Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misgovern

/mɪsˈɡʌvɚn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-gov-ern
IPA: /mɪsˈɡʌvɚn/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To govern badly or wrongly.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English govern English misgovern From mis- + govern.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /mɪsˈɡʌvɚn/
British English: /mɪsˈɡʌvən/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

misgoverns (present, singular) misgoverning (participle, present) misgoverned (participle, past) misgoverned (past)

Derived Forms

misgovernance misgoverned misgoverning misgovernment misgovernor

Rhymes With

govern mcgovern

Questions

How do you pronounce misgovern?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsˈɡʌvɚn/.
What does misgovern mean?: To govern badly or wrongly.
Where does misgovern come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English govern English misgovern From mis- + govern.

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