regle

See also: réglé, reglé, and règle

English

Etymology

See reglement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡəl/

Verb

regle (third-person singular simple present regles, present participle regling, simple past and past participle regled)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of reigle (“to rule/govern”).
   • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:

     to regle their lives

References

• “regle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Egler, Leger, Ergle, leger

German

Verb

regle

1. inflection of regeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse regla, from Latin regula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡlə/

Noun

regle f or m (definite singular regla or reglen, indefinite plural regler, definite plural reglene)

1. a rhyme, jingle
2. a rhythmic and (often) rhyming series of words or syllables, often with joking or absurd content, used e.g. in children's play's or practiced as a lyrical genre

Derived terms

• barneregle

See also

• rim
• skrøne

References

• “regle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Spanish

Verb

regle

1. inflection of reglar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative