régulier
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French reguler, borrowed from Late Latin regulāris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.ɡy.lje/
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Adjective
régulier (feminine régulière, masculine plural réguliers, feminine plural régulières)
- regular (conforming to rules)
- (geometry, of a polygon) regular
- Antonym: irrégulier
- (grammar, of a verb) regular
- Antonym: irrégulier
- dependable
- legitimate
- regular, steady (continual)
Derived terms
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Noun
régulier m (plural réguliers, feminine régulière)
- (dated, slang) One's regular sexual or romantic partner (as opposed to a partner with which one is having an affair)
- Synonym: légitime
Further reading
- “régulier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.