different between irregular vs croat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French irreguler, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin irr?gul?ris, from in- + regularis, equivalent to ir- +? regular.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????j?l?/

Adjective

irregular (comparative more irregular, superlative most irregular)

1. nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations
2. (of a surface) rough
3. without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity
4. (geometry, of a polygon) not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal
5. (geometry, of a polyhedron) whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each other)
6. (grammar, of a word) not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language

Synonyms

• (nonstandard): abnormal, singular; see also Thesaurus:strange
• (rough): coarse, salebrous; see also Thesaurus:rough
• (without uniformity): unstable, unsteady; see also Thesaurus:unsteady
• (not following the regular patterns of inflection): heteroclite

Antonyms

• regular

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

irregular (plural irregulars)

1. A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics.
2. One who does not regularly attend a venue.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin irr?gul?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /i.r?.?u?la/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.re.?u?la?/

Adjective

irregular (masculine and feminine plural irregulars)

1. irregular

   Antonym: regular

Derived terms

• irregularment

Related terms

• irregularitat

Further reading

• “irregular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “irregular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “irregular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “irregular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin irr?gul?ris.

Adjective

irregular m or f (plural irregulares)

1. irregular

   Antonym: regular

Related terms

• irregularidade

Further reading

• “irregular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin irr?gul?ris.

Adjective

irregular m or f (plural irregulares, comparable)

1. irregular; nonstandard
2. (grammar) irregular (not following an inflectional paradigm)

Antonyms

• regular

Derived terms

• irregularmente

Related terms

• irregularidade

Further reading

• “irregular” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin irr?gul?ris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ire?u?la?/, [i.re.??u?la?]

Adjective

irregular (plural irregulares)

1. irregular, uneven, erratic, haphazard
2. patchy, spotty, jagged, ragged
3. fitful
4. (grammar) (of a verb etc.) irregular

   Antonym: regular

Derived terms

• verbo irregular

Related terms

• irregularidad
• regular

Further reading

• “irregular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /k?o?at/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /k?u?at/
• Rhymes: -at

Etymology 1

From the participle of the obsolete Catalan verb croar (“to cross”).

Adjective

croat (feminine croada, masculine plural croats, feminine plural croades)

1. (obsolete) having the shape of a cross
2. (obsolete) decorated with one or more crosses

Synonyms

• creuat

Noun

croat m (plural croats)

1. (historical, military) crusader (a Christian warrior who went on a crusade)
2. (obsolete but later revived) crusader (anyone engaged in a concerted effort to do good)
3. (historical, numismatics) A silver coin of the County of Barcelona minted from 1285 to 1706 and worth 12 diners, so named on account of the large cross on the reverse.

Related terms

• croada (“crusade”)

See also

• Croat (moneda) on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology 2

From Serbo-Croatian Hr?v?t (“Croat”).

Adjective

croat (feminine croata, masculine plural croats, feminine plural croates)

1. Croatian (pertaining to Croatia, to the Croatian people, or to the Croatian language)

Noun

croat m (plural croats, feminine croata)

1. Croat (an inhabitant of Croatia or an ethnic Croat)

Related terms

• Croàcia (“Croatia”)

Noun

croat m (uncountable)

1. Croatian (a Slavic language of the Balkans)

   Synonym: serbocroat

Further reading

• “croat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “croat” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “croat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “croat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French Croate, from German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kro?at/

Noun

croat m (plural croa?i, feminine equivalent croat?)

1. Croat, Croatian

Adjective

croat m or n (feminine singular croat?, masculine plural croa?i, feminine and neuter plural croate)

1. Croatian