Standard Lemma guide

regime

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹəˈʒiːm/
  • /ɹeɪˈʒiːm/
  • /ˈɹeɪʒiːm/
  • /ˈɹɛʒiːm/
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  • rhymes with -iːm
  • CMU ARPABET: R AH0 ZH IY1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R EY0 ZH IY1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Mode of rule or management.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a prison regime

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the dictator's regime
  • Heaven will eliminate the tyrannical regimes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A period of rule.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A regulated system; a regimen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a fitness regime

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A set of characteristics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, hydrology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

(medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: regimen

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plan, program, programme

8

noun

Meaning 8

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the government reduced taxes
  • the matter was referred to higher authorities

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: government, authorities

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: polity

Narrower terms: authoritarian state, authoritarian regime, bureaucracy, ancien regime, court, royal court, Downing Street, empire, federal government, government-in-exile, local government, military government, stratocracy, palace, papacy, pontificate, puppet government, puppet state, pupet regime, state, state government, totalitarian state, totalitation regime

History

Etymology

From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.

Across languages

Translations

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نِظَام (niẓām) — mode of rule or management
  • Belarusian: рэжы́м (režým) — mode of rule or management
  • Bulgarian: режи́м (režím) — mode of rule or management
  • Bulgarian: строй (stroj) — mode of rule or management
  • Catalan: règim — mode of rule or management
  • Chinese Mandarin: 制度 (zhìdù) — mode of rule or management
  • Chinese Mandarin: 體制 /体制 (tǐzhì) — mode of rule or management
  • Chinese Mandarin: 體系 /体系 (tǐxì) — mode of rule or management
  • Czech: režim — mode of rule or management
  • Esperanto: reĝimo — mode of rule or management
  • Finnish: hallintomalli — mode of rule or management
  • Finnish: hallinto — mode of rule or management
  • French: régime — mode of rule or management
  • Galician: réxime — mode of rule or management
  • Georgian: რეჟიმი (režimi) — mode of rule or management
  • German: Regime — mode of rule or management
  • Greek: σύστημα (sýstima) — mode of rule or management
  • Greek: διοίκηση (dioíkisi) — mode of rule or management
  • Hebrew: מִשְׁטָר (mishtár) — mode of rule or management
  • Hungarian: rezsim — mode of rule or management
  • Indonesian: rezim — mode of rule or management
  • Japanese: 制度 (seido) — mode of rule or management
  • Kazakh: тәртіп (tärtıp) — mode of rule or management
  • Kazakh: тәртіптеме (tärtıpteme) — mode of rule or management
  • Korean: 제도 (jedo) — mode of rule or management
  • Macedonian: режим (režim) — mode of rule or management
  • Malay: rejim — mode of rule or management
  • Norman: régînme — mode of rule or management
  • Pannonian Rusyn: режим (režim) — mode of rule or management
  • Iranian Persian: رِژیم (režim) — mode of rule or management
  • Polish: reżim — mode of rule or management
  • Portuguese: regime — mode of rule or management
  • Portuguese: regimento — mode of rule or management
  • Russian: режи́м (režím) — mode of rule or management
  • Russian: строй (stroj) — mode of rule or management
  • Slovak: režim — mode of rule or management
  • Spanish: régimen — mode of rule or management
  • Ukrainian: режи́м (režým) — mode of rule or management
  • Vietnamese: chế độ — mode of rule or management
  • Welsh: cyfundrefn — mode of rule or management
  • Albanian: regjim — form of government
  • Arabic: نِظَام (niẓām) — form of government
  • Arabic: سَطْوَة (saṭwa) — form of government
  • Armenian: ռեժիմ (ṙežim) — form of government
  • Armenian: վարչակարգ (varčʻakarg) — form of government
  • Azerbaijani: rejim — form of government
  • Belarusian: рэжы́м (režým) — form of government
  • Belarusian: лад (lad) — form of government
  • Bulgarian: режи́м (režím) — form of government
