irregular

See also irregulär

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old French irreguler, from Medieval Latin irregularis, from in- + regularis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɪˈrɛɡjəlɚ/, X-SAMPA: /I"rEgj@l@`/

Adjective

irregular (comparative more irregular, superlative most irregular)

1. Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations.
2. Of a surface, rough.
3. Without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity.
   • 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 47–48: 

     Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.

Antonyms

• regular

Derived terms

• irregular plural
• irregular verb

Translations

nonstandard

• Catalan: irregular (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無常 (cmn), 无常 (cmn) (wúcháng)

• Dutch: onregelmatig (nl)
• Esperanto: neregulara (eo)
• Finnish: epäsäännöllinen (fi), säännötön (fi)
• French: irregulier (fr)
• German: irregulär (de), unregelmäßig (de)
• Greek: ακανόνιστος (el) (akanónistos) m, αντικανονικός (el) (antikanonikós) m

• Irish: neamhrialta (ga)
• Japanese: 不規則 (ja) (ふきそく, fukisoku), 変則的 (ja) (へんそくてき, hensokuteki)
• Jèrriais: irrédgulyi
• Latin: inconditus (la) m
• Polish: nieregularny (pl) m
• Romanian: iregular (ro) m and n, nereglementar (ro) m and n, neregulat (ro) m and n
• Russian: неправильный (ru) (neprávilʹnyj), нестандартный (ru) (nestandártnyj)
• Spanish: irregular (es)
• Swedish: oregelbunden (sv)

in grammar, applied to verbs

• Catalan: irregular (ca)
• Czech: nepravidelný (cs) m
• Finnish: epäsäännöllinen (fi), säännötön (fi)
• German: unregelmäßig (de)
• Greek: ανώμαλος (el) (anómalos) m
• Icelandic: óreglulegur (is) m

• Irish: neamhrialta (ga)
• Jèrriais: irrédgulyi
• Latin: anomalus (la) m
• Polish: nieregularny (pl) m
• Russian: неправильный (ru) (neprávilʹnyj)

Noun

irregular (plural irregulars)

1. A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and, often, does not follow regular army tactics.

Translations

soldier

• Greek: άτακτος (el) (átaktos) m

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Catalan

Adjective

irregular m, f (masculine and feminine plural irregulars)

1. irregular

Antonyms

• regular

Related terms

• irregularitat

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Galician

Adjective

irregular m and f (plural irregulares)

1. irregular

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Spanish

Adjective

irregular m and f (plural irregulares)

1. irregular