governor

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• /ˈɡʌv(ə)nə/ UK, non-rhotic
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From Middle English governour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman, pilot, guide”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”), of disputed origin. By surface analysis, govern + -or. Doublet of gubernator.

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: goewerneur — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Arabic: مُحَافِظ (muḥāfiẓ) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Arabic: حَاكِم (ḥākim) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Arabic: وَالٍ (wālin) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Armenian: նահանգապետ (nahangapet) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Azerbaijani: qubernator — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Azerbaijani: hakim — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Basque: gobernadore — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Belarusian: губерна́тар (hubjernátar) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Belarusian: губерна́тарка (hubjernátarka) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Belarusian: губэрна́тар (hubernátar) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Belarusian: губэрна́тарка (hubernátarka) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Bengali: রাজ্যপাল (rajjopal) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Bhojpuri: राज्यपाल (rājyapāl) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Bulgarian: губерна́тор (gubernátor) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Bulgarian: губерна́торка (gubernátorka) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Burmese: ဘုရင်ခံ (bhu.ranghkam) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Catalan: governador — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Chichewa: bwanamkubwa — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Chickasaw: minko' — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Chinese Mandarin: 省長 /省长 (shěngzhǎng) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Chinese Mandarin: 州長 /州长 (zhōuzhǎng) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Coptic: ⲡⲁⲅⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ (pagarkhos) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Coptic: ⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ (eparkhos) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Czech: guvernér — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Czech: guvernérka — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Danish: guvernør — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Dutch: gouverneur — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Esperanto: guberniestro — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Esperanto: reganto — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Esperanto: gubernatoro — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Esperanto: guberniento — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Estonian: valitsejer — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Estonian: kuberner — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Faroese: guvernørur — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Finnish: kuvernööri — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• French: gouverneur — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• French: gouverneure — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Galician: gobernador — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Georgian: გუბერნატორი (gubernaṭori) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Georgian: კატაბანი (ḳaṭabani) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Georgian: მმართველი (mmartveli) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• German: Gouverneur — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• German: Gouverneurin — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 (kindins) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Greek: κυβερνήτης (kyvernítis) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχηγέτης (arkhēgétēs) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Ancient Greek: κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Hausa: gwamna — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Hawaiian: kiaʻaina — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Hebrew: מוֹשֵׁל (moshel) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Hindi: राज्यपाल (rājyapāl) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Hindi: गवर्नर (gavarnar) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Hindi: हाकिम (hākim) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Hungarian: kormányzó — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Icelandic: ríkisstjóri — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Icelandic: landstjóri — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Icelandic: guvernör — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Icelandic: fylkisstjóri — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Indonesian: gubernur — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Ingrian: gubernaattori — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Irish: gobharnóir — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Italian: governatore — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Italian: governatrice — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Japanese: 知事 (chiji) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Kazakh: губернатор (gubernator) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Khmer: អភិបាល (ʼaʼphibaal) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Khmer: ទេសាភិបាល (teisaaphibaal) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Korean: 지사 (jisa) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Korean: 도지사 (dojisa) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Korean: 주지사 (jujisa) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Northern Kurdish: walî — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Northern Kurdish: parêzgar — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Kyrgyz: губернатор (gubernator) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Lao: ເຈົ້າເມືອງ (chao mư̄ang) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Lao: ເຈົ້າແຂວງ (chao khuǣng) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Latin: gubernātor — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Latin: gubernātrīx — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Latvian: valdnieks — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Latvian: gubernators — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Lithuanian: gubernatorius — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Lithuanian: valdytojas — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Macedonian: губернатор (gubernator) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Malay: gabenor — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Māori: kāwana — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Marathi: राज्यपाल (rājyapāl) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Middle English: governour — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Mongolian: удирдагч (udirdagč) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Mongolian: захирагч (zaxiragč) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Mongolian: ᠤᠳᠤᠷᠢᠳᠤᠭᠴᠢ (uduriduɣči) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠷᠤᠭᠴᠢ (ǰaqiruɣči) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Navajo: naatʼáanii — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Norwegian Bokmål: guvernør — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Norwegian Bokmål: (on Svalbard) sysselmann — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Norwegian Nynorsk: guvernør — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Norwegian Nynorsk: (on Svalbard) sysselmann — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Ojibwe: odaake-ogimaa — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Oromo: bulchaa — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Pashto: والي (wālí) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Pashto: حاکم (hãkəm, hãkem) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Iranian Persian: فَرْمانْدار (farmândâr) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Iranian Persian: والی (vâli) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Iranian Persian: حاکِم (hâkem) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Polish: gubernator — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Polish: guwerner — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Portuguese: governador — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Portuguese: governadora — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Romanian: guvernator — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Romanian: guvernant — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Russian: губерна́тор (gubernátor) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Scottish Gaelic: riaghladair — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Serbo-Croatian: гувѐрне̄р — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Serbo-Croatian: guvèrnēr — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Slovak: guvernér — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Slovene: guverner — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Sotho: mmusi — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Spanish: gobernador — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Spanish: gobernadora — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Swahili: liwali — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Swedish: guvernör — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Tagalog: gobernador — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Tajik: губернатор (gubernator) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Tajik: фармондор (farmondor) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Tajik: волӣ (voli) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Tajik: ҳоким (hokim) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Taos: tòbúna (of pueblo) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Tarifit: řɛamiř — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Tatar: вали (wali) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Tatar: губернатор (ğübernator) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Thai: ผู้ว่าราชการ (pûu-wâa-râat-chá-gaan) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Turkish: ilbay — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Turkish: vali — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Turkmen: häkim — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Turkmen: gubernator — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Ukrainian: губерна́тор (hubernátor) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Ukrainian: губерна́торка (hubernátorka) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Urdu: گَوَرْنَر (gavarnar) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Urdu: حاکِم (hākim) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Urdu: والی (vālī) — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Uzbek: gubernator — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Uzbek: hokim — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Uzbek: voli — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Vietnamese: thống đốc — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Vietnamese: thống sử — chief executive officer of first-level division of a country
• Belarusian: рэгуля́тар (rehuljátar) — device which regulates or controls
• Bulgarian: регула́тор (regulátor) — device which regulates or controls
• Catalan: regulador — device which regulates or controls
• Czech: regulátor — device which regulates or controls
• Dutch: regelaar — device which regulates or controls
• Finnish: säädin — device which regulates or controls
• Georgian: რეგულატორი (regulaṭori) — device which regulates or controls
• German: Regler — device which regulates or controls
• Japanese: 調整器 (chōseiki) — device which regulates or controls
• Japanese: 調速機 (chōsokuki) — device which regulates or controls
• Portuguese: regulador — device which regulates or controls
• Romanian: regulator — device which regulates or controls
• Russian: регуля́тор (reguljátor) — device which regulates or controls
• Scottish Gaelic: rianadair — device which regulates or controls
• Swedish: regulator — device which regulates or controls
• Swedish: centrifugalregulator — device which regulates or controls
• Ukrainian: регуля́тор (rehuljátor) — device which regulates or controls
• Finnish: johtokunnan jäsen — member of a decision-making body for some organizations
• Turkish: guvernör — member of a decision-making body for some organizations
• Finnish: pomo — informal: boss, employer
• Finnish: herra — informal: term of address to a man
• Finnish: pääsana — grammar: constituent of a phrase