regent

See also: Regent and régent

English

Etymology

From Middle English regent, from Anglo-Norman regent, Middle French regent, and their source, Latin regēns (“ruling; ruler, governor, prince”), present participle of regō (“I govern, I steer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːdʒənt/

• Audio (RP)

  (file)

Noun

regent (plural regents)

1. (now rare) A ruler. [from 15th c.]
2. One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]
3. (now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities. [from 16th c.]
   • 1999, Philipp Blom, translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage 2001, p. 139:

     This perception, however, does no justice to the regents of the city of Amsterdam.

4. (Scotland, Canada, US) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. [from 18th c.]
5. (Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency

Derived terms

• prince regent

Related terms

• rectangle
• rectilinear
• rector
• rectum
• regency
• regental
• regentship
• régime
• regimen
• regiment
• region

 

Translations

one who rules in place of the monarch

• Armenian: ռեգենտ (hy) (ṙegent), գահի խնամակալ (gahi xnamakal)
• Basque: erregeorde
• Bulgarian: регент m (regent)
• Catalan: regent (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 攝政王 (zh), 摄政王 (zh) (shèzhèngwáng)

• Czech: regent (cs) m, vladař (cs) m
• Danish: regent (da)
• Dutch: regent (nl) m
• Esperanto: reganto
• Estonian: regent (et)
• Finnish: valtionhoitaja (fi), sijaishallitsija
• French: régent (fr) m, régente (fr) f
• Galician: rexente m or f
• German: Regent (de) m, Regentin (de) f
• Greek: αντιβασιλέας (el) m (antivasiléas)

  Ancient: μεσοβασιλεύς m (mesobasileús)

• Hungarian: régens (hu)
• Ido: regento (io)
• Indonesian: wali (id)
• Irish: leasrí m
• Italian: reggente (it) m or f
• Japanese: 摂政 (ja) (せっしょう, sesshō)
• Kannada: ಮಾರಾಳ್ಮ (kn) (mārāḷma)
• Khmer: រាជានុសិទ្ធិ (rie chienu’ səttʰi’)
• Korean: 섭정 (ko) (seopjeong)

• Latin: interrex m
• Latvian: reģents m, regente f
• Lithuanian: regentas m, regentė f
• Macedonian: намесник m (namesnik)
• Malay: pemangku raja
• Manx: lhiass-ree m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regent m

  Nynorsk: regent m

• Persian: نایب‌السلطنه‎
• Polish: regent (pl) m, regentka (pl) f
• Portuguese: regente (pt) m or f
• Romanian: regent (ro) m
• Russian: ре́гент (ru) m (régent)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-thriath m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: регент m

  Roman: regent (sh) m

• Slovak: regent m
• Slovene: regent m
• Spanish: regente (es) m or f
• Sundanese: dalem
• Swedish: regent (sv) c, riksföreståndare c
• Tagalog: rehente
• Thai: ผู้สำเร็จราชการแทนพระองค์ (pûu-sǎm-rèt-râat-chá-gaan-tɛɛn-prá-ong)
• Turkish: naip (tr)
• Ukrainian: ре́гент m (réhent)

Adjective

regent (comparative more regent, superlative most regent)

1. Ruling; governing; regnant.
   • a. 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, OCLC 42005461:

     Some other active regent principle […] which we call the soul.

2. Exercising vicarious authority.
   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     the regent powers

Further reading

• regent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• regent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• Engert, Genter, gerent

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin regēns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /rəˈʒent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /rəˈʒen/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /reˈd͡ʒent/
• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

regent (feminine regenta, masculine plural regents, feminine plural regentes)

1. regent, governing

Noun

regent m or f (plural regents)

1. regent

Derived terms

• regentar

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Czech

Etymology

From German Regent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛɡɛnt]

Noun

regent m anim

1. regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	regent	regentové, regenti
genitive	regenta	regentů
dative	regentovi, regentu	regentům
accusative	regenta	regenty
vocative	regente	regentové, regenti
locative	regentovi, regentu	regentech
instrumental	regentem	regenty

Related terms

• See režim

Further reading

• regent in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• regent in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

Via German Regent and French régent from Latin regēns, a present participle of the verb Latin regō (“to rule”) (whence Danish regere).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁɛˈɡ̊ɛnˀd̥]

Noun

regent c (singular definite regenten, plural indefinite regenter)

1. (politics) a monarch, a regent (one who rules)

Inflection

Declension of regent

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	regent	regenten	regenter	regenterne
genitive	regents	regentens	regenters	regenternes

Related terms

• regere
• regering

 

References

• “regent” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch regent, from Middle French regent, from Old French regent, from Latin regēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈɣɛnt/, /reːˈɣɛnt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: re‧gent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

regent m (plural regenten, diminutive regentje n, feminine regentes)

1. regent, acting head of state in a monarch's place
2. (Belgium) A secondary school teacher whose non-university degree only qualifies to teach in the lower grades.

Derived terms

• prins-regent
• regentenstand
• regentenstuk
• regentes
• regentesk
• subregent

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːɣənt/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

regent

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of regenen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of regenen

Anagrams

• tenger

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ɡent/, [ˈrɛɡɛn̪t̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒent/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒen̪t̪]

Verb

regent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of regō

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French regent, see below.

Noun

regent m (plural regens)

1. regent

Descendants

• → English: regent
• French: régent

References

• regent on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin regens.

Noun

regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regenter, definite plural regentene)

1. a regent, monarch, ruler

Derived terms

• prinsregent

References

• “regent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “regent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin regens.

Noun

regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regentar, definite plural regentane)

1. a regent, monarch, ruler

Derived terms

• prinsregent

References

• “regent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin regēns (“ruling, as a noun, a ruler, governor, prince”); present participle of regō (“I govern, I steer”).

Noun

regent m (oblique plural regens, nominative singular regens, nominative plural regent)

1. regent (one who reigns in the absence of a monarch)

Declension

  Declension of regent  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	Subject	regens, regenz	regente
	Oblique	regent	regente
Plural	Subject	regent	regentes
	Oblique	regens, regenz	regentes

Descendants

• Middle French: regent
  • → English: regent
  • French: régent

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Regent, from French régent, from Middle French regent, from Old French regent, from Latin regēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.ɡɛnt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɡɛnt
• Syllabification: re‧gent

Noun

regent m pers (feminine regentka)

1. regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)
2. (historical) an official in charge of a royal chancellery, a secretary to the chancellor or the sub-chancellor; also: an official looking after the chancellery and court archives

Declension

Declension of regent

	singular	plural
nominative	regent	regenci
genitive	regenta	regentów
dative	regentowi	regentom
accusative	regenta	regentów
instrumental	regentem	regentami
locative	regencie	regentach
vocative	regencie	regenci

Derived terms

adjective

• regencki

 

Related terms

adjective

• regencyjny

 

noun

• regencja

 

Further reading

• regent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• regent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French regent, from Latin régens.

Noun

regent m (plural regenți)

1. regent

Declension

Declension of regent

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) regent	regentul	(niște) regenți	regenții
genitive/dative	(unui) regent	regentului	(unor) regenți	regenților
vocative	regentule		regenților

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Swedish

Noun

regent c

1. a monarch or a regent, one who rules

Declension

Declension of regent
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	regent	regenten	regenter	regenterna
Genitive	regents	regentens	regenters	regenternas

Anagrams

• regnet