regular
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“move in a straight line”).
Pronunciation Edit
- (UK) enPR: regʹyo͝olər IPA(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə/
- (US) enPR: regʹyələr, regʹlər, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/, /ˈɹɛɡ.l̩ɚ/, [ˈɹɛɡ.jɪ̈.lɚ], [ˈɹɛɡ.l̩ɚ]
Audio (US) (file) - (US) Hyphenation: reg‧u‧lar
- Rhymes: -ɛɡjʊlə(ɹ), -ɛɡjələ(ɹ), -ɛɡələ(ɹ)
Adjective Edit
regular (comparative more regular, superlative most regular)
- (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular). [from 14th c.]
- regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 201:
- A quarter of a million strong in 1680, the clergy was only half as large in 1789. The unpopular regular clergy were the worst affected.
- Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance. [from 15th c.]
- Synonyms: equable, uniform, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:steady
- Antonyms: chaotic, irregular; see also Thesaurus:unsteady
- (geometry, of a polygon) Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size [from 16th c.]
- (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
- Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: in order, ruly, tidy; see also Thesaurus:orderly
- Antonyms: chaotic, tumultuous; see also Thesaurus:disorderly
- 2011 April 12, A[lison] L[ouise] Kennedy, The Guardian:
- April may be the cruellest month, but I am planning to render it civilised and to take my antibiotics in a regular manner.
- (astronomy) Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.
- (now rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.). [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: decent, seemly, well-mannered
- Antonyms: degenerate, irregular
- Happening at constant (especially short) intervals. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: cyclical, frequent; see also Thesaurus:periodic
- Antonyms: irregular, noncyclic
- He made regular visits to go see his mother.
- (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language. [from 17th c.]
- (chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: basic, common, unremarkable; see also Thesaurus:normal, Thesaurus:common
- Antonyms: irregular, outlandish, weird; see also Thesaurus:strange
- 1868-69, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 21, in Little Women[1], part 1:
- “I don’t see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You’re a regular Shakespeare!” exclaimed Beth, who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted with wonderful genius in all things.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.
- (chiefly military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. [from 17th c.]
- Antonym: irregular
- Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way. [from 18th c.]
- Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps you regular.
- 2015, Bill Bryson, The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island, page 206:
- Gulls cawed and wheeled overhead, dropping splatty white cluster bombs on rooftops and pavements. Goodness knows what those gulls eat, but it certainly keeps them regular.
- (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright. [from 18th c.]
- Synonyms: absolute, thorough, unalloyed; see also Thesaurus:total
- a regular genius; a regular John Bull
- 1997 February 16, Ron Hauge, Homer's Phobia (The Simpsons), season 8, episode 15, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta):
- Don't worry, boy. We're gonna set you straight. By tomorrow morning, you'll be a regular Burt Reynolds.
- (botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
- a regular flower; a regular sea urchin
- (crystallography) Isometric.
- (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward.
- Antonym: goofy
- (mathematical analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
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Coordinate terms Edit
- (snowboarding): switch
Derived terms Edit
- on a regular basis
- on the regular
- regular black hole
- regular closed
- regular coffee
- regular continued fraction
- regular dividend
- regular element
- regular expression
- regular folk
- regular folks
- regular function
- regular graph
- regular grid
- regular Joe
- regular language
- regular map
- regular open
- regular order
- regular polygon
- regular prime
- regular script
- regular space
- regular star macromolecule
- regular tessellation
- regular verb
- semi-regular
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Adverb Edit
regular (not comparable)
- (archaic, dialect, nonstandard) Regularly, on a regular basis.
- 1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner, London: Penguin Books, published 1967, page 131:
- 'And if the knowledge wasn'y well come by, why, you might ha' made up for it by coming to church reg'lar.'
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- Though no minister would visit the Skerburnfoot, or, if he went, departed quicker than he came, the girl Ailie attended regular at the catechising at the mains of Sker.
- 1961, Colin Thiele, The Sun on the Stubble, Melbourne: Rigby Limited, page 113:
- "Drain her every thousand, regular. Don't do it myself, o' course; just drop her in at the lubritorium."
