reg

See also: -reg, Reg, reg., reg-, and rég

English

Etymology 1

Clippings.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕj, rĕg, IPA^(key): /ɹɛd͡ʒ/, /ɹɛɡ/ (loosely by the pronunciation of the source word)

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒ, -ɛɡ

Noun

reg (plural regs)

1. (informal) A regular.

   I've been going to that chat room for months, and I know most of the regs by now.

2. (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.

3. registrar
4. registration
   1. (informal, UK) Short for registration number.

   What's your reg?

5. registry

Derived terms

• on the reg

Etymology 2

From regolith.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕg, IPA^(key): /ɹɛɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Noun

reg (countable and uncountable, plural regs)

1. (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

• (hard surface of rock in sand): hammada, serir, yardang, desert pavement

See also

• erg
• koum
• zeugen

Anagrams

• -erg-, EGR, ERG, GER, GRE, Ger, Ger., Ger⁺⁶, erg, ger, gre

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

reg (attributive regte, comparative regter, superlative regste)

1. right; correct
2. real; true; actual

Noun

reg (plural regte)

1. justice
2. right

Amanab

Noun

reg

1. child

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from regar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈrɛk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈrək]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrek]

Noun

reg m (plural regs)

1. irrigation

Further reading

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

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English register.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛk̚⁵⁵/

Verb

reg

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) to register (a course, a programme, an event, etc.)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁeːk/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

reg

1. singular imperative of regen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of regen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛɡ]
• Hyphenation: reg

Noun

reg

1. (obsolete) morn (morning)

   Synonym: reggel

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	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
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

• reggel
• rég
• rögtön

 

Further reading

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr͈ʲeɣ/

Verb

·reg

1. first-person singular future conjunct of téit

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·reg also ·rreg	·reg pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēx, rēgem (“king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡ/, [ɾeɡ]

Noun

reg (nominative plural regs)

1. (male or female) royal monarch, king / queen

Declension

declension of reg

	singular	plural
nominative	reg	regs
genitive	rega	regas
dative	rege	reges
accusative	regi	regis
vocative 1	o reg!	o regs!
predicative 2	regu	regus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

• hireg
• jireg

Derived terms

• 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

• 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

• guv
• guvan
• guveral
• guverön
• hilampör
• hizar
• jilampör
• jizar
• lampör
• reig
• reigan
• reigän
• reigön
• zar

Welsh

Noun

reg

1. Soft mutation of rheg.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rheg	reg	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.