ruler

English

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A ruler (measuring device).

Etymology

rule +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːlə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːlɚ/
• Rhymes: -uːlə(ɹ)

Noun

ruler ‎(plural rulers)

1. A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a rule; a straightedge with markings; a measure.
2. A person who rules or governs; a person who exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

Usage notes

In American English, the word "ruler" is often used specifically to refer to such a measuring device that is one foot (12 inches) long. Used in contrast with "yardstick" and "meter stick."

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:ruler
• (measuring instrument): rule

Hyponyms

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Translations

measuring or drawing device

• Afrikaans: liniaal (af), liniale pl
• Arabic: مِسْطَرَة f ‎(misṭara)
• Armenian: քանոն (hy) ‎(kʿanon)
• Asturian: regla (ast) f
• Azeri: xətkeş (az)
• Belarusian: ліне́йка f ‎(linjéjka)
• Bulgarian: лини́йка f ‎(liníjka)
• Burmese: မျည်းတံ ‎(myany:tam)
• Catalan: regla (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直尺 (zh) ‎(zhíchǐ), 尺子 (zh) ‎(chǐzi)

• Czech: pravítko (cs) n
• Danish: lineal
• Dutch: meetlat (nl), liniaal (nl)
• Esperanto: liniilo
• Estonian: joonlaud
• Finnish: viivain (fi), viivoitin
• French: règle (fr) f
• Galician: regra (gl) f
• Georgian: სახაზავი ‎(saxazavi)
• German: Lineal (de) n
• Greek: χάρακας (el) m ‎(chárakas)

  Ancient Greek: κανών m ‎(kanṓn)

• Hebrew: סַרְגֵל (he) m ‎(sar'gél)
• Hungarian: vonalzó (hu)
• Icelandic: reglustika f
• Ido: linealo (io)
• Irish: rialóir m
• Italian: righello m
• Japanese: 定規 (ja) ‎(じょうぎ, jōgi), 物差し ‎(ものさし, monosashi), ルーラー ‎(rūrā)
• Kalmyk: кимзә ‎(kimzä)
• Kazakh: сызғыш (kk) ‎(sızğış)
• Korean: 자 (ko) ‎(ja)
• Kyrgyz: сызгыч (ky) ‎(sızgıç)
• Lao: ໄມ້ບັນທັດ (lo) ‎(mai ban that)

• Latgalian: linejals m
• Latin: rēgula f
• Latvian: lineāls (lv) m
• Lithuanian: liniuotė f
• Lü: ᦺᦙᧉᦶᦑᧅ ‎(may²taek)
• Macedonian: ли́нијар m ‎(línijar)
• Malay: pembaris
• Maltese: riga f
• Manchu: ᡱᡳ ‎(cy)
• Mongolian: шугам (mn) ‎(šugam)
• Navajo: bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí
• Norman: relle f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: linjal (no) m

  Nynorsk: linjal m

• Persian: خط‌کش ‎(xatkeš), خط کش (fa)
• Polish: linijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: régua (pt) f
• Romanian: riglă (ro) f, linie (ro) f
• Russian: лине́йка (ru) f ‎(linéjka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цртало n, равнало n

  Roman: crtalo (sh) n, ravnalo (sh) n

• Slovak: pravítko n
• Slovene: ravnilo (sl) n
• Spanish: regla (es) f
• Swahili: masharti (sw)
• Swedish: linjal (sv) c
• Tagalog: galod
• Tatar: сызгыч (tt) ‎(sızgıç), җәдвәл ‎(cädwäl)
• Thai: ไม้บรรทัด ‎(máibànthád)
• Turkish: cetvel (tr)
• Turkmen: lineýka
• Ukrainian: ліні́йка f ‎(liníjka)
• Uzbek: lineyka (uz), chizgʻich (uz)

person who rules or governs

• Afrikaans: heerser, heersers
• Arabic: حَاكِم m ‎(ḥākim)

  Egyptian Arabic: حاكم m ‎(ḥakem)

• Armenian: տիրակալ (hy) ‎(tirakal)
• Bashkir: батша ‎(batša), хаким ‎(xakim)
• Burmese: အုပ်ချုပ်သောသူ ‎(uphkyupsau:su)
• Catalan: líder (ca), governant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 統治者 (zh), 统治者 (zh) ‎(tǒngzhìzhě)

• Czech: vládce (cs) m
• Esperanto: regnestro
• Estonian: riigivalitseja
• Finnish: hallitsija (fi)
• French: dirigeant (fr) m, chef (fr) m
• Georgian: მმართველი ‎(mmartveli)
• German: Herrscher (de) m
• Greek: κυβερνήτης (el) m ‎(kyvernítis)
• Haitian Creole: chèf
• Hebrew: מַנְהִיג (he) m ‎(manhíg), שַׁלִּיט m ‎(shálit)
• Hungarian: uralkodó (hu)
• Indonesian: penguasa (id)
• Irish: rialtóir m
• Italian: sovrano (it) m

• Japanese: 支配者 ‎(しはいしゃ, shihaisha), 知事 ‎(ちじ, chiji), 統治者 ‎(とうちしゃ, tōchisha)
• Korean: 통치자 (ko) ‎(tongchija)
• Latgalian: vaļdinīks m, vaļdineica f
• Latvian: valdnieks m, valdniece f
• Lithuanian: valdovas m, valdovė f
• Mongolian: захирагч (mn) ‎(zahiragč)
• Nahuatl: tecutli
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hersker (no) m, makthaver (no) m

  Nynorsk: herskar m, makthavar m

• Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ‎(qaɣan)
• Persian: حاکم (fa) ‎(hâkem), حکمران (fa) ‎(hokmrân)
• Polish: władca (pl) m, władczyni (pl) f
• Portuguese: governante (pt) m
• Romanian: guvernant (ro) m, domnitor (ro) m
• Russian: прави́тель (ru) m ‎(pravítelʹ), прави́тельница (ru) f ‎(pravítelʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вла̀да̄р m, вођа f

  Roman: vlàdār (sh) m, vođa (sh) f

• Spanish: gobernante (es)
• Swedish: härskare (sv) c, ledare (sv) c
• Tagalog: naghahari
• Turkish: hükümdar (tr)
• Ukrainian: прави́тель (uk) m ‎(pravýtelʹ), прави́телька (uk) f ‎(pravýtelʹka)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

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• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} sundimtar m
• Azeri: ^{(please verify)} hökmdar, ^{(please verify)} xətkeş
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} joonlaud
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} pembaris
• Kannada: ^{(please verify)} ರೂಲರ್ ‎(rūlar)
• Lao: ^{(please verify)} ໄມ້ບັນທັດ ‎(mai ban that)
• Malay: ^{(please verify)} penguasa
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} upravljač

• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} reglador, ^{(please verify)} dinasta
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} ஆட்சியாளர் ‎(āṭciyāḷar)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పాలకుడిగా ‎(pālakuḍigā)
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} ліні́йка f ‎(liníjka)
• Uzbek: ^{(please verify)} hokim, ^{(please verify)} idora qiluvchi, ^{(please verify)} chizgʻich
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} cây thước, ^{(please verify)} cái thước kẻ
• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} ווירע f ‎(vire)

Verb

ruler ‎(third-person singular simple present rulers, present participle rulering, simple past and past participle rulered)

1. (transitive) To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

External links

• ruler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ruler in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
•  Ruler on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons