reign

English

Alternative forms

• raygne (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle English regnen < Anglo-Norman and Old French regner, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun regnum

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: rain, rein
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

reign (plural reigns)

1. The exercise of sovereign power.

   England prosperred under Elizabeth's reign.

2. The period during which a monarch rules.

   The reign of Victoria was a long one.

Translations

The exercise of sovereign power

• Catalan: regnat (ca) m
• Czech: vláda (cs)
• Dutch: troon m, heerschap n, bestuur n, heerschappij (nl) f
• Esperanto: regado (eo)
• Finnish: hallituskausi, valta-aika
• French: règne (fr) m
• German: Herrschaft (de) f, Regentschaft (de) f
• Hungarian: uralom (hu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: فه‌رمان ڕه‌وایه‌تی

• Latgalian: vaļdeit, kienēt

• Latvian: valdīt (lv)
• Lithuanian: valdyti (lt)
• Norwegian: maktutøvelse (no) m
• Portuguese: reinado (pt) m
• Russian: правление (ru) (pravlenije) n, царствование (ru) (carstvovanije), верховная власть (ru) (verxovnaja vlastʹ)
• Slovene: vladavina (sl) f
• Spanish: reinado (es) m
• Swedish: regering (sv) c
• Turkish: devir (tr)

The period during which a monarch rules

• Catalan: regnat (ca) m
• Finnish: hallituskausi, valta-aika
• French: règne (fr) m
• German: Regentschaft (de) f
• Hungarian: uralom (hu)
• Norwegian: regjeringstid (no) m and f

• Russian: правление (ru) (pravlenie) n, царствование (ru) (carstvovanije) n
• Slovene: vladavina (sl) f
• Spanish: reinado (es) m
• Swedish: regering (sv) c
• Turkish: devir (tr)
• Vietnamese: triều đại (vi)

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• Novial: regiro

Verb

reign (third-person singular simple present reigns, present participle reigning, simple past and past participle reigned)

1. (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch

   He reigned in an autocratic manner.

Translations

exercise sovereign power

• Catalan: regnar (ca)
• Czech: vládnout (cs)
• Dutch: regeren (nl)
• Finnish: hallita (fi)
• French: régner (fr)

  Old French: regner

• German: herrschen (de), regieren (de)
• Hungarian: uralkodik (hu)

• Italian: regnare (it)
• Norwegian: regjere (no)
• Novial: regira
• Portuguese: reino (pt)
• Russian: править (ru) (právit') impf., царствовать (ru) (carstvovatʹ)
• Slovene: vladati (sl)
• Spanish: reinar (es)
• Swedish: regera (sv), härska (sv)

Anagrams

• niger, Niger, renig