gouverneur
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