FromMiddle English reguler Anglo-Norman reguler Middle French reguler regulier Latin rēgulāris ( “ continuing rules for guidance ” ) , fromrēgula ( “ rule ” ) , ultimately fromProto-Indo-European *reg- ( “ move in a straight line ” ) .
regular (comparative moreregular ,superlative mostregular )
( Christianity ) religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religiousorder (often as opposed tosecular [from 14th c.] regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
2002 Colin Jones ,The Great Nation , Penguin, published2003 , page201 :A quarter of a million strong in 1680, the clergy was only half as large in 1789. The unpopularregular clergy were the worst affected.
Having a constantpattern ; showingevenness of form or appearance.[from 15th c.] Synonyms: equable uniform unvarying see also Thesaurus:steady Antonyms: chaotic irregular see also Thesaurus:unsteady ( geometry , of apolygon ) equilateral andequiangular ; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size[from 16th c.] ( geometry , of apolyhedron ) faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.Demonstrating a consistent set ofrules ; 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 2011 April 12,A[lison] L[ouise] Kennedy ,The Guardian :April may be the cruellest month, but I am planning to render it civilised and to take my antibiotics in aregular manner.
( astronomy ) moon or othersatellite : following a relatively close andprograde orbit with littleinclination oreccentricity .( 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 He maderegular visits to go see his mother.
( grammar , of a verb, plural, etc) [from 17th c.] Synonym: ( verbs ) weak Antonyms: irregular ( verbs ) strong "Walked" is the past tense of theregular verb "to walk".
( chiefly US ) normal ,ordinary ,standard .[from 17th c.] Synonyms: basic common unremarkable see also Thesaurus:normal ,Thesaurus:common Antonyms: irregular outlandish weird see also Thesaurus:strange 1868-69 Louisa May Alcott , chapter 21, inLittle Women [1] “I don’t see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You’re aregular Shakespeare!” exclaimed Beth, who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted with wonderful genius in all things.
1913 Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company ,→OCLC For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came areg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.
( chiefly military ) [from 17th c.] Antonym: irregular Havingbowel movements or menstrualperiods at constant intervals in the expected way.[from 18th c.] Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps youregular .
2015 Bill Bryson ,The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island , page206 :Gulls cawed and wheeled overhead, dropping splatty white cluster bombs on rooftops and pavements. Goodness knows what those gulls eat, but it certainly keeps themregular .
( colloquial ) Exemplary ; excellentexample of;utter ,downright .[from 18th c.] Synonyms: absolute thorough unalloyed see also Thesaurus:total aregular genius; aregular John Bull
( botany , zoology ) aregular flower; aregular sea urchin
( crystallography ) Isometric .( snowboarding ) left foot forward.Antonym: goofy ( mathematical analysis , not comparable , of a Borel measure) domain is bothouter regular andinner regular .( commutative algebra , not comparable , of alocal ring ) Noetherian Krull dimension of the ring.( algebraic geometry , not comparable , of ascheme ) local regular ( obsolete , not comparable , of a ring) von Neumann regular : such that every left module (over the given ring ) isflat .Synonym: absolutely flat having a constant pattern
