regi

See also: régi, regí, and reĝi

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin regius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈre̞.ʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [ˈrɛ.ʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrɛ.d͡ʒi]

Adjective

regi (feminine règia, masculine plural regis, feminine plural règies)

1. royal, regal, reginal

   Synonym: reial

2. (figurative) sumptuous, magnificent

   Synonym: sumptuós

Related terms

• regne
• rei
• reina

Further reading

• “regi”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreɡi/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -eɡi
• Syllabification: re‧gi

Verb

regi (present regas, past regis, future regos, conditional regus, volitive regu)

1. to rule, reign, govern, control
   • 1907, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the Third World Congress of Esperanto:

     En Esperantujo regas ne sole la lingvo Esperanto, sed ankaŭ la interna ideo de la Esperantismo.

     The Esperanto world is ruled not only by the language Esperanto, but also by the internal idea of Esperantismo.

   • 1907, Kazimierz Bein (tr.), La Faraono, translation of original by Bolesław Prus, Introduction:

     Sed multaj faraonoj regis mallonge.

     But many pharaohs ruled for a short time.

   • 2025 November 12, Thomas Bormann, “La nekredebla viv-historio de Dany Dattel”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 December 2025:

     Dum tiu periodo en Germanio regis la nazioj.

     The Nazis controlled Germany during that time period.

Conjugation

Conjugation of regi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		regas		regis		regos
active participle		reganta	regantaj	reginta	regintaj	regonta	regontaj
	acc.	regantan	regantajn	regintan	regintajn	regontan	regontajn
passive participle		regata	regataj	regita	regitaj	regota	regotaj
	acc.	regatan	regatajn	regitan	regitajn	regotan	regotajn
nominal active participle		reganto	regantoj	reginto	regintoj	regonto	regontoj
	acc.	reganton	regantojn	reginton	regintojn	regonton	regontojn
nominal passive participle		regato	regatoj	regito	regitoj	regoto	regotoj
	acc.	regaton	regatojn	regiton	regitojn	regoton	regotojn
adverbial active participle		regante		reginte		regonte
adverbial passive participle		regate		regite		regote
		infinitive	regi	imperative	regu	conditional	regus

Derived terms

• registaro (“government”)

See also

• estri (“to lead; to head, be the leader”)

Further reading

• “regi”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “regi”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
• Grosjean, Émile (1980), “regi”, in Plena Vortaro de Esperanto‎^[2], →OL, page 402
• Bein, Kazimierz (1922), “regi”, in Vortaro de Esperanto‎^[3], →OL, page 135
• Wells, John C. (1992), “reg/i, boss, dominate, govern, obtain, prevail, regulate”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[4], →ISBN, pages 136, 193, 237, 265, 319, 340, 351
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “control, dominate, govern, hold, manage, obtain, prevail, regulate, ride, rule, run, sway”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[5], →ISBN, pages 135, 172, 236, 256, 315, 353, 400, 425, 434, 441, 442, 515
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “reg-i”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[6], →OL, page 346
• Motteau, Achille (1907), “reg-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[7], →OCLC, page 126

Estonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *reki.

Noun

regi (genitive ree, partitive rege)

1. sledge

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch regie (“management”), from French régie (“administration, commission, state management”), régir (“to govern”), from Latin regere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈreɡi]
• Hyphenation: ré‧gi

Noun

regi (plural regi-regi)

1. monopolistic government-owned company

Further reading

• “regi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɛdʒi
• Hyphenation: rè‧gi

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

regi

1. masculine plural of regio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

regi m

1. plural of rege

Anagrams

• egri, ergi, gire

Karelian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *reki, compare Finnish reki.

Noun

regi (genitive rien, partitive regie)

1. sledge, sleigh

Latin

Pronunciation

• rēgī:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː.ɡiː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.d͡ʒi]
• regī:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛ.ɡiː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.d͡ʒi]

Noun

rēgī

1. dative singular of rēx

Verb

regī

1. present passive infinitive of regō

Ludian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *reki, akin to Finnish reki.

Noun

regi

1. sled

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French, derived from Latin regere (“to reign, control”).

Noun

regi m (definite singular regien, indefinite plural regiar, definite plural regiane)

1. (film, theater) direction
2. leadership

Related terms

• regissera, regissere
• regissør

References

• “regi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Geir, geir, gire, rige

Old Norse

Etymology

Minced oath of ergi.

Noun

regi f (genitive regi)

1. alternative form of ergi

Declension

Declension of regi (weak īn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	regi	regin
accusative	regi	regina
dative	regi	reginni
genitive	regi	reginnar

Related terms

• ragr

Portuguese

Verb

regi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of reger

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [red͡ʒʲ]

Noun

regi m

1. indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural of rege

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French régie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈɧiː/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

regi c

1. direction (of a film or a theatre performance)

Declension

Declension of regi

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	regi	regis
	definite	regin	regins
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• regissera
• regissör

Further reading

• “regi”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *reki, from Baltic (compare Latvian ragavas, Lithuanian ragės). Related to Finnish reki.

Noun

regi

1. sledge, sleigh
2. cart, wagon

Inflection

Inflection of regi (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing.	regi
genitive sing.	regen
partitive sing.	reged
partitive plur.	regid
	singular	plural
nominative	regi	reged
accusative	regen	reged
genitive	regen	regiden
partitive	reged	regid
essive-instructive	regen	regin
translative	regeks	regikš
inessive	reges	regiš
elative	regespäi	regišpäi
illative	regehe	regihe
adessive	regel	regil
ablative	regelpäi	regilpäi
allative	regele	regile
abessive	regeta	regita
comitative	regenke	regidenke
prolative	regedme	regidme
approximative I	regenno	regidenno
approximative II	regennoks	regidennoks
egressive	regennopäi	regidennopäi
terminative I	regehesai	regihesai
terminative II	regelesai	regilesai
terminative III	regessai	—
additive I	regehepäi	regihepäi
additive II	regelepäi	regilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “воз, дровни, повозка, сани”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[8], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛɡi/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈreːɡi/, /ˈrɛɡi/

Verb

regi

1. soft mutation of rhegi

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhegi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhegi	regi	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.