"government" in sette lingue
Significatogovernment
Spagnolo
/goˈbjeɾno/
m.ereditaria
Formed from gobernar; the stressed e breaks to ie as in the verb (gobierna).
Francese
/guvɛʁnəmɑ̃/
m.ereditaria
Built in French on gouverner + -ment.
Italiano
/goˈvɛrno/
m.ereditaria
Portoghese
/ɡoˈvehnu/
m.ereditaria
Rumeno
/ɡuˈvern/
neutroprestito · Italian governo / French gouvernement
Catalano
/ɡuˈbɛrn/
m.ereditaria
Inglese
/ˈgʌvɚnmənt/
dal latino/francese · Old French governement
L’antenato latino
GUBERNĀRE‘to steer a ship (from Greek kybernân)’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Governing was steering: GUBERNĀRE came from a Greek sailor's verb, the same one behind cybernetics. Spanish breaks the stressed e even in a closed syllable (gobierno); Italian keeps a plain open e.
Parenti inglesi: govern, governor, gubernatorial, cybernetics (Greek)
Leggi fonetiche all’opera
Imparala
In una frase
- esEl Gobierno ha subido los impuestos.
- frLe gouvernement a augmenté les impôts.
- itIl governo ha aumentato le tasse.
- ptO governo aumentou os impostos.
- roGuvernul a mărit taxele.
- caEl Govern ha apujat els impostos.
- enThe government has raised taxes.