regula

English

Etymology

From Latin regula (“rule”).

Noun

regula (plural regulae)

1. a book of rules for a religious establishment
2. (architecture) one of the bands under a Doric triglyph or between the canals of the triglyphs

Asturian

Verb

regula

1. inflection of regular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

regula

1. inflection of regular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

regula

1. inflection of regular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ladin

Verb

regula

1. inflection of reguler:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology

From regō (“I rule, govern”) +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡu.la/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ɡu.la/,

Noun

rēgula f (genitive rēgulae); first declension

1. rule, bar
2. ruler (measuring or drawing device)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• exceptiō probat rēgulam

Descendants

Verb

rēgulā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rēgulō

References

• “regula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “regula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regula 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)
• regula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “regula”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “regula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “regula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rēgŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 217

Portuguese

Verb

regula

1. inflection of regular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romagnol

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regula (“rule, measuring rod”).

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key):

Noun

regula f (plural regul)

1. the old family unit of peasant families with a patriarchal structure
2. class, rank, social class

References

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 498

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.ɡuˈla/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French réguler, borrowed from Latin regulare. Doublet of regla.

Verb

a regula (third-person singular present regulează, past participle regulat) 1st conj.

1. to arrange, set in order, put in order
2. to regulate
3. to set
4. (colloquial) to fuck, to screw, to bang (someone)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• regulat

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

regula

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of regulă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rêɡula/
• Hyphenation: re‧gu‧la

Noun

rȅgula f (Cyrillic spelling ре̏гула)

1. (colloquial) rule, regulation, custom, order

Declension

References

• “regula” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɡula/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: re‧gu‧la

Verb

regula

1. inflection of regular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative