regia

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See also: regía, régia, and règia

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

regia

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of regir

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈd͡ʒi.a/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: re‧gì‧a

Noun

regia f (plural regie)

  1. (film) direction
  2. (theater, television, etc.) direction, production
  3. organization, direction

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

regia

  1. feminine singular of regio

Noun

regia f (plural regie)

  1. Alternative form of reggia

References

  1. ^ regia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ regia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • regia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • regia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • regia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • regìa, règia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • regìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Substantive noun from an ellipsis of the collocative term domus regia ("royal home/dwelling/abode"), itself from domus (house, home, abode, dwelling) and rēgius (of or pertaining to a king; regal, royal). Compare origin of Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ, basilica), from Byzantine Greek term βασιλική στοά (basilikḗ stoá, royal building).

Noun

rēgia f (genitive rēgiae); first declension

  1. a royal palace, castle, fortress, residence; court; kingship
  2. the royal tent in a camp
  3. a royal city, capital
  4. a roofed colonnade, portico, hall
  5. the central entrance to a theatre
Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants
  • Italian: reggia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of rēgius (of or pertaining to a king; regal, royal).

Adjective

rēgia

  1. inflection of rēgius:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

rēgiā

  1. ablative feminine singular of rēgius
Derived terms

References

  • regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • regia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • regia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • regia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • regia”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
  • regia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • regia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: re‧gi‧a

Verb

regia

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of reger

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrexja/
  • Rhymes: -exja
  • Syllabification: re‧gia

Adjective

regia

  1. feminine singular of regio