- 1988, Mary Steele, Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds, Ringwood: Puffin Books, page 37:
- "All we've got to do is stick 'em in the bedroom and feed 'em regular."
Noun Edit
regular (plural regulars)
- A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
- A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
- Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.
- A member of an armed forces or police force.
- A frequent customer, client or business partner.
- This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars.
- (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
- Anything that is normal or standard.
- 2011, Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat, Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008:
- You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees.
- A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
- A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.
- A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.
Synonyms Edit
- (routine visitor): frequenter, habitué, patron, usual suspects
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References Edit
- “regular”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “regular”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Asturian Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Borrowed from Late Latin rēgulāris.
Adjective Edit
regular (epicene, plural regulares)
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Etymology 2 Edit
Borrowed from Latin rēgulāre, present active infinitive of rēgulō. Compare the doublet reglar, borrowed earlier from the same source.
Verb Edit
regular (first-person singular indicative present regulo, past participle reguláu)
- to regulate
Conjugation Edit
Catalan Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Borrowed from Late Latin rēgulāris.
Adjective Edit
regular m or f (masculine and feminine plural regulars)
- regular (having a constant pattern)
- Antonym: irregular
- normal, average
- (geometry) regular (both equilateral and equiangular)
- Antonym: irregular
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Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
regular (first-person singular present regulo, past participle regulat)
- (transitive) to regulate
Conjugation Edit
infinitive | regular | ||||||
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present participle | regulant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | regulat | regulada | |||||
plural | regulats | regulades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | regulo | regules | regula | regulem | reguleu | regulen | |
imperfect | regulava | regulaves | regulava | regulàvem | regulàveu | regulaven | |
future | regularé | regularàs | regularà | regularem | regulareu | regularan | |
preterite | regulí | regulares | regulà | regulàrem | regulàreu | regularen | |
conditional | regularia | regularies | regularia | regularíem | regularíeu | regularien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | reguli | regulis | reguli | regulem | reguleu | regulin | |
imperfect | regulés | regulessis | regulés | reguléssim | reguléssiu | regulessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | regula | reguli | regulem | reguleu | regulin |
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Further reading Edit
- “regular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “regular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “regular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “regular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Attested since circa 1300. Borrowed from Late Latin rēgulāris.
Adjective Edit
regular m or f (plural regulares)
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
regular (first-person singular present regulo, first-person singular preterite regulei, past participle regulado)
Conjugation Edit
References Edit
- “regular” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “regular” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “regular” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “regular” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “regular” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin rēgulāris.
Pronunciation Edit
- Hyphenation: re‧gu‧lar
Adjective Edit
regular m or f (plural regulares, comparable, comparative mais regular, superlative o mais regular or regularíssimo)
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Learned borrowing from Latin rēgulāre. Compare the doublet regrar, borrowed earlier from the same source.
Pronunciation Edit
- Hyphenation: re‧gu‧lar
Verb Edit
regular (first-person singular present regulo, first-person singular preterite regulei, past participle regulado)
Conjugation Edit
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
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Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Latin rēgulāris. By surface analysis, regulă + -ar.
Adjective Edit
regular m or n (feminine singular regulară, masculine plural regulari, feminine and neuter plural regulare)
Declension Edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | regular | regulară | regulari | regulare | ||
definite | regularul | regulara | regularii | regularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | regular | regulare | regulari | regulare | ||
definite | regularului | regularei | regularilor | regularelor |
Further reading Edit
- regular in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Borrowed from Late Latin rēgulāris.
Adjective Edit
regular m or f (masculine and feminine plural regulares)
- regular, steady, even
- fair, fairly good, average
- common, ordinary, middling, so-so
- (grammar) regular
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
regular (first-person singular present regulo, first-person singular preterite regulé, past participle regulado)
Conjugation Edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “regular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Spanish regular.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
regulár (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜄᜓᜎᜇ᜔)
- regular; usual; ordinary
- Synonyms: karaniwan, pangkaraniwan
- habitual; steady; permanent
- uniform; not changing
- customary; usual
- Synonyms: katamtaman, kainaman
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Further reading Edit
- “regular”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018