Arabic:عَادِيّ ( ʕādiyy ) Armenian:կանոնավոր (hy) ( kanonavor ) Assamese:নিয়মীয়া ( niomia ) Azerbaijani:mütəmadi müntəzəm Belarusian:рэгуля́рны ( rehuljárny ) Burmese:မှန် (my) ( hman ) Chinese:Mandarin:常 (zh) ( cháng ) ,頻繁 / 频繁 (zh) ( pínfán ) Czech:pravidelný (cs) m Danish:regelmæssig Dutch:regelmatig (nl) Esperanto:regula (eo) Finnish:säännönmukainen (fi) ,säännöllinen (fi) French:régulier (fr) Galician:regular (gl) German:regulär (de) ,regelmäßig (de) ,Gleichmäßig Greek:συχνός (el) m ( sychnós ) ,συχνή (el) f ( sychní ) ,συχνό (el) n ( sychnó ) Hebrew:רגיל (he) ( ragíl ) ,סָדִיר ( sadír ) Hungarian:szabályos (hu) ,szabályszerű (hu) ,állandó (hu) ,megszokott (hu) ,reguláris (hu) Indonesian:beraturan (id) Irish:rialta Italian:regolare (it) Japanese:規則 (ja) ( きそく, kisoku ) ,規則 動詞 ( きそくどうし, kisokudōshi ) Korean:정식의 (ko) ( jeongsig-ui ) Latin:rectus Maori:nahanaha Marathi:नियमित ( niyamit ) Norman:rédgulyi Norwegian:regelmessig (no) Polish:regularny (pl) Portuguese:regular (pt) Romanian:regulat (ro) Russian:регуля́рный (ru) ( reguljárnyj ) Scottish Gaelic:cunbhalach Spanish:regular (es) ,eurítmico Swedish:regelbunden (sv) Turkish:düzenli (tr) Ukrainian:регуля́рний ( rehuljárnyj )
of a polygon: having all sides and corresponding angles equal
of a polyhedron: whose faces are all congruent regular polygons
demonstrating consistent set of rules
well-behaved, orderly; restrained
happening at constant intervals
having expected characteristics
Arabic:عَادِيّ ( ʕādiyy ) Armenian:կանոնավոր (hy) ( kanonavor ) Bulgarian:обича́ен (bg) ( običáen ) Chinese:Mandarin:平常 (zh) ( píngcháng ) Czech:normální (cs) ,obyčejný (cs) Danish:almindelig (da) ,normal (da) Dutch:gewoon (nl) Finnish:tavanomainen (fi) ,normaali (fi) French:normal (fr) ,classique (fr) ,ordinaire (fr) Galician:regular (gl) German:normal (de) ,gewöhnlich (de) Greek:κανονικός (el) m ( kanonikós ) ,κανονική (el) f ( kanonikí ) ,κανονικό (el) n ( kanonikó ) ,κοινός (el) m ( koinós ) ,κοινή (el) f ( koiní ) ,κοινό (el) n ( koinó ) ,συνηθισμένος (el) m ( synithisménos ) ,συνηθισμένη f ( synithisméni ) ,συνηθισμένο (el) n ( synithisméno ) Hungarian:rendes (hu) ,szokványos (hu) ,szokásos (hu) Icelandic:reglulegur (is) Indonesian:reguler (id) Korean:일반(一般) (ko) ( ilban ) Portuguese:regular (pt) Russian:обы́чный (ru) ( obýčnyj ) ,норма́льный (ru) ( normálʹnyj ) Spanish:regular (es) Ukrainian:звича́йний ( zvyčájnyj ) ,норма́льний (uk) ( normálʹnyj )
having bowel movements or menstrual periods in the expected way
exemplary; utter, downright
botany, zoology: having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape
snowboarding: riding with the left foot forward
analysis: of a Borel measure, such that every set in its domain is both outer and inner regular
register ( not etymologically related but has semantic associations ) regular (notcomparable )
( archaic , dialect , nonstandard ) Regularly , on a regular basis.1861 George Eliot ,Silas Marner , London: Penguin Books, published1967 , page131 :'And if the knowledge wasn'y well come by, why, you might ha' made up for it by coming to churchreg'lar .'
1902 The Outgoing of the Tide :Though no minister would visit the Skerburnfoot, or, if he went, departed quicker than he came, the girl Ailie attendedregular at the catechising at the mains of Sker.
1946 William Hatfiled ,Buffalo Jim , Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, page47 :"There's only twenty men staying in the houseregular ," said Ahearne, showing him around[.]
1961 Colin Thiele ,The Sun on the Stubble , Melbourne: Rigby Limited, page113 :"Drain her every thousand,regular . Don't do it myself, o' course; just drop her in at the lubritorium."
1988 Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds , Ringwood: Puffin Books, page37 :"All we've got to do is stick 'em in the bedroom and feed 'emregular ."
regular (plural regulars
A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of theTerritorial Army orReserve ). Afrequent ,routine visitor to an establishment.Bartenders usually know theirregulars by name.
A member of an armed forces or police force. A frequentcustomer ,client orbusiness partner .This gentleman was one of the architect'sregulars .
