regent

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

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَصِيّ العَرْش (waṣiyy al-ʕarš) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Armenian: ռեգենտ (ṙegent) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Armenian: գահի խնամակալ (gahi xnamakal) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Basque: erregeorde — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Bulgarian: регент (regent) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Catalan: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Chinese Mandarin: 攝政王 /摄政王 (shèzhèngwáng) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Czech: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Czech: vladař — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Danish: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Dutch: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Esperanto: reganto — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Estonian: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Finnish: valtionhoitaja — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Finnish: sijaishallitsija — one who rules in place of the monarch
• French: régent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• French: régente — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Galician: rexente — one who rules in place of the monarch
• German: Regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• German: Regentin — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Greek: αντιβασιλέας (antivasiléas) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Ancient Greek: μεσοβασιλεύς (mesobasileús) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Hungarian: régens — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Ido: regento — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Indonesian: wali — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Irish: leasrí — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Italian: reggente — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Japanese: 摂政 (sesshō) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Kannada: ಮಾರಾಳ್ಮ (mārāḷma) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Khmer: រាជានុសិទ្ធិ (rie chienu’ sətthi’) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Korean: 섭정 (seopjeong) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Latin: interrex — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Latvian: reģents — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Latvian: regente — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Lithuanian: regentas — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Lithuanian: regentė — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Macedonian: намесник (namesnik) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Malay: pemangku raja — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Malay: regen — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Manx: lhiass-ree — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Norwegian Bokmål: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Norwegian Nynorsk: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Persian: نایبالسلطنه — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Polish: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Polish: regentka — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Portuguese: regente — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Romanian: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Russian: ре́гент (régent) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-thriath — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Serbo-Croatian: регент — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Serbo-Croatian: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Slovak: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Slovene: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Spanish: regente — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Spanish: regidor — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Sundanese: dalem — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Swedish: regent — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Swedish: riksföreståndare — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Tagalog: rehente — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Thai: ผู้สําเร็จราชการแทนพระองค์ (pûu-sǎm-rèt-râat-chá-gaan-tɛɛn-prá-ong) — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Turkish: naip — one who rules in place of the monarch
• Ukrainian: ре́гент (réhent) — one who rules in place of the monarch