regne

See also: régné and règne

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēgnum.

Pronunciation

Noun

regne m (plural regnes)

  1. kingdom
    Synonym: reialme
  2. (taxonomy) kingdom

Derived terms

Further reading

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑjnə/, [ˈʁɑ̈jnə]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish reknæ, from Old Norse regna, from Proto-Germanic *regnōną, cognate with English rain and German regnen. Derived from the noun *regną, cf. Danish regn.

Verb

regne (imperative regn, infinitive at regne, present tense regner, past tense regnede, perfect tense har regnet)

  1. rain
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German rekenen, from Proto-Germanic *rekanōną. Cognate with English reckon, German rechnen, and Dutch rekenen. Icelandic reikna, Norwegian Nynorsk rekna, and Swedish räkna are also borrowed from Low German.

Verb

regne (imperative regn, infinitive at regne, present tense regner, past tense regnede, perfect tense har regnet)

  1. solve, work out
  2. estimate
  3. consider
  4. calculate, reckon
Inflection

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

regne

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French regne.

Noun

regne m (plural regnes)

  1. kingdom

Descendants

  • French: règne

References

  • regne on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse regna.

Verb

regne (imperative regn, present tense regner, simple past regnet or regna or regnte, past participle regnet or regna or regnt, present participle regnende)

  1. to rain (of rain: to fall from the sky)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Via Danish regne from Middle Low German rekenen, from Proto-Germanic *rekanōną. Cognate with English reckon, German rechnen, and Dutch rekenen. Icelandic reikna, Norwegian Nynorsk rekna, and Swedish räkna are also borrowed from Low German.

Alternative forms

  • (non-standard since 2005) rekne

Verb

regne (imperative regn, present tense regner, passive regnes, simple past and past participle regnet or regna, present participle regnende)

  1. to calculate, reckon
  2. to consider, regard
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

regne (present tense regnar or regner, past tense regna or regnde, past participle regna or regnt, present participle regnande, imperative regn)

  1. Alternative form of regna

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēgnum.

Noun

regne oblique singular, m (oblique plural regnes, nominative singular regnes, nominative plural regne)

  1. kingdom

Synonyms

Descendants

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