regia

See also: regía, régia, and règia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈʒi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈd͡ʒi.a]

Verb

regia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of regir

Italian

Etymology 1

Derived from French régie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈd͡ʒi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: re‧gì‧a

Noun

regia f (plural regie)

1. (film) direction
2. (theater, television, etc.) direction, production
3. organization, direction

Related terms

• regista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -ɛdʒa
• Hyphenation: rè‧gia

Adjective

regia

1. feminine singular of regio

Noun

regia f (plural regie)

1. alternative form of reggia

Further reading

• regia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• regia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• regia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• regìa, règia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• Graie, agire, egira, eriga, giare, ragie, reagì

Latin

Pronunciation

• rēgia: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː.ɡi.a]
• rēgiā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː.ɡi.aː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.d͡ʒi.a]

Etymology 1

Substantive noun from rēgius (“regal, royal; a royal [thing]”) directly and via various ellipses of collocative terms with feminine nouns (e.g. domus, "house", and urbs, "city"). Compare the origin of Greek βασιλική (vasilikí, “basilica”), from the Byzantine Greek term βασιλική στοά (basilikḗ stoá, “royal building”).

Noun

rēgia f (genitive rēgiae); first declension

1. a royal palace, castle, fortress, residence; court; kingship
2. the royal tent in a camp
3. a royal city, capital
4. a roofed colonnade, portico, hall
5. the central entrance to a theatre

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rēgia	rēgiae
genitive	rēgiae	rēgiārum
dative	rēgiae	rēgiīs
accusative	rēgiam	rēgiās
ablative	rēgiā	rēgiīs
vocative	rēgia	rēgiae

Descendants

• Italian: reggia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of rēgius (“of or pertaining to a king; regal, royal”).

Adjective

rēgia

1. inflection of rēgius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Derived terms

• aqua rēgia

Adjective

rēgiā

1. ablative feminine singular of rēgius

References

• “regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "regia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “regia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “regia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “regia”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• “regia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “regia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒi.ɐ/ [heˈʒi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒi.ɐ/ [heˈʒi.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒi.ɐ/ [χeˈʒi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒi.a/ [heˈʒi.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈʒi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧gi‧a

Verb

regia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of reger

Anagrams

• gerai, geria, regai

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrexja/ [ˈre.xja]
• Rhymes: -exja
• Syllabification: re‧gia

Adjective

regia

1. feminine singular of regio