( Canada ) Anything that isnormal orstandard .2011 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 areregulars , some are shooters, and some are peewees.
A member of areligious order who has taken the three ordinary vows. One who does not regularly attend avenue .2015 Hands Across The Sea , page190 :There's one neighborhood tavern where theregulars and irregulars go after a hard day to unlax and rewind, throw back a few, and just hang out - you know the one.
A number for each year, giving, added to theconcurrents , the number of the day of the week on which thePaschal 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. member of the British Army
routine visitor
Bulgarian:редовен посетител ( redoven posetitel ) Catalan:parroquià (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:常客 (zh) ( chángkè ) ,熟客 (zh) ( shúkè ) Dutch:stamgast (nl) m Finnish:vakioasiakas (fi) ,kanta-asiakas (fi) French:habitué (fr) m habituée (fr) f habitués (fr) m pl habituées (fr) f pl régulier (fr) m German:Stammgast (de) m Stammgästin f Hungarian:törzsvendég (hu) Italian:cliente (it) m or f Polish:bywalec (pl) m bywalczyni (pl) f Russian:клие́нт (ru) m ( klijént ) ,клие́нтка (ru) f ( klijéntka ) ,завсегда́тай (ru) m ( zavsegdátaj ) Spanish:parroquiano (es) ,casero (es) m asiduo (es) m Swedish:stamgäst (sv) c Welsh:ffyddlon (cy) m
“regular ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “regular ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC IPA (key ) : /reɡuˈlaɾ/ [re.ɣ̞uˈlaɾ] Rhymes:-aɾ Syllabification:re‧gu‧lar Borrowed fromLate Latin rēgulāris
regular (epicene plural regulares
regular fine ,OK ,average Borrowed fromLatin rēgulāre reglar
regular (first-person singular indicative present regulo past participle reguláu
toregulate Conjugation ofregular
infinitive regular gerund regulando past participle m reguláu f regulada n regulao m pl regulaos f pl regulaes person first singular second singular third singular first plural second plural third plural indicative present regulo regules regula regulamos reguláis regulen imperfect regulaba regulabes regulaba regulábemos regulábamos regulabeis regulabais regulaben preterite regulé regulasti regulesti reguló regulemos regulastis regulestis regularon pluperfect regulare regulara regulares regularas regulare regulara reguláremos reguláramos regulareis regularais regularen regularan future regularé regularás regulará regularemos regularéis regularán conditional regularía regularíes regularía regularíemos regularíamos regularíeis regularíais regularíen subjunctive present regule regules regulas regule regulemos reguléis regulen regulan imperfect regulare regulara regulares regularas regulare regulara reguláremos reguláramos regulareis regularais regularen regularan imperative — regula — — regulái —
Borrowed fromLate Latin rēgulāris
regular m or f masculine and feminine plural regulars
regular ( having a constant pattern ) Antonym: irregular normal ,average ( geometry ) regular ( both equilateral and equiangular ) Antonym: irregular Borrowed fromLatin rēgulāre
regular (first-person singular present regulo first-person singular preterite regulí past participle regulat
( transitive ) regulate IPA (key ) : /reɡuˈlaɾ/ [re.ɣ̞uˈlaɾ] IPA (key ) : ( standard ) /reɡuˈlaɾ/ [re.ɣ̞uˈlaɾ] IPA (key ) : ( gheada ) /reħuˈlaɾ/ [re.ħuˈlaɾ]
Rhymes:-aɾ Hyphenation:re‧gu‧lar Attested since circa 1300. Borrowed fromLate Latin rēgulāris
regular m or f plural regulares
regular average Learned borrowing fromLatin rēgulō
regular (first-person singular present regulo first-person singular preterite regulei past participle regulado
toregulate totune ( an engine ) Singular Plural First-personeu Second-personti tu Third-personele ela você First-personnós Second-personvós Third-personeles elas vocês Infinitive Impersonal regular Personal regular regulares regular regularmos regulardes regularem Gerund regulando Past participle Masculine regulado regulados Feminine regulada reguladas Indicative Present regulo regulas regula regulamos regulades regulais regulam Imperfect regulava regulavas regulava regulávamos regulávades reguláveis regulávais 1 regulavam Preterite regulei regulaste regulache 1 regulou regulamos regulastes regulárom regularam Pluperfect regulara regularas regulara reguláramos regulárades reguláreis regulárais 1 regularam Future regularei regularás regulará regularemos regularedes regulareis regularám regularão Conditional regularia regularias regularia regularíamos regularíades regularíeis regularíais 1 regulariam Subjunctive Present regule regules regule regulemos reguledes reguleis regulem Imperfect regulasse regulasses regulasse regulássemos regulássedes regulásseis regulassem Future regular regulares regular regularmos regulardes regularem Imperative Affirmative regula regule regulemos regulade regulai regulem Negative (nom nom regules nom regule nom regulemos nom reguledes nom reguleis nom regulem
