reg
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Clippings.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: rĕj, rĕg, IPA(key): /ɹɛd͡ʒ/, /ɹɛɡ/ (loosely by the pronunciation of the source word)
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒ, -ɛɡ
Noun
[edit]reg (plural regs)
- (informal) A regular.
- I've been going to that chat room for months, and I know most of the regs by now.
- (informal) A regulation.
- 1990 December 16, “Prisoners Writing Prisoners”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 18:
- It makes me sad to see a prisoner complain about another prisoner not writing. His or her mailroom (or yours!) might have just tossed the letter; besides the rules and regs for prisoners writing each other are different in every state, and may change for no reason. Or, the rules may be ignored (especially for gay prisoners) also, even prisons that do accept mail from other prisoners, may not deliver it to people in isolation or on certain security levels.
- registrar
- registration
- (informal, UK) Short for registration number.
- What's your reg?
- registry
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From regolith.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]reg (countable and uncountable, plural regs)
- (geography) A hard surface of rock fragments set in a sandy matrix, found in some hot deserts; regolith, stony desert.
- 1988, Robert Irwin, The Mysteries of Algiers, Dedalus, published 1993, page 66:
- As I say for half a mile round the fort it is rutted gravel. We call this sort of gravelly stuff reg.
Synonyms
[edit]- (hard surface of rock in sand): hammada, serir, yardang, desert pavement
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch recht, from Middle Dutch recht, from Old Dutch reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (adjective) and *rehtą (noun), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]reg (attributive regte, comparative regter, superlative regste)
Noun
[edit]reg (plural regte)
Amanab
[edit]Noun
[edit]reg
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]reg m (plural regs)
Further reading
[edit]- “reg” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chinese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From clipping of English register.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]reg
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) to register (a course, a programme, an event, etc.)
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]reg
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]reg
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | reg | regek |
accusative | reget | regeket |
dative | regnek | regeknek |
instrumental | reggel | regekkel |
causal-final | regért | regekért |
translative | reggé | regekké |
terminative | regig | regekig |
essive-formal | regként | regekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | regben | regekben |
superessive | regen | regeken |
adessive | regnél | regeknél |
illative | regbe | regekbe |
sublative | regre | regekre |
allative | reghez | regekhez |
elative | regből | regekből |
delative | regről | regekről |
ablative | regtől | regektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
regé | regeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
regéi | regekéi |
Possessive forms of reg | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | regem | regeim, regjeim |
2nd person sing. | reged | regeid, regjeid |
3rd person sing. | rege, regje | regei, regjei |
1st person plural | regünk | regeink, regjeink |
2nd person plural | regetek | regeitek, regjeitek |
3rd person plural | regük, regjük | regeik, regjeik |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- reg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Old Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]·reg
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
·reg also ·rreg |
·reg pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Volapük
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin rēx, rēgem (“king”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]reg (nominative plural regs)
Declension
[edit]declension of reg
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- ad reg peleüledölan (leül, leülön, leüled, leüledön)
- davälareg
- dobareg
- gerareg
- lampör-reg
- Norgänareg
- regakur
- regakvil
- regam
- regasomun, Osmunda regalis
- regatigrid, Panthera tigris tigris
- regavat
- regän
- regiäl
- regik
- regiko
- regikön
- regil
- regisasen
- reg läna
- reg Norgäna
- rego
- regön
- reg Svedäna
- regükön
- regül
- Svedänareg
Related terms
[edit]- davälahireg
- davälajireg
- dobahireg
- dobajireg
- gerahireg
- gerajireg
- hilampör-hireg
- hiregapijun (cf. en: king pigeon (or simply king), de: Kingtaube)
- hiregän
- hiregänik
- hiregik
- hiregiko
- hirego
- hireg cögädom (cög, cögön, cögädön, cögan)
- hireg Norgäna
- hireg Svedäna
- hiregül
- jilampör-jireg
- jiregän
- jiregänik
- jiregik
- jiregiko
- jireg Norgäna
- jirego
- jireg Svedäna
- jiregül
- Norgänahireg
- Norgänajireg
- regänik
- regän Sikilänas tel
- regiälan
- regiälik
- regiälim
- regiäliman
- regiälimik
- regisasenan
- Svedänahireg
- Svedänajireg
- tareg
- vireg
See also
[edit]Welsh
[edit]Noun
[edit]reg
- Soft mutation of rheg.
Mutation
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