 9: M-U-N-I-C-I-P-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: mu·ni·ci·pal |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,752nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is municipal?
Municipal appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,752nd 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).
How do you pronounce municipal?
- /mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/
Municipal has 4 syllables, split mu·ni·ci·pal in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-municipal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of municipal
- municipals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does municipal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
- 2
Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.
noun
- 1
A financial instrument issued by a municipality (e.g., municipal bonds).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate municipal?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of municipal: Mun..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Municipal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to city:
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 municipal come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).