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regular
English
Etymology
From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin r?gul?ris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from r?gula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“move in a straight line”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: re?gyo?ol?r IPA(key): /????j?l?/
- (US) enPR: re?gy?l?r, re?gy?l?r, IPA(key): /????j?l?/, /????l??/, [????j??l?], [????l??]
- Rhymes: -??j?l?(?), -??j?l?(?), -???l?(?)
- (US) Hyphenation: reg?u?lar
Adjective
regular (comparative more regular, superlative most regular)
- (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular). [from 14th c.]
- Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance. [from 15th c.]
- Synonyms: equable, uniform, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:steady
- Antonyms: chaotic, irregular; see also Thesaurus:unsteady
- (geometry, of a polygon) Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size [from 16th c.]
- (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
- Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: in order, ruly, tidy; see also Thesaurus:orderly
- Antonyms: chaotic, tumultuous; see also Thesaurus:disorderly
- (astronomy) Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.
- (now rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.). [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: decent, seemly, well-mannered
- Antonyms: degenerate, irregular
- Happening at constant (especially short) intervals. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: cyclical, frequent; see also Thesaurus:periodic
- Antonyms: irregular, noncyclic
- (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language. [from 17th c.]
- Synonym: (verbs) weak
- Antonyms: irregular, (verbs) strong
- (chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: basic, common, unremarkable; see also Thesaurus:normal, Thesaurus:common
- Antonyms: irregular, outlandish, weird; see also Thesaurus:strange
- (chiefly military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. [from 17th c.]
- Antonym: irregular
- Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way. [from 18th c.]
- (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright. [from 18th c.]
- Synonyms: absolute, thorough, unalloyed; see also Thesaurus:total
- (botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
- (crystallography) Isometric.
- (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward.
- Antonym: goofy
- (mathematical analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
Antonyms
- irregular
- non-regular, nonregular
Coordinate terms
- (snowboarding): switch
Related terms
Translations
Adverb
regular (not comparable)
- (archaic, dialect, nonstandard) Regularly, on a regular basis.
Noun
regular (plural regulars)
- A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
- A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
- A frequent customer, client or business partner.
- (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
- Anything that is normal or standard.
- 2011, Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat, Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees.
- 2011, Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat, Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
- A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.
- A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.
Synonyms
- (routine visitor): frequenter, habitué, patron, usual suspects
Antonyms
- non-regular, nonregular
Translations
References
- regular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- regular in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Asturian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin r?gul?ris.
Adjective
regular (epicene, plural regulares)
- regular
- fine, OK, average
Related terms
- regularidá
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin r?gul?re, present active infinitive of r?gul?. Compare the doublet reglar, borrowed earlier from the same source.
Verb
regular (first-person singular indicative present regulo, past participle reguláu)
- to regulate
Conjugation
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /r?.?u?la/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re.?u?la?/
- Rhymes: -a(?)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin r?gul?ris.
Adjective
regular (masculine and feminine plural regulars)
- regular (having a constant pattern)
- Antonym: irregular
- normal, average
- (geometry) regular (both equilateral and equiangular)
- Antonym: irregular
Derived terms
- regularitat
- regularitzar
- regularment
Related terms
- irregular
- regla
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin r?gul?re, present active infinitive of r?gul?.
Verb
regular (first-person singular present regulo, past participle regulat)
- (transitive) to regulate
Conjugation
Derived terms
- regulador
Related terms
- regulació
Further reading
- “regular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “regular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “regular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “regular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /???u?la?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?e?u?la(?)/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin r?gul?ris.
Adjective
regular m or f (plural regulares, comparable)
- regular
- average
Declension
Derived terms
- irregular
- regularmente
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin r?gul?. Compare the doublet regrar, borrowed earlier from the same source.
Verb
regular (first-person singular present indicative regulo, past participle regulado)
- to regulate
- to tune (an engine)
- to set (a watch, clock)
Conjugation
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?u?la?/, [re.??u?la?]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin r?gul?ris.
Adjective
regular (plural regulares)
- regular, steady, even
- fair, fairly good, average
- common, ordinary, middling, so-so
- (grammar) regular
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin r?gul?re, present active infinitive of r?gul?.
Verb
regular (first-person singular present regulo, first-person singular preterite regulé, past participle regulado)
- to regulate
- to control
- to adjust
- to put in order
Conjugation
Related terms
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roundelay
English
Alternative forms
- rondelay
Etymology
From Middle French rondelet, diminutive of Old French rondel (French: rondeau). Ending -lay either from lay (“ballad or sung poem”), or from virelay.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??a?nd??le?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??a?nd??le?/
Noun
roundelay (plural roundelays)
- (music) A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, Perigot and Willie's Roundelay published in The Shepheardes Calender, republished in 1907, William Stanley Braithwaite, ed., The Book of Elizabethan Verse.
- It fell upon a holly eve,
- Hey ho, hollidaye!
- When holly fathers wont to shrieve,
- Now gynneth this roundelay.
- 1830, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Song - The Owl published in Poems, Chiefly Lyrical
- When merry milkmaids click the latch
- And rarely smells the new-mown hay,
- And the cock hath sung beneath the thatch
- Twice or thrice his roundelay,
- Twice or thrice his roundelay;
- Alone and warming his five wits,
- The white owl in the belfry sits.
- 1871, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King: The Last Tournament published in Contemporary Review
- "Ay, fool," said Tristram, "but 'tis eating dry
- To dance without a catch, a roundelay
- To dance to." Then he twangled on his harp,
- And while he twangled little Dagonet stood
- Quiet as any water-sodden log
- Stay'd in the wandering warble of a brook;...
- 1903, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Part II, Chapter First, page 61.
- For then the little birds do sing their sweetest song, all joining in one joyous medley, whereof one may scarce tell one note from another, so multitudinous is that pretty roundelay;...
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, Perigot and Willie's Roundelay published in The Shepheardes Calender, republished in 1907, William Stanley Braithwaite, ed., The Book of Elizabethan Verse.
- A dance in a circle.
- Anything having a round form; a roundel.
See also
- rondeau
- roundel
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