reign

English

Alternative forms

• raygne (obsolete)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English regnen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French regner, from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun regnum

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɹeɪn/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  Audio (US):

  (file)

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophones: rain, rein
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

reign (plural reigns)

1. The exercise of sovereign power.

   England prospered under Elizabeth I.'s reign.

   • Prior

     Saturn's sons received the threefold reign / Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath.

2. The period during which a monarch rules.

   The reign of Victoria was a long one.

3. The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.

   (Can we [[:Category:Requests for quotations/{{{2}}}|find and add]] a quotation of {{{2}}} to this entry?)

Translations

The exercise of sovereign power

• Arabic: حُكْم (ar) m (ḥukm)

  Hijazi Arabic: حُكُم m (ħukum)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: regnat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: vláda (cs)
• Dutch: troon (nl) m, bestuur (nl) n, heerschappij (nl) f
• Esperanto: regado
• Finnish: hallituskausi, valta-aika
• French: règne (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Herrschaft (de) f, Regentschaft f
• Hungarian: uralom (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: regno (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latgalian: vaļdeit, kienēt
• Latvian: valdīt
• Lithuanian: valdyti
• Norwegian: maktutøvelse m
• Portuguese: reinado (pt) m, reinado (pt) m
• Russian: правле́ние (ru) n (pravlénije), ца́рствование (ru) (cárstvovanije), верховная власть (verxovnaja vlastʹ), властвование (ru) (vlastvovanije)
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: vladavina (sl) f
• Spanish: reinado (es) m
• Swedish: regering (sv) c, maktutövning
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: devir (tr)

The period during which a monarch rules

• Catalan: regnat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: regeringstid c
• Dutch: regering (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: hallituskausi, valta-aika
• French: règne (fr) m
• German: Regentschaft f
• Hungarian: uralom (hu)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regjeringstid m or f

  Nynorsk: regjeringstid f

• Portuguese: reinado (pt) m
• Russian: правле́ние (ru) n (pravlénije), ца́рствование (ru) n (cárstvovanije)
• Slovene: vladavina (sl) f
• Spanish: reinado (es) m
• Swedish: regering (sv) c, regeringstid c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: devir (tr)
• Vietnamese: triều đại (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Novial:

Verb

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

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

   He reigned in an autocratic manner.

   • 2002, David Jeremiah, ‎C. C. Carlson, The Handwriting on the Wall

     With an ear-shattering roar, the huge cats came bounding from their caverns and skidded to a stop as if a powerful hand had reigned them abruptly.

Translations

exercise sovereign power

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Aromanian: vãsilipsescu, amirãripsescu, dumnescu
• Catalan: regnar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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

  Old French: regner

• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: herrschen (de), regieren (de)
• Hungarian: uralkodik (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: regnare (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Ngazidja Comorian: uruma, utawala
• Norwegian: regjere (no)
• Novial:
• Portuguese: reinar (pt)
• Romanian: domni (ro)
• Russian: пра́вить (ru) impf (právitʹ), царствовать (ru) (carstvovatʹ)
• Slovene: vladati (sl)
• Spanish: reinar (es)
• Swedish: regera (sv), härska (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• niger, Niger, renig