regime

English Online Dictionary. What means regime‎? What does regime mean?

English

Alternative forms

• régime

Etymology

From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈʒiːm/, /ɹeɪˈʒiːm/, /ˈɹeɪʒiːm/
• Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

regime (plural regimes)

1. Mode of rule or management.

   a prison regime

2. A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.

   the dictator's regime

3. A period of rule.
4. A regulated system; a regimen.

   a fitness regime
5. A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
6. (hydrology) A set of characteristics.

Usage notes

• When regime is used in the sense of a form or instance of government or state, it is usually meant as a pejorative, and may be intended to brand that government or state as illegitimate or authoritarian. Some usage commentators prescribe that when regime is used in the sense of "a regulated system; a regimen," such as for health or fitness regimens, the word regimen should be used instead. But Garner's Modern English Usage, fourth edition, says that the word regime predominates in that sense in British English and that the word regimen predominates in that sense in American English; this difference suggests that that prescription has been taken up more in America than in Britain.

Derived terms

Related terms

• regimen

Translations

References

Further reading

• “regime”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “regime”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• emigre, emigré, émigré

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɕiːmə/

Noun

regime n (singular definite regimet, plural indefinite regimer)

1. regime

Declension

Further reading

• “regime” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “regime” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French régime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈʒim/, /reːˈʒim/
• Hyphenation: re‧gi‧me
• Rhymes: -im

Noun

regime n (plural regimes, diminutive regimetje n)

1. regime (political order)

   Synonyms: regeringsstelsel, staatsbestel

   Het nieuwe regime bracht veel beloofde veranderingen. ― The new regime brought many promised changes.

   Het land heeft in de afgelopen decennia verschillende regimes gehad. ― The country has had various regimes over the past decades.

2. regime (undemocratic political order or government)

   De bevolking protesteerde tegen het onderdrukkende regime. ― The population protested against the oppressive regime.

   Veel mensen vluchtten vanwege het autoritaire regime. ― Many people fled because of the authoritarian regime.

3. regimen, diet

   Zijn dokter stelde een strikt regime voor om gewicht te verliezen. ― His doctor prescribed a strict regimen to lose weight.

   Een gebalanceerd regime kan bijdragen aan een betere gezondheid. ― A balanced diet can contribute to better health.

Related terms

• regeren
• regering
• regiment

Descendants

• → Indonesian: rezim

Italian

Etymology

From Latin regimen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈd͡ʒi.me/
• Rhymes: -ime
• Hyphenation: re‧gì‧me

Noun

regime m (plural regimi)

1. regime, régime
2. regimen

Synonyms

• dieta

Related terms

• regimare

Anagrams

• emergi, emigre

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French régime.

Noun

regime n (definite singular regimet, indefinite plural regimer, definite plural regima or regimene)

1. regime (form of government)

Derived terms

• kommunistregime
• terrorregime

References

• “regime” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “regime” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French régime.

Noun

regime n (definite singular regimet, indefinite plural regime, definite plural regima)

1. regime (form of government)

Derived terms

• kommunistregime
• terrorregime

References

• “regime” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin regimen. Doublet of regímen.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧gi‧me

Noun

regime m (plural regimes)

1. regime (mode of rule or management)
2. regime (form of government)
3. regime (period of rule)
4. regimen (all senses)
5. diet (controlled regimen of food and drink)

   Synonym: dieta

Related terms

• regimento

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Rëschimm

Further reading

• “regime” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Verb

regime

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of regir combined with me