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English

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Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹiːd͡ʒənt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

regent (plural regents)

  1. (now rare) A ruler.
  2. One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
  3. (now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities.
    • 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.
  4. (Scotland, Canada, US) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.
  5. (Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency

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Adjective

regent (comparative more regent, superlative most regent)

  1. 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.
  2. Exercising vicarious authority.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regentem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

regent m or f (masculine and feminine plural regents)

  1. regent, governing

Noun

regent m or f by sense (plural regents)

  1. regent

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Regent.

Pronunciation

Noun

regent m anim

  1. regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)

Declension

Declension of regent (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative regent regenti
genitive regenta regentů
dative regentovi, regentu regentům
accusative regenta regenty
vocative regente regenti
locative regentovi, regentu regentech
instrumental regentem regenty

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Further reading

  • regent in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • regent in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • regent in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

Via German Regent and French régent from Latin regēns, a present participle of the verb Latin regō (“to rule”) (whence Danish regere).

Pronunciation

Noun

regent c (singular definite regenten, plural indefinite regenter)

  1. (politics) a monarch, a regent (one who rules)

Declension

Declension of regent
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative regent regenten regenter regenterne
genitive regents regentens regenters regenternes

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch regent, from Middle French regent, from Old French regent, from Latin regēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəˈɣɛnt/, /reːˈɣɛnt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧gent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

regent m (plural regenten, diminutive regentje n, feminine regentes)

  1. regent, acting head of state in a monarch's place
  2. (Belgium) A secondary school teacher whose non-university degree only qualifies to teach in the lower grades.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

regent

  1. inflection of regenen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

regent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of regō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French regent, see below.

Noun

regent m (plural regens)

  1. regent

Descendants

  • → English: regent
  • French: régent

References

  • regent on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Latin regens.

Noun

regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regenter, definite plural regentene)

  1. a regent, monarch, ruler

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Latin regens.

Noun

regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regentar, definite plural regentane)

  1. a regent, monarch, ruler

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References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin regēns (“ruling, as a noun, a ruler, governor, prince”); present participle of regō (“I govern, I steer”).

Noun

regent oblique singular, m (oblique plural regens, nominative singular regens, nominative plural regent)

  1. regent (one who reigns in the absence of a monarch)

Declension

  Declension of regent  
Number Case Masculine Feminine
Singular Subject regens, regenz regente
Oblique regent regente
Plural Subject regent regentes
Oblique regens, regenz regentes

Descendants

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Regent.

Pronunciation

Noun

regent m pers (female equivalent regentka, related adjective regencki)

  1. regent (person who rules in place of the monarch)
  2. (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

Declension

Declension of regent
singular plural
nominative regent regenci/regenty (deprecative)
genitive regenta regentów
dative regentowi regentom
accusative regenta regentów
instrumental regentem regentami
locative regencie regentach
vocative regencie regenci

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nouns

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adjective
noun

Further reading

  • regent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • regent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • regent in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French regent, from Latin régens.

Noun

regent m (plural regenți)

  1. regent

Declension

Declension of regent
singular plural
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

Swedish

Noun

regent c

  1. a monarch or a regent, one who rules

Declension

Declension of regent 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative regent regenten regenter regenterna
Genitive regents regentens regenters regenternas

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