gouverneur
See also: Gouverneur
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (before 1996) goeverneur
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gouverneur, borrowed from Middle French gouverneur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɣu.vərˈnøːr/, /ˌɣu.vɛrˈnøːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: goe‧ver‧neur
- Rhymes: -øːr
Derived terms
- gouverneurspaleis
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: goewerneur
French
Etymology
From Middle French gouverneur, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman, pilot, guide”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡu.vɛʁ.nœʁ/
Related terms
- gouvernement (“government”)
Descendants
- Antillean Creole: gouvènè
- Dutch: gouverneur
- German: Gouverneur
- Louisiana Creole French: gouvènœr, gouvnœr, gouvèrnè, gouvèrnen, gouvèrnèr
- Seychellois Creole: gouverner
Further reading
- “gouverneur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French gouvreneur.
Related terms
Descendants
descendants
- French: gouverneur
- Antillean Creole: gouvènè
- Dutch: gouverneur
- German: Gouverneur
- Louisiana Creole French: gouvènœr, gouvnœr, gouvèrnè, gouvèrnen, gouvèrnèr
- Seychellois Creole: gouverner
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