governor general

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• General-American: /ˈɡʌvənɚ ˌdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌv(ə)nə ˌdʒɛnɹəl/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɡɐv(ɘ)nɘ ˌdʒenɹɘl/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈɡɐv(ɘ̃)nɜ ˌdʒẽnɹɯ]
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No etymology was provided for this word.

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَاكِم عَامّ (ḥākim ʕāmm) — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 總督 /总督 (zǒngdū) — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Dutch: gouverneur-generaal — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Finnish: kenraalikuvernööri — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• French: gouverneur général — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• German: Generalgouverneur — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Indonesian: gubernur jenderal — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Italian: governatore generale — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Japanese: 総督 (sōtoku) — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Kazakh: генерал-губернатор (general-gubernator) — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Korean: 총독 (chongdok) — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Latin: gubernātor generālis — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Latin: gubernātrīx generālis — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Malay: gabenor jeneral — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Maltese: gvern ġenerali — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Portuguese: governador geral — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Romanian: guvernator general — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Russian: генера́л-губерна́тор (generál-gubernátor) — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Spanish: gobernador general — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Swedish: generalguvernör — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Vietnamese: thống đốc — governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
• Arabic: حَاكِم عَامّ (ḥākim ʕāmm) — representative of the monarch
• Chinese Mandarin: 總督 /总督 (zǒngdū) — representative of the monarch
• Dutch: gouverneur-generaal — representative of the monarch
• Finnish: kenraalikuvernööri — representative of the monarch
• French: gouverneur général — representative of the monarch
• German: Generalgouverneur — representative of the monarch
• Indonesian: gubernur jenderal — representative of the monarch
• Irish: fear ionaid rí — representative of the monarch
• Italian: governatore generale — representative of the monarch
• Japanese: 総督 (sōtoku) — representative of the monarch
• Kazakh: генерал-губернатор (general-gubernator) — representative of the monarch
• Korean: 총독 (chongdok) — representative of the monarch
• Malay: gabenor jeneral — representative of the monarch
• Norwegian Bokmål: generalguvernør — representative of the monarch
• Norwegian Nynorsk: generalguvernør — representative of the monarch
• Portuguese: governador geral — representative of the monarch
• Romanian: guvernator general — representative of the monarch
• Russian: генера́л-губерна́тор (generál-gubernátor) — representative of the monarch
• Spanish: gobernador general — representative of the monarch
• Vietnamese: thống đốc — representative of the monarch