registrum
Latin
Etymology
Singular form of regesta, neuter plural of regestus, past participle of regerō (“to record”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈɡɪs.trũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈd͡ʒis.t̪rum]
Noun
registrum n (genitive registrī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) A register; a book in which things are recorded.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | registrum | registra |
| genitive | registrī | registrōrum |
| dative | registrō | registrīs |
| accusative | registrum | registra |
| ablative | registrō | registrīs |
| vocative | registrum | registra |
Descendants
- Italian: registro
- Old French:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: registo
- Portuguese: registo
- Spanish: registro
- → English: register
- → German: Register
- → Latvian: (possibly) reģistrs
- → Russian: регистр (registr)
- → Swedish: register
- → Finnish: rekisteri
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “register”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.