regent
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Etymology edit
From Middle English regent, from Anglo-Norman regent, Middle French regent, and their source, Latin regēns (“ruling; ruler, governor, prince”), present participle of regō (“I govern, I steer”).
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regent (plural regents)
- (now rare) A ruler. [from 15th c.]
- One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]
- (now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities. [from 16th c.]
- 1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 139:
- This perception, however, does no justice to the regents of the city of Amsterdam.
- (Scotland, Canada, US) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. [from 18th c.]
- (Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency
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regent (comparative more regent, superlative most regent)
- Ruling; governing; regnant.
- a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
- Some other active regent principle […] which we call the soul.
- Exercising vicarious authority.
- 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- the regent powers
Further reading edit
- “regent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “regent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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- IPA(key): (Central) [rəˈʒen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [rəˈʒent]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [reˈd͡ʒent]
- Rhymes: -ent
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regent m or f (masculine and feminine plural regents)
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regent m or f by sense (plural regents)
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- “regent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
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regent m anim
- regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)
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- See režim
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Danish edit
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Via German Regent and French régent from Latin regēns, a present participle of the verb Latin regō (“to rule”) (whence Danish regere).
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regent c (singular definite regenten, plural indefinite regenter)
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common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | regent | regenten | regenter | regenterne |
genitive | regents | regentens | regenters | regenternes |
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- “regent” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch regent, from Middle French regent, from Old French regent, from Latin regēns.
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regent m (plural regenten, diminutive regentje n, feminine regentes)
- regent, acting head of state in a monarch's place
- (Belgium) A secondary school teacher whose non-university degree only qualifies to teach in the lower grades.
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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regent
- inflection of regenen:
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈre.ɡent/, [ˈrɛɡɛn̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒent/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒen̪t̪]
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regent
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From Old French regent, see below.
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regent m (plural regens)
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- regent on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regenter, definite plural regentene)
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regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regentar, definite plural regentane)
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- “regent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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From Latin regēns (“ruling, as a noun, a ruler, governor, prince”); present participle of regō (“I govern, I steer”).
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regent oblique singular, m (oblique plural regens, nominative singular regens, nominative plural regent)
- regent (one who reigns in the absence of a monarch)
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regent m pers (female equivalent regentka, related adjective regencki)
- regent (person who rules in place of the monarch)
- (historical) official in charge of a royal chancellery, a secretary to the chancellor or the sub-chancellor; also: an official looking after the chancellery and court archives
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French regent, from Latin régens.
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regent m (plural regenți)
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) regent | regentul | (niște) regenți | regenții |
genitive/dative | (unui) regent | regentului | (unor) regenți | regenților |
vocative | regentule | regenților |
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regent c
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | regent | regenten | regenter | regenterna |
Genitive | regents | regentens | regenters | regenternas |