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See also: -reg, Reg, reg., reg-, and rég

English

Etymology 1

Clippings.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rĕj, rĕg, IPA(key): /ɹɛd͡ʒ/, /ɹɛɡ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒ, -ɛɡ

Noun

reg (plural regs)

  1. (informal) A regular.
    I've been going to that chat room for months, and I know most of the regs by now.
  2. (informal) A regulation.
  3. registrar
  4. registration
    1. (informal, UK) Short for registration number.
    What's your reg?
  5. registry
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From regolith.

Pronunciation

Noun

reg (countable and uncountable, plural regs)

  1. (geography) A hard surface of rock fragments set in a sandy matrix, found in some hot deserts; regolith, stony desert.
    • 1988, Robert Irwin, The Mysteries of Algiers, Dedalus, published 1993, page 66:
      As I say for half a mile round the fort it is rutted gravel. We call this sort of gravelly stuff reg.
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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch recht, from Middle Dutch recht, from Old Dutch reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (adjective) and *rehtą (noun), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.

Pronunciation

Adjective

reg (attributive regte, comparative regter, superlative regste)

  1. right; correct
  2. real; true; actual

Noun

reg (plural regte)

  1. justice
  2. right

Amanab

Noun

reg

  1. child

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from regar.

Pronunciation

Noun

reg m (plural regs)

  1. irrigation

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Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English register.

Pronunciation

Verb

reg

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) to register (a course, a programme, an event, etc.)

German

Pronunciation

Verb

reg

  1. singular imperative of regen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of regen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

reg

  1. (obsolete) morn (morning)
    Synonym: reggel

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative reg regek
accusative reget regeket
dative regnek regeknek
instrumental reggel regekkel
causal-final regért regekért
translative reggé regekké
terminative regig regekig
essive-formal regként regekként
essive-modal — —
inessive regben regekben
superessive regen regeken
adessive regnél regeknél
illative regbe regekbe
sublative regre regekre
allative reghez regekhez
elative regből regekből
delative regről regekről
ablative regtől regektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		regé regeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		regéi regekéi
Possessive forms of reg
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. regem regeim, regjeim
2nd person sing. reged regeid, regjeid
3rd person sing. rege, regje regei, regjei
1st person plural regünk regeink, regjeink
2nd person plural regetek regeitek, regjeitek
3rd person plural regük, regjük regeik, regjeik

Derived terms

Further reading

  • reg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

·reg

  1. first-person singular future conjunct of téit

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·reg
also ·rreg 		·reg
pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēx, rēgem (“king”).

Pronunciation

Noun

reg (nominative plural regs)

  1. (male or female) royal monarch, king / queen

Declension

declension of reg
singular plural
nominative reg regs
genitive rega regas
dative rege reges
accusative regi regis
vocative 1 o reg! o regs!
predicative 2 regu regus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Welsh

Noun

reg

  1. Soft mutation of rheg.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rheg reg unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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