voivode
voi·vode/ˈvɔɪˌvoʊd/noun
voivode is a noun meaning “A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-I-V-O-D-E and has 2 syllables (voi·vode), and it appears about once in every 51 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of voivode is voivodes.
What does voivode mean?
noun
- 1
A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
- 2
An administrative chief in modern Poland.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce voivode?
- UK /ˈvɔɪˌvəʊd/
- US /ˈvɔɪˌvoʊd/
Voivode has 2 syllables, split voi·vode in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-voivode.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of voivode
- voivodes plural
- woiwode
- wojewoda
- woywode
- vaivode
- voevod
- voevoda
- voivod
- vojvoda
- vojvode
- voyevoda
- voyvoda
- voyvode
- voievod
- voevode
- voievode
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is voivode?
Voivode appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Voivode in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does voivode come from?
Variously from a number of Slavic languages including Bulgarian войвода (vojvoda), Czech vojevoda, Polish wojewoda, Russian воево́да (vojevóda), and Serbo-Croatian vojvoda, војвода, all from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda (“army leader; duke; warlord”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).