gubernator
English
Etymology
Back-formation of gubernatorial, from Latin gubernātor (“governor”), from gubernō (“govern”), + -ial.
Noun
gubernator (plural gubernators)
- (humorous) governor
- 2010 September 30, Hagar, “California's Gubernator caves ...”, in alt.alien.visitors, Usenet:
- So, why don't we send the gubernator back to Austria, […] and sponsor a collective effort to repeal the Loud Pipes Law and that ludicrous Healthcare Abomination.
- 2013 May 24, ChasNemo, “Texas Sheriff Exam ...”, in alt.alien.visitors, Usenet:
- So what test did Gubernator Perry pass to became such a brain dead dipshit?
- 2017, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 30, written by Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:
- And that is encouraging, because it’s nice to know that if you use Trump tactics in a Virginia gubernatorial election, you do not get to be gubernator.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡu.berˈnaː.tor/, [ɡʊ.bɛrˈnaː.tɔr]
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Noun
gubernātor m (genitive gubernātōris); third declension
- Helmsman or pilot of a boat.
- Unknown origin, often attributed to Publilius Syrus
- In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest.
- In a calm sea anyone can be the helmsman.
- In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest.
- Unknown origin, often attributed to Publilius Syrus
- Leader or governor.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gubernātor | gubernātōrēs |
| Genitive | gubernātōris | gubernātōrum |
| Dative | gubernātōrī | gubernātōribus |
| Accusative | gubernātōrem | gubernātōrēs |
| Ablative | gubernātōre | gubernātōribus |
| Vocative | gubernātor | gubernātōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
descendants
- Asturian: gobernador, gobernaor
- Corsican: guvernatore, guvernadore
- Czech: guvernér
- Emilian: gvernatåur
- English: gubernatorial
- Finnish: kuvernööri
- Franco-Provençal: govèrnor
- Friulian: guviernadôr
- Galician: gobernador
- Istriot: guvarnadur
- Italian: governatore
- Ladin: goernador
- Ladino: gobernador
- Lombard: governatur
- Mirandese: gobernador
- Old Catalan: governador
- Catalan: governador
- Old French: gouvreneur
- Middle English: governour
- Middle French: gouverneur
- French: gouverneur
- Antillean Creole: gouvènè
- Dutch: gouverneur
- German: Gouverneur
- Louisiana Creole French: gouvènœr, gouvnœr, gouvèrnè, gouvèrnen, gouvèrnèr
- Seychellois Creole: gouverner
- French: gouverneur
- Norman: gouvernaeux, gouverneux (Guernsey), gouvèrneux (Jersey)
- Walloon: gouverneûr
- Piedmontese: guvernatur
- Portuguese: governador
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: gubernadur
- Indo-Portuguese: governador
- Kabuverdianu: guvernador
- Principense: govenadô
- Sãotomense: govenadô
- Tetum: governadór
- Romanian: guvernator
- Romansch: guvernatur
- Russian: губернатор (gubernator)
- Sabir: gobernator
- Sardinian: cuberradore
- Sicilian: governaturi
- Slovak: guvernér
- Spanish: gobernador
- Chavacano: gobernador
- Papiamentu: gobernador
References
- gubernator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gubernator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gubernator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- gubernator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- gubernator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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