Accordgouvernail
le gouvernail
rudder
Try it
How do you say gouvernail in French?
How do you pronounce gouvernail in French?
gouvernail is pronounced /lə ɡuvɛʁnaj/ in French.
Example sentences
Le gouvernail endommagé du navire a dû être remplacé rapidement.
The damaged rudder of the ship had to be replaced quickly.
Un ancien gouvernail en bois était exposé dans le musée maritime.
An old wooden rudder was displayed in the maritime museum.
Swipe gouvernail in Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in French.
Why is it masculine?
Gouvernail (rudder) is masculine because it derives from Latin "gubernaculum," which was neuter in Latin but followed the Old French masculine noun pattern "-ail" (like "travail," "portail"), eventually becoming grammatically masculine in Middle French. This gender assignment reflects the phonetic evolution and morphological patterns of French rather than any semantic rule about the word's meaning.
What is the French word for rudder?
The French word for rudder is le gouvernail — masculine.
Practice with Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in French.