regula

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēgula (rule). Doublet of rail, regal, rigol, and 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

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 (to rule, govern) +‎ -ula.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    rēgula f (genitive rēgulae); first declension

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

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative rēgula rēgulae
    genitive rēgulae rēgulārum
    dative rēgulae rēgulīs
    accusative rēgulam rēgulās
    ablative rēgulā rēgulīs
    vocative rēgula rēgulae

    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, 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[1]
    • 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, 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

    Learned borrowing from Latin regūla (rule, measuring rod).

    Pronunciation

    • (Central Romagnol) IPA(key): [ˈɾeɡulɐ]

    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 conjugation

    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

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    regula

    1. definite nominative/accusative singular of regulă

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin rēgula.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    rȅgula f (Cyrillic spelling ре̏гула)

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

    Declension

    Declension of regula
    singular plural
    nominative regula regule
    genitive regule regula
    dative reguli regulama
    accusative regulu regule
    vocative regulo regule
    locative reguli regulama
    instrumental regulom regulama

    References

    • regula”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /reˈɡula/ [reˈɣ̞u.la]
    • Rhymes: -ula
    • Syllabification: re‧gu‧la

    Verb

    regula

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