Meanings
comparative more governmental · superlative most governmental
- Relating to a government.
governmental error
5 more examples
governmental agency
governmental decision
governmental department
governmental failure
governmental policy
- Relating to governing.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
- Latingubernāre
- Old Frenchgoverner
- Old Frenchgovernement
- Middle Englishgovernement
- Englishgovernment
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishgovernmental
From government + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حُكُومِيّ
- حُكُومِيّ (ḥukūmiyy)relating to a government
Bengali সরকারি
- সরকারি (śorkari)relating to a government
Bulgarian прави́телствен
- прави́телствен (pravítelstven)relating to a government
Catalan governamental
- governamentalrelating to a government
Chinese Mandarin 政府
- 政府 (zhèngfǔ)relating to a government
Czech vládní
- vládnírelating to a government
Danish regerings-
- regerings-relating to a government
Dutch gouvernementeel, regerings-
- gouvernementeelrelating to a government
- regerings-relating to a government
Esperanto registara
- registararelating to a government
Estonian valitsus-
- valitsus-relating to a government
Finnish hallituksellinen, valtiollinen
- hallituksellinenrelating to a government
- valtiollinenrelating to a government
French gouvernemental
- gouvernementalrelating to a government
German Regierungs-
- Regierungs-relating to a government
Greek κυβερνητικός
- κυβερνητικός (kyvernitikós)relating to a government
Hebrew מֶמשָׁלתִי
- מֶמשָׁלתִי (memshaltí)relating to a government
Hindi शासनिक, प्रशासनिक
- शासनिक (śāsnik)relating to a government
- प्रशासनिक (praśāsnik)relating to a government
Hungarian kormányzati
- kormányzatirelating to a government
Italian governativo
- governativorelating to a government
Japanese 政府の
- 政府の (seifu no)relating to a government
Korean 정부의
- 정부의 (jeongbu-ui)relating to a government
Latin gubernātiōnālis, gubernātīvus
- gubernātiōnālisrelating to a government
- gubernātīvusrelating to a government
- gubernātīvusrelating to governing
Norwegian Bokmål regjerings-
- regjerings-relating to a government
Persian دولتی, حکومتی
- دولتی (dowlati)relating to a government
- حکومتی (hokumati)relating to a government
Polish rządowy
- rządowyrelating to a government
Portuguese governamental
- governamentalrelating to a government
Romanian guvernamental, guvernamental
- guvernamentalrelating to a government
- guvernamentalrelating to governing
Russian прави́тельственный
- прави́тельственный (pravítelʹstvennyj)relating to a government
Slovak vládny
- vládnyrelating to a government
Spanish gubernamental
- gubernamentalrelating to a government
Swahili kiserikali
- kiserikalirelating to a government
Swedish regerings-
- regerings-relating to a government
Thai รัฐบาล
- รัฐบาล (rát-tà-baan)relating to a government
Turkish hükümet
- hükümetrelating to a government
Ukrainian урядо́вий
- урядо́вий (urjadóvyj)relating to a government
Urdu سَرکاری, حُکُومَتی
- سَرکاری (sarkārī)relating to a government
- حُکُومَتی (hukūmatī)relating to a government
Vietnamese chính phủ
- chính phủrelating to a government
Cite this entry
governmental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/governmental
“governmental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/governmental. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “governmental,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/governmental.
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