Gouvernement
See also: gouvernement and gouvèrnément
German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French gouvernement.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuvɛʁnəˈmɑ̃ː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Gou‧ver‧ne‧ment
Noun
Gouvernement n (strong, genitive Gouvernements, plural Gouvernements)
- (government) colonial government (part of the governance apparatus of a country that governs colonial territories)
- Synonyms: Regieren, Regierung
- (government) governorate (provincial or local government; the seat of a provincial government)
Declension
Declension of Gouvernement [neuter, strong]
Further reading
- “Gouvernement” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gouvernement” in Duden online
- “Gouvernement”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Gouvernement” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon