different between regent vs regency

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman regent, Middle French regent, and their source, Latin reg?ns (“ruling; ruler, governor, prince”), present participle of reg? (“I govern, I steer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?d??nt/

Noun

regent (plural regents)

1. (now rare) A ruler. [from 15th c.]
2. One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]
3. (now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities. [from 16th c.]
   • 1999, Philipp Blom, translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage 2001, p. 139:

     This perception, however, does no justice to the regents of the city of Amsterdam.

4. (Scotland, Canada, US) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. [from 18th c.]
5. (Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency

Derived terms

• prince regent

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

regent (comparative more regent, superlative most regent)

1. Ruling; governing; regnant.
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     Some other active regent principle […] which we call the soul.

2. Exercising vicarious authority.

Further reading

• regent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Genter, gerent

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin reg?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r???ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r???en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re?d??ent/
• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

regent (feminine regenta, masculine plural regents, feminine plural regentes)

1. regent, governing

Noun

regent m or f (plural regents)

1. regent

Derived terms

• regentar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r???nt]

Noun

regent m

1. regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)

Related terms

• See režim

Further reading

• regent in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• regent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Via German Regent and French régent from Latin reg?ns, a present participle of the verb Latin reg? (“to rule”) (whence Danish regere).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??????n?d?]

Noun

regent c (singular definite regenten, plural indefinite regenter)

1. (politics) a monarch, a regent (one who rules)

Inflection

Related terms

References

• “regent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch regent, from Middle French regent, from Old French regent, from Latin reg?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r????nt/, /re????nt/
• Hyphenation: re?gent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

regent m (plural regenten, diminutive regentje n, feminine regentes)

1. regent

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re???nt/

Verb

regent

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of regenen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of regenen

Anagrams

• tenger

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re.?ent/, [?r???n?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?re.d??ent/, [?r??d???n?t?]

Verb

regent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of reg?

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French regent, see below.

Noun

regent m (plural regens)

1. regent

Descendants

• ? English: regent
• French: régent

References

• regent on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin regens

Noun

regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regenter, definite plural regentene)

1. a regent, monarch, ruler

Derived terms

• prinsregent

References

• “regent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “regent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin regens

Noun

regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regentar, definite plural regentane)

1. a regent, monarch, ruler

Derived terms

• prinsregent

References

• “regent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin reg?ns (“ruling, as a noun, a ruler, governor, prince”); present participle of reg? (“I govern, I steer”).

Noun

regent m (oblique plural regens, nominative singular regens, nominative plural regent)

1. regent (one who reigns in the absence of a monarch)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle French: regent
  • ? English: regent
  • French: régent

Romanian

Etymology

From French regent, from Latin régens.

Noun

regent m (plural regen?i)

1. regent

Declension

Swedish

Noun

regent c

1. a monarch or a regent, one who rules

Declension

Anagrams

• regnet

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin regentia, from Latin regens, present participle of reg?, surface analysis regent +? -cy, compare also +? -ency (“abstract-noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?d???nsi/

Noun

regency (countable and uncountable, plural regencies)

1. A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
2. The time during which a regent is in power.
3. An administrative division ranking below a province in Indonesia.

Related terms

• regent
• regal
• regalia
• coregency

Translations