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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
гувернёр • (guvernjór) m inan (genitive гувернёра, nominative plural гувернёры, genitive plural гувернёров)
- tutor
1790, Денис Фонвизин, “Действие первое. Явление I”, in Выбор Гувернёра; English translation from C. E. Bechhofer Roberts, transl., The Choice of a Tutor, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1916:Княги́ня, друг мой, я сего́дня встал ра́но для того́, что у меня́ с ума́ нейдё́т воспита́ние на́шего князь Васи́лья. Все мне говоря́т, что к нему́ на́добен тепе́рь гувернё́р; где его́ здесь в дере́вне сы́щешь?- Knjagínja, drug moj, ja sevódnja vstal ráno dlja tovó, što u menjá s umá nejdjót vospitánije náševo knjazʹ Vasílʹja. Vse mne govorját, što k nemú nádoben tepérʹ guvernjór; gde jevó zdesʹ v derévne sýščešʹ?
- Countess, friend, I rose early to-day because I am concerned for the education of our Count Basil. Everyone tells me that he should now have a tutor: where will you find one here in the country?
References
- Oxford Russian Dictionary, →ISBN, page 90