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja ,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “regular ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “regular ”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “regular ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “regular ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “regular ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN Learned borrowing fromLate Latin rēgulāris
regular m or f plural regulares comparable comparative mais regular superlative o mais regular or regularíssimo
regular average Learned borrowing fromLatin rēgulāre regrar
regular (first-person singular present regulo first-person singular preterite regulei past participle regulado
toregulate totune (an engine) toset (a watch, clock) 1 Brazilian Portuguese.2 European Portuguese.
Borrowed fromLatin rēgulāris surface analysis ,regulă -ar
IPA (key ) : /re.ɡuˈlar/ Rhymes:-ar Hyphenation:re‧gu‧lar regular m or n feminine singular regulară masculine plural regulari feminine and neuter plural regulare
regular IPA (key ) : /reɡuˈlaɾ/ [re.ɣ̞uˈlaɾ] Rhymes:-aɾ Syllabification:re‧gu‧lar Borrowed fromLate Latin rēgulāris
regular m or f masculine and feminine plural regulares
regular steady ,even fair ,fairly good,average common ,ordinary ,middling ,so-so ( grammar ) regular Borrowed fromLatin rēgulāre
regular (first-person singular present regulo first-person singular preterite regulé past participle regulado
toregulate tocontrol toadjust toput inorder 1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo tú
Selected combined forms ofregular
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person with infinitiveregular dative regularme regularte regularle regularse regularnos regularos regularles regularse accusative regularme regularte regularlo regularla regularse regularnos regularos regularlos regularlas regularse with gerundregulando dative regulándome regulándote regulándole regulándose regulándonos regulándoos regulándoles regulándose accusative regulándome regulándote regulándolo regulándola regulándose regulándonos regulándoos regulándolos regulándolas regulándose with informal second-person singulartú imperativeregula dative regúlame regúlate regúlale regúlanos not used regúlales accusative regúlame regúlate regúlalo regúlala regúlanos not used regúlalos regúlalas with informal second-person singularvos imperativeregulá dative regulame regulate regulale regulanos not used regulales accusative regulame regulate regulalo regulala regulanos not used regulalos regulalas with formal second-person singular imperativeregule dative regúleme not used regúlele regúlese regúlenos not used regúleles accusative regúleme not used regúlelo regúlela regúlese regúlenos not used regúlelos regúlelas with first-person plural imperativeregulemos dative not used regulémoste regulémosle regulémonos regulémoos regulémosles accusative not used regulémoste regulémoslo regulémosla regulémonos regulémoos regulémoslos regulémoslas with informal second-person plural imperativeregulad dative reguladme not used reguladle reguladnos regulaos reguladles accusative reguladme not used reguladlo reguladla reguladnos regulaos reguladlos reguladlas with formal second-person plural imperativeregulen dative regúlenme not used regúlenle regúlennos not used regúlenles regúlense accusative regúlenme not used regúlenlo regúlenla regúlennos not used regúlenlos regúlenlas regúlense
Borrowed fromSpanish regular
regulár (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜄᜓᜎᜇ᜔
regular usual ;ordinary Synonyms: karaniwan pangkaraniwan habitual ;steady ;permanent Synonyms: pirmihan palagian uniform ; notchanging customary ;usual Synonyms: katamtaman kainaman “regular ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 
