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See also: Gouverneur
Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (before 1996) goeverneur
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch gouverneur, borrowed from Middle French gouverneur.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gouverneur m (plural gouverneurs, diminutive gouverneurtje n)
- governor (e.g. of a province)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: goewerneur
- Negerhollands: guwerneer
- → Lokono: gouverneur
- → Indonesian: gubernur
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French gouverneur, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernātōrem, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman, pilot, guide”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gouverneur m (plural gouverneurs, feminine gouverneure or gouverneuse)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- gouvernement (“government”)
Descendants[edit]
- Antillean Creole: gouvènè
- Louisiana Creole: gouvènœr, gouvnœr, gouvèrnè, gouvèrnen, gouvèrnèr
- Seychellois Creole: gouverner
- → Czech: guvernér
- → Danish: guvernør
- → Estonian: kuberner
- → Faroese: guvernørur
- → German: Gouverneur
- → Luxembourgish: Gouverneur
- → Macedonian: гувернер (guverner)
- → Norwegian:
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovak: guvernér
- → Slovene: guverner
- → Swedish: guvernör
- → Finnish: kuvernööri
- → Turkish: guvernör
Further reading[edit]
- “gouverneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French gouvreneur.
Noun[edit]
gouverneur m (plural gouverneurs)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- French: gouverneur (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Dutch: gouverneur
- Dutch: gouverneur
- Afrikaans: goewerneur
- Negerhollands: guwerneer
- → Lokono: gouverneur
- → Indonesian: gubernur
- Limburgish: goevernäör
- Dutch: gouverneur
- → German: Gouverneur
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