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English
Alternative forms
- gouernement (obsolete)
- gub'mint, gubmint, gummint, gubbamint, guvmint, guvment, gumment, guv'ment, guv'mint, gubberment, gubbermint, gubment, gub'ment, govermint, guvverment, guvvermint, guverment, guvermint, gobermint (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle English governement, from Old French governement (modern French gouvernement), from governer (see govern) + -ment.
Morphologically govern + -ment
Displaced native Old English gerec, leodweard, ræden, rǣding and Old English ealdordōm.
Pronunciation
Noun
government (countable and uncountable, plural governments)
- The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
- British government has historically centred exclusively on London.
2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
- (grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.
- Synonyms: regimen, rection (archaic)
- Coordinate terms: agreement, concord, concordance (obsolete)
- The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
If the citizens must follow the law, then the government must follow the constitution.
2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.
- (uncountable) The management or control of a system.
1908, Walter Frederic Adeney, The Greek and Eastern churches, page 275:The government of the Church is maintained without material alteration in a settled hierarchical form.
1957, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Preamble”, in Naval Discipline Act 1957, page 14:Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to the government of Her Majesty's Navy, whereon, under the good Providence of God, the wealth, safety and strength of the Kingdom so much depend:
- The tenure of a head of government; the ministry or administration led by a specified individual.
The Sunak government announced plans to stem the flow of migrants coming into Great Britain.
- In a parliamentary system, the political party or coalition in power, as opposed to the opposition; the state of being in power.
- (debating) The team tasked with presenting and speaking in favour of a resolution, as opposed to the opposition.
- Ellipsis of government name, one's legal name according to a government.
Usage notes
In the United States, "government" is considered to be divided into three branches: the legislature (the House of Representatives and the Senate) which makes law, the Administration (under the President) which runs sections of government within the law, and the Courts, which adjudicate on matters of the law. This is a much wider meaning of "government" than exists in the United Kingdom where governance and other words describe the process or power of governing generally and the term "government" is used more particularly of the ruling political force of the prime minister and his/her cabinet ministers (what Americans would call the Administration). In Britain, the administrative organs of the nation are collectively referred to as "the state". In Canada government is used in both senses and neither state nor administration are used. Applied to many countries in continental Europe (when using English), the British usage is common.
In Britain, the word is often capitalised when referring to the particular UK government. British and older works in general may distinguish between Government as the ruling body and government as the practice of governing.
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Translations
body with the power to make and/or enforce laws
- Acehnese: peumeurèntah
- Afrikaans: regering (af)
- Albanian: qeveri (sq) f
- Amharic: መንግሥት (mängəśt)
- Arabic: حُكُومَة (ar) f (ḥukūma)
- Aragonese: gobierno m
- Armenian: կառավարություն (hy) (kaṙavarutʻyun)
- Assamese: চৰকাৰ (sorokar)
- Asturian: gobiernu (ast) m
- Avar: хӏукумат (ḥʳukumat)
- Azerbaijani: dövlət (az), hökümət (az), hakimiyyət (az)
- Bashkir: хөкүмәт (xökümət)
- Basque: gobernu
- Bavarian: Regiarung
- Belarusian: ура́д m (urád), ўрад m (ŭrad)
- Bengali: সরকার (bn) (śorkar), হুকুমত (bn) (hukumot), দৌলত (bn) (dōulot)
- Breton: gouarnamant (br) m
- Bulgarian: прави́телство (bg) n (pravítelstvo)
- Burmese: အစိုးရ (my) (a.cui:ra.)
- Buryat: засаглал (zasaglal)
- Carpathian Rusyn: воло́да f (volóda), вла́да f (vláda)
- Catalan: govern (ca) m
- Cebuano: kagamhanan
- Chechen: правительство (pravitelʲstʷo), ӏедал (ˀedal)
- Chichewa: boma
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 政府 (zing3 fu2)
- Dungan: җынфу (žɨnfu)
- Eastern Min: 政府 (céng-hū)
- Hakka: 政府 (chṳn-fú)
- Hokkien: 政府 (zh-min-nan) (chèng-hú)
- Mandarin: 政府 (zh) (zhèngfǔ)
- Wu: 政府 (5tsen-fu)
- Coptic: ⲙⲁⲛⲉⲣϣⲓϣⲓ m (maneršiši)
- Corsican: guvernu (co) m
- Czech: vláda (cs) f
- Danish: regering (da) c, stat c
- Dutch: regering (nl) f, overheid (nl) f
- Dzongkha: སྲིད་གཞུང (srid gzhung)
- Erzya: правительство (praviťeľstvo), ветикочкавкс (veťikočkavks)
