ingouvernable
French, adjective/ɛ̃.ɡu.vɛʁ.nabl/
ingouvernable is spelled I-N-G-O-U-V-E-R-N-A-B-L-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 79,170th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ingouvernable is a French adjective meaning “ungovernable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qu’on ne peut gouverner, diriger, piloter, en parlant d’une embarcation, d’un aéronef, etc”.
What does ingouvernable mean in English?
adjective
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ungovernable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qu’on ne peut gouverner, diriger, piloter, en parlant d’une embarcation, d’un aéronef, etc. 2. Qu’on ne peut gouverner, maîtriser, juguler.
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 ingouvernable
- ingouvernables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ingouvernable?
- /ɛ̃.ɡu.vɛʁ.nabl/
- \ɛ̃.ɡu.vɛʁ.nabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ingouvernable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ingouvernable in French?
ingouvernable appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).