# regent
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English regent, from Anglo-Norman regent, Middle French regent, and their source, Latin regēns (“ruling; ruler, governor, prince”), present participle of regō (“I govern, I steer”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒənt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

regent (plural regents)
* (now rare) A ruler. [from 15th c.]
* One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]
* (now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities. [from 16th c.]
** 1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 139:This perception, however, does no justice to the regents of the city of Amsterdam.
* (Scotland, Canada, US) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. [from 18th c.]
* (Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency

#### Derived terms

* captain regent
* prince regent
* princess regent
* queen regent
* regent-bird

#### Related terms

* rectangle
* rectilinear
* rector
* rectum
* regency
* regental
* regentship
* régime
* regimen
* regiment
* region

#### Translations
### Adjective

regent (comparative more regent, superlative most regent)
* Ruling; governing; regnant.
** a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:Some other active regent principle […] which we call the soul.
* Exercising vicarious authority.
** 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:the regent powers

#### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* Engert, gerent, Tenger, Genter

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [rəˈʒen]
* IPA: (Balearic) [rəˈʒent]
* IPA: (Valencia) [reˈd͡ʒent]
* Rhymes: -ent

### Adjective

regent m or f (masculine and feminine plural regents)
* regent, governing

### Noun

regent m or f by sense (plural regents)
* regent

#### Derived terms

* corregent.
* regentar

#### Related terms

* regència
* regir

### Further reading

* “regent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Regent.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛɡɛnt]

### Noun

regent m anim
* regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)

#### Related terms

* See režim

### Further reading

* “regent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “regent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “regent”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

Via German Regent and French régent from Latin regēns, a present participle of the verb Latin regō (“to rule”) (whence Danish regere).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʁɛˈɡ̊ɛnˀd̥]

### Noun

regent c (singular definite regenten, plural indefinite regenter)
* (politics) a monarch, a regent (one who rules)

#### Related terms

* regere
* regering

### References

* “regent” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch regent, from Middle French regent, from Old French regent, from Latin regēns.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rəˈɣɛnt/, /reːˈɣɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: re‧gent
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

#### Noun

regent m (plural regenten, diminutive regentje n, feminine regentes)
* regent, acting head of state in a monarch's place
* (Belgium) a secondary school teacher whose non-university degree only qualifies to teach in the lower grades

##### Derived terms

* prins-regent
* regentenstand
* regentenstuk
* regentes
* regentesk
* subregent

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈreːɣənt/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

regent
* inflection of regenen:
** second/third-person singular present indicative
** (archaic) plural imperative

### Anagrams

* tenger

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈre.ɡent/, [ˈrɛɡɛn̪t̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈre.d͡ʒent/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒen̪t̪]

### Verb

regent
* third-person plural future active indicative of regō

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French regent, see below.

### Noun

regent m (plural regens)
* regent

#### Descendants

* → English: regent
* French: régent

### References

* regent on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin regens.

### Noun

regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regenter, definite plural regentene)
* a regent, monarch, ruler

#### Derived terms

* prinsregent

### References

* “regent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “regent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin regens.

### Noun

regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regentar, definite plural regentane)
* a regent, monarch, ruler

#### Derived terms

* prinsregent

### References

* “regent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin regēns (“ruling, as a noun, a ruler, governor, prince”); present participle of regō (“I govern, I steer”).

### Noun

regent oblique singular, m (oblique plural regens, nominative singular regens, nominative plural regent)
* regent (one who reigns in the absence of a monarch)

#### Descendants

* Middle French: regent
** → English: regent
** French: régent

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Regent.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛ.ɡɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡɛnt
* Syllabification: re‧gent

### Noun

regent m pers (female equivalent regentka, related adjective regencki)
* regent (person who rules in place of the monarch)
* (historical) official in charge of a royal chancellery, a secretary to the chancellor or the sub-chancellor; also: an official looking after the chancellery and court archives

#### Derived terms

* regentowa
* regentowicz

#### Related terms

* regencyjny
* regencja

### Further reading

* regent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* regent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* regent in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French regent, from Latin regēns.

### Noun

regent m (plural regenți)
* regent

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

regent c
* a monarch or a regent, one who rules

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* regnet