  • Bulgarian: строй (stroj) — form of government
  • Catalan: règim — form of government
  • Chinese Cantonese: 政權 /政权 — form of government
  • Chinese Mandarin: 政權 /政权 (zhèngquán) — form of government
  • Czech: režim — form of government
  • Danish: regime — form of government
  • Dutch: regime — form of government
  • Estonian: kord — form of government
  • Finnish: hallintojärjestelmä — form of government
  • Finnish: hallitusmuoto — form of government
  • Finnish: järjestelmä — form of government
  • French: régime — form of government
  • Galician: réxime — form of government
  • Georgian: რეჟიმი (režimi) — form of government
  • German: Regime — form of government
  • Greek: καθεστώς (kathestós) — form of government
  • Greek: πολίτευμα (polítevma) — form of government
  • Hebrew: מִשְׁטָר (mishtár) — form of government
  • Hindi: शासन (śāsan) — form of government
  • Hindi: प्रशासन (praśāsan) — form of government
  • Hungarian: rezsim — form of government
  • Indonesian: rezim — form of government
  • Irish: réimeas — form of government
  • Italian: regime — form of government
  • Japanese: 政権 (seiken) — form of government
  • Japanese: 体制 (taisei) — form of government
  • Japanese: レジーム (rejīmu) — form of government
  • Kazakh: режим (rejim) — form of government
  • Khmer: របប (rɔɔrɔbɑɑp) — form of government
  • Khmer: របបគ្រប់គ្រង (rɔbɑɑp krup krɔɔng) — form of government
  • Korean: 정권 (jeonggwon) — form of government
  • Korean: 체제 (cheje) — form of government
  • Central Kurdish: ڕژێم (rjêm) — form of government
  • Central Kurdish: ڕێژیم (rêjîm) — form of government
  • Northern Kurdish: rejîm — form of government
  • Kyrgyz: режим (rejim) — form of government
  • Lao: ລະບອບ (la bǭp) — form of government
  • Latvian: režīms — form of government
  • Lithuanian: režimas — form of government
  • Lithuanian: santvarka — form of government
  • Macedonian: режим (režim) — form of government
  • Malay: rejim — form of government
  • Norman: régînme — form of government
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regime — form of government
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: regime — form of government
  • Pannonian Rusyn: режим (režim) — form of government
  • Iranian Persian: رِژیم (režim) — form of government
  • Plautdietsch: Rejierunk — form of government
  • Polish: reżim — form of government
  • Polish: reżym — form of government
  • Polish: ustrój — form of government
  • Portuguese: regime — form of government
  • Romanian: regim — form of government
  • Russian: режи́м (režím) — form of government
  • Russian: строй (stroj) — form of government
  • Serbo-Croatian: рѐжӣм — form of government
  • Serbo-Croatian: rèžīm — form of government
  • Slovak: režim — form of government
  • Slovene: režim — form of government
  • Spanish: régimen — form of government
  • Swedish: regim — form of government
  • Tajik: режим (režim) — form of government
  • Thai: ระบอบ (rá-bɔ̀ɔp) — form of government
  • Thai: ระบอบการปกครอง (rá-bɔ̀ɔp gaan-bpòk-krɔɔng) — form of government
  • Turkish: rejim — form of government
  • Turkmen: režim — form of government
  • Ukrainian: режи́м (režým) — form of government
  • Ukrainian: лад (lad) — form of government
  • Uzbek: rejim — form of government
  • Vietnamese: chế độ — form of government
  • Chinese Mandarin: 政權統治時期 /政权统治时期 (zhèngquán tǒngzhì shíqí) — period of rule
  • Finnish: valtakausi — period of rule
  • Finnish: hallintokausi — period of rule
  • French: régime — period of rule
  • Galician: réxime — period of rule
  • German: Regime — period of rule
  • Hungarian: rezsim — period of rule
  • Indonesian: rezim — period of rule
  • Macedonian: режим (režim) — period of rule
  • Norman: régînme — period of rule
  • Pannonian Rusyn: режим (režim) — period of rule
  • Portuguese: regime — period of rule
  • Russian: режи́м (režím) — period of rule
  • Spanish: régimen — period of rule
  • Vietnamese: chế độ — period of rule
  • Bulgarian: режи́м (režím) — regulated system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 養生法 /养生法 (yǎngshēngfǎ) — regulated system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 養生術 /养生术 (yǎngshēngshù) — regulated system
  • Finnish: järjestelmä — regulated system
  • Portuguese: regime — regulated system
  • Ottoman Turkish: پرهیز (perhiz) — regulated system
  • Finnish: säännöstely — hydrology: set of characteristics
  • Pannonian Rusyn: режим (režim) — hydrology: set of characteristics
  • Serbo-Croatian: režim — hydrology: set of characteristics
Real reading context

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