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English government

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English governmental

From government + -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡʌv(ə)nˈmɛnt(ə)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡʌvɚnˈmɛnt(ə)l/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

governmental (comparative more governmental, superlative most governmental)

1. Relating to a government.

   governmental agency

   governmental decision

   governmental department

   governmental error

   governmental failure

   governmental policy

   governmental system

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2. Relating to governing.

Antonyms

• non-governmental

Derived terms

• antigovernmental
• countergovernmental
• extragovernmental
• governmentalese
• governmentalism
• governmentalist
• governmentality
• governmentalization
• governmentalize
• governmentally
• intergovernmental
• intragovernmental
• multigovernmental
• nongovernmental
• pseudogovernmental
• quasigovernmental
• semigovernmental
• supergovernmental

Translations

relating to a government

• Albanian: qeveritar (sq)
• Arabic: حُكُومِيّ (ḥukūmiyy)

  Hijazi Arabic: حُكُومي (ḥukūmi)

• Armenian: կառավարական (hy) (kaṙavarakan)
• Azerbaijani: hökumət (az)
• Belarusian: ура́давы (urádavy)
• Bengali: সরকারি (bn) (śorkari)
• Bulgarian: прави́телствен (pravítelstven)
• Burmese: အစိုးရ (my) (a.cui:ra.)
• Catalan: governamental
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 政府 (zh) (zhèngfǔ)

• Czech: vládní (cs)
• Danish: regerings- (da)
• Dutch: gouvernementeel (nl), regerings- (nl)
• Esperanto: registara
• Estonian: valitsus-
• Finnish: hallituksellinen, valtiollinen (fi)
• French: gouvernemental (fr)
• Galician: gobernamental (gl)
• Georgian: სამთავრობო (samtavrobo), სახელისუფლებო (saxelisuplebo)
• German: Regierungs- (de)
• Greek: κυβερνητικός (el) (kyvernitikós)
• Hebrew: מֶמשָׁלתִי (memshaltí)
• Hindi: शासनिक (śāsnik), प्रशासनिक (praśāsnik)
• Hungarian: kormányzati (hu)
• Italian: governativo (it)
• Japanese: 政府の (ja) (せいふの, seifu no)
• Kazakh: үкіметтік (ükımettık)
• Khmer: រដ្ឋាភិបាល (km) (rŏətthaaphibaal)
• Korean: 정부의 (ko) (jeongbu-ui)
• Kyrgyz: өкмөттүк (ky) (ökmöttük)
• Lao: ລັດຖະບານ (lo) (lat tha bān)
• Macedonian: владин (vladin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regjerings- (no)

• Occitan: governamental
• Odia: ସରକାରୀ (sarakāri)
• Pashto: حکومتي (ps) (hokumati), دولتي (ps) (dawlati), سرکاري (ps) (sarkāri)
• Persian: دولتی (fa) (dowlati), حکومتی (hokumati)
• Polish: rządowy (pl)
• Portuguese: governamental (pt)
• Romanian: guvernamental (ro)
• Russian: прави́тельственный (ru) (pravítelʹstvennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вла́дин

  Latin: vládin (sh)

• Slovak: vládny (sk)
• Slovene: vladen
• Spanish: gubernamental (es)
• Swahili: kiserikali
• Swedish: regerings-
• Tajik: давлатӣ (davlati), ҳукуматӣ (hukumati)
• Thai: รัฐบาล (th) (rát-tà-baan)
• Turkish: hükümet (tr)
• Ukrainian: урядо́вий (urjadóvyj)
• Urdu: سَرکاری (ur) (sarkārī), حُکُومَتی (hukūmatī)
• Vietnamese: chính phủ (vi)

relating to governing

• Romanian: guvernamental (ro)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} registara
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} governamental