- Esperanto: registaro, (adj.) registara, regado
- Estonian: valitsus
- Extremaduran: gobiernu, gobielnu
- Finnish: hallitus (fi)
- French: gouvernement (fr) m
- Friulian: guviêr m
- Galician: goberno (gl) m
- Georgian: მთავრობა (mtavroba), ხელისუფლება (xelisupleba)
- German: Regierung (de) f
- Alemannic German: Regierig
- Greek: κυβέρνηση (el) f (kyvérnisi)
- Ancient: κυβερνισμός m (kubernismós)
- Gujarati: સરકાર f (sarkār)
- Haitian Creole: gouvènman
- Hausa: gwamnati
- Hawaiian: aupuni
- Hebrew: מֶמְשָׁלָה (he) f (memshalá)
- Hindi: सरकार (hi) f (sarkār), हुकूमत (hi) f (hukūmat)
- Hungarian: kormány (hu)
- Icelandic: stjórn f, ríkisstjórn f
- Ido: guvernerio (io)
- Indonesian: pemerintah (id)
- Interlingua: governamento
- Irish: rialtas (ga) m
- Italian: governo (it) m
- Japanese: 政府 (ja) (せいふ, seifu)
- Kalmyk: залвр (zalvr)
- Kannada: ಸರಕಾರ (kn) (sarakāra)
- Kazakh: үкімет (ükımet)
- Khmer: រដ្ឋាភិបាល (km) (rŏətthaaphibaal), រដ្ឋបាល (km) (rŏətthaʼbaal)
- Kikuyu: thirikari class 9/10
- Korean: 정부(政府) (ko) (jeongbu)
- Kumyk: гьукумат (hukumat)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: حوکمەت (ḧukmet), حکوومەت (ckb) (ḧkûmet)
- Northern Kurdish: hikûmet (ku) f
- Kyrgyz: өкмөт (ky) (ökmöt)
- Ladin: guviern m
- Lao: ລັດຖະບານ (lo) (lat tha bān)
- Latin: administrātiō f, gubernātiō f
- Latvian: valdība (lv) f
- Lezgi: гьукумат (hukumat)
- Limburgish: Regiering
- Lithuanian: vyriausybė (lt) f, valdžia (lt) f
- Lü: ᦟᦱᦋᦂᦱᧃ (laatsk̇aan), ᦵᦐᦲᦷᦜᧂ (ṅoel̇ong), ᦉᦐᦱᧄ (ṡṅaam)
- Luhya: eserikali
- Macedonian: влада f (vlada), управа f (uprava)
- Malay: kerajaan (ms) (Brunei, Malaysia), pemerintah (Indonesia, Singapore)
- Malayalam: സർക്കാർ (ml) (saṟkkāṟ), ഭരണകൂടം (bharaṇakūṭaṁ)
- Maltese: gvern
- Maori: kāwanatanga (mi)
- Marathi: सरकार f (sarkār)
- Mizo: sorkar
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: засаг (mn) (zasag), засгийн газар (zasgiin gazar) засгийн ордон (zasgiin ordon) (China)
- Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ (ǰasag), ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ
ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ (ǰasag-ün ɣaǰar), ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠨ (ǰasag-ün ordon)
- Nepali: सरकार (ne) (sarkār)
- Nigerian Pidgin: goment
- Norman: gouvèrnément m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: regjering (no) m or f, myndigheter m pl, styresmakter m pl or f pl
- Nynorsk: regjering f, styremakter f pl, styresmakter f pl, myndigheiter f pl
- Occitan: govèrn (oc) m
- Odia: ସରକାର (sôrôkarô)
- Old English: leodweard f, gerec n, anweald m, ealdordom m
- Oromo: mootummaa
- Papiamentu: gobernashon
- Pashto: حکومت (ps) m (hokumat), سرکار (ps) m (sarkār), دولت (ps) m (dawlat)
- Persian:
- Classical Persian: دَوْلَت (fa) (dawlat), حُکُومَت (fa) (hukūmat)
- Iranian Persian: دُوْلَت (fa) (dowlat), حُکومَت (fa) (hokumat)
- Plautdietsch: Rejierunk f
- Polish: rząd (pl) m inan, władza (pl) f
- Portuguese: governo (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਸਰਕਾਰ (pa) f (sarkār)
- Romanian: guvern (ro) m
- Russian: прави́тельство (ru) n (pravítelʹstvo)
- S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်ပဒိၣ် (kaw̱ pa doh̀)
- Sanskrit: शासन (sa) n (śāsana), राज्य (sa) n (rājya), नृपक्रिया (sa) f (nṛpakriyā), राजता (sa) f (rājatā)
- Sardinian: cuberru m, guvernu, cuvrenu, cuverrinu
- Scottish Gaelic: riaghaltas, (abstract) riaghladh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: вла́да f
- Roman: vláda (sh) f
- Shan: လူင်ပွင်ၸိုင်ႈ (lǔung pǎung tsūeng)
- Sicilian: cuvernu (scn) m, guvernu (scn), cuviernu (scn), guviernu (scn)
- Sinhalese: රජය (rajaya)
- Slovak: vláda (sk) f
- Slovene: vlada (sl) f
- Spanish: gobierno (es) m
- Swahili: serikali (sw)
- Swedish: regering (sv)
- Tagalog: gobyerno (tl), pamahalaan (tl)
- Tajik: давлат (tg) (davlat), ҳукумат (tg) (hukumat)
- Tamil: அரசு (ta) (aracu)
- Tatar: хөкүмәт (tt) (xökümät)
- Telugu: ప్రభుత్వం (te) (prabhutvaṁ), సర్కారు (te) (sarkāru)
- Thai: รัฐบาล (th) (rát-tà-baan)
- Tibetan: གཞུང (gzhung)
- Tigrinya: መንግስቲ (mängəsti)
- Tok Pisin: gavman (tpi)
- Tumbuka: boma
- Turkish: hükûmet (tr)
- Turkmen: hökümet
- Ukrainian: у́ряд (uk) m (úrjad), вла́да (uk) f (vláda)
- Urdu: حُکُومَت f (hukūmat), سَرْکار f (sarkār), دَولَت f (daulat)
- Uyghur: ھۆكۈمەت (hökümet)
- Uzbek: hukumat (uz)
- Venetian: guerno m, governo, goerno
- Vietnamese: chính phủ (vi) (政府)
- Volapük: reiganef (vo)
- Welsh: llywodraeth (cy) m
- West Frisian: regear n
- Yakut: дьаһалта (jahalta), бырабыыталыстыба (bırabııtalıstıba)
- Yiddish: רעגירונג f (regirung), מלוכה f (melukhe), ממשלה f (memshole)
- Yoruba: ìjọba
- Zhuang: cwngfuj
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grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents
state and its administration
management or control of a system
tenure of a chief of state
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