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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌv.ən/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɡʌv.ɚn/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɡɐv.ən/
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• rhymes with -ʌvə(ɹ)n
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• CMU ARPABET: G AH1 V ER0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English governen, governe, from Anglo-Norman and Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, drive, govern”). Displaced native Old English wealdan, whence modern dialectical English wald (“to govern”).

224 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: regeer — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Albanian: qeveris — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Arabic: حَكَمَ (ḥakama) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Arabic: تَحَكَّمَ (taḥakkama) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Arabic: مَلَكَ (malaka) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Arabic: حكم (ḥakam) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Armenian: կառավարել (kaṙavarel) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Asturian: gobernar — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Azerbaijani: idarə etmək — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Belarusian: пра́віць (právicʹ) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Belarusian: кірава́ць (kiravácʹ) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Bengali: শাসন করা (śaśon kora) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Bulgarian: управля́вам (upravljávam) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Burmese: အုပ်စိုး (upcui:) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Burmese: ကြီးကဲ (kri:kai:) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Catalan: governar — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Chinese Mandarin: 治理 (zhìlǐ) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Chinese Mandarin: 治 (zhì) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Chinese Mandarin: 統治 /统治 (tǒngzhì) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Czech: vládnout — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Czech: řídit — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Danish: regere over — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Danish: beherske — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Danish: styre — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Dutch: regeren — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Dutch: besturen — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Egyptian: HqA-q-A-Y1V (ḥqꜣ) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Estonian: valitsema — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Estonian: juhtima — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Finnish: hallita — to exercise sovereign authority in
• French: gouverner — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Friulian: guviernâ — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Galician: governar — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Georgian: მართვა (martva) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Georgian: მმართველობა (mmartveloba) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Georgian: მართავს (martavs) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Georgian: მმართველობს (mmartvelobs) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• German: regieren — to exercise sovereign authority in
• German: steuern — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Greek: κυβερνώ (kyvernó) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Ancient Greek: εὐθύνω (euthúnō) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Haitian Creole: gouvène — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Hebrew: מָשַׁל (mashál) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Hindi: हुकूमत करना (hukūmat karnā) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Hindi: शासन करना (śāsan karnā) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Hungarian: kormányoz — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Hungarian: vezet — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Hungarian: igazgat — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Hungarian: irányít — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Icelandic: stjórna — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Indonesian: memerintah — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Italian: governare — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Japanese: 支配する (shihai suru) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Japanese: 統治する (tōchi suru) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Kazakh: басқару (basqaru) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Khmer: គ្រប់គ្រង (krup krɔɔng) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Korean: 통치하다 (tongchihada) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Korean: 다스리다 (daseurida) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Northern Kurdish: rêvebirin — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Northern Kurdish: îdare kirin — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Kyrgyz: башкаруу (başkaruu) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Lao: ປົກຄອງ (pok khǭng) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Latin: gubernō — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Latin: regō — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Latvian: valdīt — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Ligurian: governâ — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Lithuanian: valdyti — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Macedonian: управува (upravuva) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Malay: memerintah — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Maltese: iggverna — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Māori: kāwana — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Māori: whakahaere tikanga — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Mauritian Creole: gouverne — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Mongolian: удирдах (udirdax) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Mongolian: ᠤᠳᠤᠷᠢᠳᠬᠤ (uduridqu) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Northern Altai: пашкарарга (paškararga) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Norwegian Bokmål: regjere — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Norwegian Bokmål: styre — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Oromo: bulchuu — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Pashto: حکومت کول (hokumatkawᶕl) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Pashto: حکم چلول (hokémčalawǝ́l) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Persian: حکومت کردن (hokumat kardan) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Polish: rządzić — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Polish: władać — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Portuguese: governar — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Romanian: guverna — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Romansh: reger — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Romansh: riger — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Romansh: regner — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Romansh: regnar — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Russian: пра́вить (právitʹ) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Russian: управля́ть (upravljátʹ) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Sanskrit: राष्टि (rāṣṭi) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Sardinian: cuberrare — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Sardinian: gruvennae — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Sardinian: guvernai — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Sardinian: guvernare — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀прављати — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Serbo-Croatian: вла́дати — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Serbo-Croatian: ùpravljati — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Serbo-Croatian: vládati — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Sicilian: cuvirnari — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Sicilian: guvirnari — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Slovak: vládnuť — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Slovak: riadiť — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Slovene: vladati — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Southern Altai: башкарар (baškarar) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Spanish: gobernar — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Swedish: regera — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Swedish: härska — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Swedish: styra — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Tajik: идора кардан (idora kardan) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Tatar: башкарырга (başqarırğa) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Tetum: ukun — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Thai: ปกครอง (bpòk-krɔɔng) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Turkish: hüküm sürmek — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Turkish: idare etmek — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Turkmen: dolandyrmak — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Ukrainian: пра́вити (právyty) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Ukrainian: керува́ти (keruváty) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Urdu: حکومت کرنا (hukūmat karnā) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Uzbek: boshqarmoq — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Uzbek: idora qilmoq — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Venetan: goernar — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Venetan: guernar — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Venetan: governar — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Vietnamese: cai trị — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Vietnamese: quản trị — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Vietnamese: chủ quản — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Vietnamese: chỉ đạo — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Volapük: reigön — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Volapük: guverön — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Welsh: arglwyddïo — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Yiddish: רעגירן (regirn) — to exercise sovereign authority in
• Afrikaans: beheer — to control the actions of
• Bulgarian: направля́вам (napravljávam) — to control the actions of
• Chinese Cantonese: 統攝 /统摄 — to control the actions of
• Chinese Mandarin: 統攝 /统摄 (tǒngshè) — to control the actions of
• Czech: ovládat — to control the actions of
• Danish: styre — to control the actions of
• Dutch: beheersen — to control the actions of
• Finnish: hallita — to control the actions of
• Georgian: მართავს (martavs) — to control the actions of
• German: regulieren — to control the actions of
• Hungarian: uralkodik — to control the actions of
• Hungarian: irányít — to control the actions of
• Hungarian: szabályoz — to control the actions of
• Hungarian: féken tart — to control the actions of
• Polish: rządzić — to control the actions of
• Polish: zarządzać — to control the actions of
• Romanian: regla — to control the actions of
• Romanian: reglementa — to control the actions of
• Romanian: regulariza — to control the actions of
• Russian: управля́ть (upravljátʹ) — to control the actions of
• Russian: владе́ть (vladétʹ) — to control the actions of
• Slovene: obvladati — to control the actions of
• Slovene: obvladovati — to control the actions of
• Ukrainian: керува́ти (keruváty) — to control the actions of
• Afrikaans: bepaal — to exercise a determining influence on
• Bulgarian: влия́я (vlijája) — to exercise a determining influence on
• Czech: řídit — to exercise a determining influence on
• Danish: bestemme — to exercise a determining influence on
• Dutch: bepalen — to exercise a determining influence on
• Finnish: määrätä — to exercise a determining influence on
• German: lenken — to exercise a determining influence on
• Ancient Greek: εὐθύνω (euthúnō) — to exercise a determining influence on
• Hungarian: meghatároz — to exercise a determining influence on
• Hungarian: irányít — to exercise a determining influence on
• Romanian: conduce — to exercise a determining influence on
• Romanian: dirija — to exercise a determining influence on
• Romanian: cârmui — to exercise a determining influence on
• Russian: влия́ть (vlijátʹ) — to exercise a determining influence on
• Ukrainian: вплива́ти (vplyváty) — to exercise a determining influence on
• Afrikaans: beheer — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Afrikaans: bepaal — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Afrikaans: reguleer — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Bulgarian: регули́рам (regulíram) — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Czech: ovládat — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Danish: styre — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Danish: lede — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Dutch: regelen — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Finnish: säätää — to control the speed or magnitude of
• German: regeln — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Hungarian: szabályoz — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Hungarian: vezérel — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Romanian: regla — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Russian: регули́ровать (regulírovatʹ) — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Russian: управля́ть (upravljátʹ) — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Ukrainian: регулюва́ти (rehuljuváty) — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Ukrainian: керува́ти (keruváty) — to control the speed or magnitude of
• Afrikaans: regeer — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Afrikaans: heers — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Bulgarian: управля́вам (upravljávam) — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Catalan: governar — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Czech: vládnout — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Danish: regere — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Danish: styre — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Dutch: regeren — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Dutch: leiden — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Finnish: hallita — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• German: regieren — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Hungarian: kormányoz — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Hungarian: irányít — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Romanian: guverna — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Russian: управля́ть (upravljátʹ) — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Slovene: vladati — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Spanish: gobernar — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Ukrainian: керува́ти (keruváty) — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Ukrainian: пра́вити (právyty) — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Welsh: awdurdodi — (intr.) to exercise political authority
• Afrikaans: heers — (intr.) to have a determining influence
• Bulgarian: влия́я (vlijája) — (intr.) to have a determining influence
• Danish: herske — (intr.) to have a determining influence
• Finnish: määrätä — (intr.) to have a determining influence
• German: regeln — (intr.) to have a determining influence
• Romanian: conduce — (intr.) to have a determining influence
• Romanian: dirija — (intr.) to have a determining influence
• Russian: влия́ть (vlijátʹ) — (intr.) to have a determining influence
• Ukrainian: вплива́ти (vplyváty) — (intr.) to have a determining influence
• Finnish: vaatia — grammar: to require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word
• Hungarian: vonz — grammar: to require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word
• Japanese: 支配する — grammar: to require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word
• Russian: управлять (upravljatʹ) — grammar: to require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word
• Swedish: styra — grammar: to require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word