Governess
//ˈɡʌvɚnəs//
Translations of "governess" (19 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | гувернантка(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | guvernantka | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 姥(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | mǔ | |
| Esperanto | guvernistino(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| Finnish | kotiopettajatar(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| French | gouvernante(woman paid to educate children in their own home), gouverneuse(female governor) | — | |
| German | Erzieherin(woman paid to educate children in their own home), Gouvernante(woman paid to educate children in their own home), Hauslehrerin(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| Hungarian | nevelőnő(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| Italian | governante(woman paid to educate children in their own home), istitutrice(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| Macedonian | гуверна́нта(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | guvernánta | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | guvernante(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | guvernante(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| Polish | guwernantka(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| Portuguese | governanta(woman paid to educate children in their own home), governatriz(female governor) | — | |
| Romanian | guvernantă(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| Russian | воспита́тельница(woman paid to educate children in their own home), гуверна́нтка(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | vospitátelʹnica, guvernántka | |
| Spanish | institutriz(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| Swahili | mlezi(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| Swedish | guvernant(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — | |
| Tagalog | gintay(woman paid to educate children in their own home) | — |
guvernistino
kotiopettajatar
gouvernante, gouverneuse
Erzieherin, Gouvernante, Hauslehrerin
nevelőnő
governante, istitutrice
guvernante
guvernante
guwernantka
governanta, governatriz
guvernantă
institutriz
mlezi
guvernant
gintay
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