governmental

English

Etymology

From government +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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

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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 Roman: 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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