regi

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin regius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

regi (feminine règia, masculine plural regis, feminine plural règies)

1. royal, regal, reginal

   Synonym: reial

2. (figurative) sumptuous, magnificent

   Synonym: sumptuós

Related terms

Further reading

• “regi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɡi
• Hyphenation: re‧gi

Verb

regi (present regas, past regis, future regos, conditional regus, volitive regu)

1. to rule, reign, govern, control
   • 1907, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the Third World Congress of Esperanto:

     En Esperantujo regas ne sole la lingvo Esperanto, sed ankaŭ la interna ideo de la Esperantismo.

     The Esperanto world is ruled not only by the language Esperanto, but also by the internal idea of Esperantismo.

   • 1907, Kazimierz Bein (tr.), La Faraono, translation of original by Bolesław Prus, Introduction:

     Sed multaj faraonoj regis mallonge.

     But many pharaohs ruled for a short time.

Conjugation

Conjugation of regi present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense regas regis regos active participle reganta regantaj reginta regintaj regonta regontaj acc. regantan regantajn regintan regintajn regontan regontajn passive participle regata regataj regita regitaj regota regotaj acc. regatan regatajn regitan regitajn regotan regotajn nominal active participle reganto regantoj reginto regintoj regonto regontoj acc. reganton regantojn reginton regintojn regonton regontojn nominal passive participle regato regatoj regito regitoj regoto regotoj acc. regaton regatojn regiton regitojn regoton regotojn adverbial active participle regante reginte regonte adverbial passive participle regate regite regote infinitive regi imperative regu conditional regus

Derived terms

See also

Estonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *reki.

Noun

regi (genitive ree, partitive rege)

1. sledge

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch regie (“management”), from French régie (“administration, commission, state management”), régir (“to govern”), from Latin regere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ré‧gi

Noun

regi (first-person possessive regiku, second-person possessive regimu, third-person possessive reginya)

1. monopolistic government-owned company

Further reading

• “regi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɛdʒi
• Hyphenation: rè‧gi

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

regi

1. masculine plural of regio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

regi m

1. plural of rege

Anagrams

• egri, ergi, gire

Karelian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *reki, compare Finnish reki.

Noun

regi (genitive rien, partitive regie)

1. sledge, sleigh

Latin

Pronunciation

• rēgī: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡiː/,
• rēgī: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒi/,
• regī: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ɡiː/,
• regī: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒi/,

Noun

rēgī

1. dative singular of rēx

Verb

regī

1. present passive infinitive of regō

Ludian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *reki, akin to Finnish reki.

Noun

regi

1. sled

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French, derived from Latin regere (“to reign, control”).

Noun

regi m (definite singular regien, indefinite plural regiar, definite plural regiane)

1. (film, theater) direction
2. leadership

Related terms

References

• “regi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Geir, geir, gire, rige

Old Norse

Etymology

Minced oath of ergi.

Noun

regi f (genitive regi)

1. Alternative form of ergi

Declension

Related terms

Portuguese

Verb

regi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of reger

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

regi m

1. indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural of rege

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French régie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈɧiː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

regi c

1. direction (of a film or a theatre performance)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• regi in Svensk ordbok.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *reki, from Baltic (compare Latvian ragavas, Lithuanian ragės). Related to Finnish reki.

Noun

regi

1. sledge, sleigh
2. cart, wagon

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “воз, дровни, повозка, сани”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛɡi/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈreːɡi/, /ˈrɛɡi/

Verb

regi

1. Soft mutation of rhegi.

Mutation