different between registry vs registrar

English

Noun

registry (plural registries)

1. A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
2. A record; an account; a register.
   • 2002, Bride's Book of Etiquette (Revised) (page 276)

     The best — and easiest — way to shop for the "perfect" gift is to consult the couple's wedding gift registry, since these are the items they want and need […]

3. The act of registering; registration.
4. (computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
   • 1999, John Papa, C. Caison, Matt Brown, Professional ADO RDS programming with ASP (page 252)

     To unregister a DLL and remove the corresponding entries from the registry, add the /u switch to the command […]

Related terms

• register
• registrar

Translations

Anagrams

• Gerritys

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin registr?rius, from registrum (“register”) + -?rius (“agent”). See more at register.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?.?s?t???/

Noun

registrar (plural registrars)

1. An official keeper or recorder of records.
2. An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
3. A doctor receiving advanced specialist training in some countries in order to become a consultant.
4. (Internet) a service that manages domain names.

Related terms

• register, registry

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From registre +? -ar. Attested from 1286.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r?.?is?t?a/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.d??is?t?a?/
• Rhymes: -a(?)

Verb

registrar (first-person singular present registro, past participle registrat)

1. to register, to record

   Synonym: enregistrar

Conjugation

Derived terms

• registració

References

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From registro +? -ar.

Verb

registrar (first-person singular present indicative registro, past participle registrado)

1. (Brazil) to register, to record

   Synonym: (Portugal) registar

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From registro +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rexis?t?a?/, [re.xis?t??a?]

Verb

registrar (first-person singular present registro, first-person singular preterite registré, past participle registrado)

1. to register, record
2. to examine, inspect, search
3. (reflexive) to check in

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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