gouvernorat
French, noun/ɡu.vɛʁ.nɔ.ʁa/
gouvernorat is spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-O-R-A-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,335th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gouvernorat is a French masculine noun meaning “governorate; governorship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Région dans laquelle s’exerce l’autorité d’un gouverneur, notamment dans certains pays arabes”.
What does gouvernorat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegovernorate; governorship
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Région dans laquelle s’exerce l’autorité d’un gouverneur, notamment dans certains pays arabes. 2. Mandat, charge, fonction d’un gouverneur.
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 gouvernorat
- gouvernorats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gouvernorat?
- /ɡu.vɛʁ.nɔ.ʁa/
- \ɡu.vɛʁ.nɔ.ʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gouvernorat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gouvernorat in French?
gouvernorat appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).