Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

governed noun

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
gov-erned -noun
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Calque of Latin nomen rectum

Inflected Forms

governed nouns (plural)

Synonyms

Questions

What does governed noun mean?
Synonym of nomen rectum.
Where does governed noun come from?
Calque of Latin nomen rectum

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