regencja

== Polish == === Alternative forms === regencyja (Middle Polish) regencya (pre-reform orthography (1816)) regiencja, rejencja (pre-reform orthography (1936)) rejencja (dated) === Etymology === Borrowed from French régence. First attested in 1661. By surface analysis, regent +‎ -cja === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɛˈɡɛn.t͡sja/ Rhymes: -ɛnt͡sja Syllabification: re‧gen‧cja === Noun === regencja f (related adjective regencyjny) (historical) regency (system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule) (historical, metonymic) regency (people ruling in such a system) (historical, metonymic) regency (period of such a rule) (historical) a historic German and Prussian administrative division equal to a Polish województwo (“voivodeship”) (art) a style in French art, having features intermediate between baroque and rococo ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “regencja”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “regencja”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) regencja in PWN's encyclopedia Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “regencya”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “regencja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “regiencja, rejencja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 498