governer

Old French

Alternative forms

• guverner

Etymology

From Latin gubernāre, present active infinitive of gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō).

Verb

governer

1. to guide; to steer
2. to govern

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of governer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		governer			avoir governé
gerund		en governant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		governant
past participle		governé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	govern	governes	governe	governons	governez	governent
	imperfect	governoie, governeie, governoe, governeve	governoies, governeies, governoes, governeves	governoit, governeit, governot, governeve	governiiens, governiens	governiiez, governiez	governoient, governeient, governoent, governevent
	preterite	governai	governas	governa	governames	governastes	governerent
	future	governerai	governeras	governera	governerons	governeroiz, governereiz, governerez	governeront
	conditional	governeroie, governereie	governeroies, governereies	governeroit, governereit	governeriiens, governeriens	governeriiez, governeriez	governeroient, governereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	govern	goverz	govert	governons	governez	governent
	imperfect	governasse	governasses	governast	governissons, governissiens	governissoiz, governissez, governissiez	governassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	governe	—	governons	governez	—

The word does not exist in Oxford dictionary.

Descendants

• Middle French: gouverner
  • French: gouverner
    • → Romanian: guverna
• Norman: gouvèrner
• → Middle English: governen, governe, guverne, gouvern
  • English: govern
  • Scots: govern