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regle

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See also: réglé, reglé, and règle

English

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See reglement.

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regle (third-person singular simple present regles, present participle regling, simple past and past participle regled)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of reigle (to rule/govern).
    • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: [] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
      to regle their lives

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German

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Verb

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regle

  1. inflection of regeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse regla, from Latin regula.

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regle f or m (definite singular regla or reglen, indefinite plural regler, definite plural reglene)

  1. a rhyme, jingle
  2. a rhythmic and (often) rhyming series of words or syllables, often with joking or absurd content, used e.g. in children's play's or practiced as a lyrical genre

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Spanish

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Verb

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regle

  1. inflection of reglar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative