irregular

See also irregulär

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɪˈrɛɡjəlɚ/, 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.

Antonyms

• regular

Derived terms

• irregular plural
• irregular verb

Translations

nonstandard

Catalan: irregular (ca) Chinese: wúcháng (trad. 無常, simpl. 无常) Dutch: onregelmatig (nl) Esperanto: neregulara (eo) Finnish: epäsäännöllinen (fi), säännötön (fi) French: irregulier (fr) German: irregulär (de)

Greek: ακανόνιστος (el) (akanónistos) m., αντικανονικός (el) (antikanonikós) m. Japanese: 不規則 (ja) (hukisokuna), 変則的 (ja) (hensokutekina) Latin: inconditus (la) m. Polish: nieregularny (pl) m. Romanian: iregular (ro) m. and n., nereglementar (ro) m. and n., neregulat (ro) m. and n. Spanish: irregular (es) Swedish: oregelbunden (sv)

in grammar, applied to verbs

Catalan: irregular (ca) Czech: nepravidelný (cs) m. Finnish: epäsäännöllinen (fi), säännötön (fi) Greek: ανώμαλος (el) (anómalos)

Icelandic: óreglulegur (is) m. Latin: anomalus (la) m. Polish: nieregularny (pl) m.

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. and f. (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