gouvernail
French
noun
Definitions
- rudder (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French governail inherited from Latin gubernaculum affix from French gouverner (govern, steer).
Origin
French
gouverner
Gloss
govern, steer
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gubernaculum Latin
- gubernāculum Latin
- gubernāre Latin
- governare Italian
- gouvernable French
- gouvernement French
- gouverner French
- gouverneuse French
- governaile Middle English
- governail Old French
- governer Old French
- gobernallo Galician
- guverna Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- guvernar Ido
- gouvène Haitian, Haitian Creole