adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɡʌv(ə)nˈmɛnt(ə)l/
General-American:/ˌɡʌvɚnˈmɛnt(ə)l/
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CMU ARPABET:G AH1 V ER0 M EH2 N T AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:G AH2 V ER0 N M EH1 N T AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Relating to a government.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
governmental agency
governmental decision
governmental department
governmental error
governmental failure
governmental policy
governmental system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Relating to governing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
governmental policy
public confidence and governmental morale
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From government + -al.
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
qeveritar
— relating to a government
Arabic:
حُكُومِيّ
(ḥukūmiyy)
— relating to a government
Arabic:
حُكُومي
(ḥukūmi)
— relating to a government
Armenian:
կառավարական
(kaṙavarakan)
— relating to a government
Azerbaijani:
hökumət
— relating to a government
Belarusian:
ура́давы
(urádavy)
— relating to a government
Bengali:
সরকারি
(śorkari)
— relating to a government
Bulgarian:
прави́телствен
(pravítelstven)
— relating to a government
Burmese:
အစိုးရ
(a.cui:ra.)
— relating to a government
Catalan:
governamental
— relating to a government
Chinese Mandarin:
政府
(zhèngfǔ)
— relating to a government
Czech:
vládní
— relating to a government
Danish:
regerings-
— relating to a government
Dutch:
gouvernementeel
— relating to a government
Dutch:
regerings-
— relating to a government
Esperanto:
registara
— relating to a government
Estonian:
valitsus-
— relating to a government
Finnish:
hallituksellinen
— relating to a government
Finnish:
valtiollinen
— relating to a government
French:
gouvernemental
— relating to a government
Galician:
gobernamental
— relating to a government
Georgian:
სამთავრობო
(samtavrobo)
— relating to a government
Georgian:
სახელისუფლებო
(saxelisuplebo)
— relating to a government
German:
Regierungs-
— relating to a government
Greek:
κυβερνητικός
(kyvernitikós)
— relating to a government
Hebrew:
מֶמשָׁלתִי
(memshaltí)
— relating to a government
Hindi:
शासनिक
(śāsnik)
— relating to a government
Hindi:
प्रशासनिक
(praśāsnik)
— relating to a government
Hungarian:
kormányzati
— relating to a government
Italian:
governativo
— relating to a government
Japanese:
政府の
(seifu no)
— relating to a government
Kazakh:
үкіметтік
(ükımettık)
— relating to a government
Khmer:
រដ្ឋាភិបាល
(rŏətthaaphibaal)
— relating to a government
Korean:
정부의
(jeongbu-ui)
— relating to a government
Kyrgyz:
өкмөттүк
(ökmöttük)
— relating to a government
Lao:
ລັດຖະບານ
(lat tha bān)
— relating to a government
Latin:
gubernātiōnālis
— relating to a government
Latin:
gubernātīvus
— relating to a government
Macedonian:
владин
(vladin)
— relating to a government
Norwegian Bokmål:
regjerings-
— relating to a government
Occitan:
governamental
— relating to a government
Odia:
ସରକାରୀ
(sarakāri)
— relating to a government
Pashto:
حکومتي
(hokumati)
— relating to a government
Pashto:
دولتي
(dawlati)
— relating to a government
Pashto:
سرکاري
(sarkāri)
— relating to a government
Persian:
دولتی
(dowlati)
— relating to a government
Persian:
حکومتی
(hokumati)
— relating to a government
Polish:
rządowy
— relating to a government
Portuguese:
governamental
— relating to a government
Romanian:
guvernamental
— relating to a government
Russian:
прави́тельственный
(pravítelʹstvennyj)
— relating to a government
Serbo-Croatian:
вла́дин
— relating to a government
Serbo-Croatian:
vládin
— relating to a government
Slovak:
vládny
— relating to a government
Slovene:
vladen
— relating to a government
Spanish:
gubernamental
— relating to a government
Swahili:
kiserikali
— relating to a government
Swedish:
regerings-
— relating to a government
Tajik:
давлатӣ
(davlati)
— relating to a government
Tajik:
ҳукуматӣ
(hukumati)
— relating to a government
Thai:
รัฐบาล
(rát-tà-baan)
— relating to a government
Turkish:
hükümet
— relating to a government
Ukrainian:
урядо́вий
(urjadóvyj)
— relating to a government
Urdu:
سَرکاری
(sarkārī)
— relating to a government
Urdu:
حُکُومَتی
(hukūmatī)
— relating to a government
