regiment

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French regement, régiment, and its source, Late Latin regimentum (“direction for government; course of medical treatment”), from Latin regō (“rule”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/ === Noun === regiment (countable and uncountable, plural regiments) (countable, military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units. [from 16th c.] (now rare, archaic) Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority. [from 14th c.] 1576, Abraham Fleming, translating Cicero, A Panoplie of Epistles,&bnsp;XXXIII: What place is there in all the world, not ſubiect to the regiment and power of this citie? 1832, John Austin, The Province of Jurisprudence Determined,&bnsp;VI: And how is it possible to distinguish precisely […] the powers of ecclesiastical regiment which none but the church should wield from the powers of ecclesiastical regiment (on the jus circa sacra) which secular and profane governments may handle without sin? (obsolete) The state or office of a ruler; rulership. [14th–17th c.] (obsolete) Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet). [14th–17th c.] (countable, obsolete) A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain. [14th–17th c.] (countable, obsolete, medicine) A regimen. [15th–19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === regiment (third-person singular simple present regiments, present participle regimenting, simple past and past participle regimented) (transitive) To form soldiers into a regiment. (transitive) To systematize, or put in rigid order. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === metering == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin regimentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [rə.ʒiˈme̞n] IPA(key): (Balearic) [rə.ʒiˈment] IPA(key): (Central) [rə.ʒiˈmen] IPA(key): (Valencia) [re.d͡ʒiˈment] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [re.ʒiˈmen] Rhymes: -ent === Noun === regiment m (plural regiments) regiment ==== Derived terms ==== regimental regimentar ==== Related terms ==== règim === Further reading === “regiment”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “regiment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “regiment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “regiment”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch regiment. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌreː.ʒiˈmɛnt/ Hyphenation: re‧gi‧ment Rhymes: -ɛnt === Noun === regiment n (plural regimenten, diminutive regimentje n) regiment (division of an army) Het regiment trok ten strijde onder leiding van hun kolonel. ― The regiment went into battle under the leadership of their colonel. Hij diende vijf jaar in een infanterieregiment. ― He served for five years in an infantry regiment. De troepen van dat regiment staan bekend om hun discipline. ― The troops of that regiment are known for their discipline. regimen, regime (particular system of enforcing discipline) (obsolete) rulership, governance, rule 1628, Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", (modern, redacted version), couplet 2. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: resimen (“division of an army”) → Papiamentu: resjiment == Hungarian == === Etymology === From German Regiment (“regiment”), from Medieval Latin regimentum, from Latin regimen (“rule, direction”), from regō (“to rule”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈrɛɡimɛnt] Hyphenation: re‧gi‧ment Rhymes: -ɛnt === Noun === regiment (plural regimentek) (archaic) regiment Synonym: ezred ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === regiment in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Late Latin regimentum. === Noun === regiment n (definite singular regimentet, indefinite plural regiment or regimenter, definite plural regimenta or regimentene) (military) a regiment === References === “regiment” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Late Latin regimentum. === Noun === regiment n (definite singular regimentet, indefinite plural regiment, definite plural regimenta) (military) a regiment === References === “regiment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin regimentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɛˈɡi.mɛnt/ Rhymes: -imɛnt Syllabification: re‧gi‧ment === Noun === regiment m inan (historical, military) regiment (infantry or cavalry regiment in foreign armies in Poland in the 17th and 18th centuries) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “regiment”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French régiment. === Noun === regiment n (plural regimente) regiment ==== Declension ==== == Vilamovian == === Noun === regiment n (military) regiment