regula

Learned borrowing from Latin rēgula (“rule”). Doublet of rail, regal, rigol, and rule.

regula (plural regulae)

1. A book of rules for a religious establishment.
2. (architecture) One of the bands under a Doric triglyph or between the canals of the triglyphs.

regula

1. inflection of regular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈɣu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈɣu.la]

regula

1. inflection of regular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

regula

1. inflection of regular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

regula

1. inflection of reguler:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative

From regō (“I rule, govern”) +‎ -ula.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː.ɡʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.ɡu.la]

rēgula f (genitive rēgulae); first declension

1. rule, bar
2. ruler (measuring or drawing device)

First-declension noun.

• exceptiō probat rēgulam

rēgulā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rēgulō

• “regula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “regula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "regula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• regula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “regula”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “regula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “regula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rēgŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 217

regula

1. inflection of regular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Learned borrowing from Latin regūla (“rule, measuring rod”).

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈɾeɡulɐ]

regula f (plural regul)

1. the old family unit of peasant families with a patriarchal structure
2. class, rank, social class

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 498

• IPA^(key): /re.ɡuˈla/

Borrowed from French réguler, borrowed from Latin regulare. Doublet of regla.

a regula (third-person singular present regulează, past participle regulat) 1st conjugation

1. to arrange, set in order, put in order
2. to regulate
3. to set
4. (colloquial) to fuck, to screw, to bang (someone)

• regulat

regula

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of regulă

Learned borrowing from Latin rēgula.

• IPA^(key): /rêɡula/
• Hyphenation: re‧gu‧la

rȅgula f (Cyrillic spelling ре̏гула)

1. (colloquial) rule, regulation, custom, order

• “regula”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /reˈɡula/ [reˈɣ̞u.la]
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: re‧gu‧la

regula

1. inflection of regular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative