gouverne
French, noun
gouverne is spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-E (8 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gouverne is a French feminine noun meaning “guide, guidance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular indicative/subjunctive present of gouverner. With an accent, gouverné is a different word: “past participle of gouverner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui doit servir de règle de conduite dans une affaire”.
What does gouverne mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineguide, guidance
- 2
femininerudder
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular indicative/subjunctive present
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of gouverner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui doit servir de règle de conduite dans une affaire. 2. Règle de conduite dans la vie courante. 3. Pour votre gouverne : pour information, à titre de renseignement. 4. Action de diriger une embarcation.
noun: 1. Celui qui est gouverné par un gouvernement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gouverne
- gouvernes plural
- gouvernée feminine
- gouvernés masculine plural
- gouvernées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gouverne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gouverne in French?
gouverne appears 3.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).