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regiment

noun · verb · 12 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.

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  • /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The state or office of a ruler; rulership.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A regimen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To form soldiers into a regiment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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8

verb

Meaning 8

To systematize, or put in rigid order.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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9

noun

Meaning 9

army unit smaller than a division

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: army unit

10

verb

Meaning 10

assign to a regiment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • regiment soldiers

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Broader terms: delegate, designate, depute, assign

11

verb

Meaning 11

subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • regiment one's children

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: control, command

12

verb

Meaning 12

form (military personnel) into a regiment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: form, organize, organise

History

Etymology

From Middle French regement, régiment, and its source, Late Latin regimentum (“direction for government; course of medical treatment”), from Latin regō (“rule”).

Across languages

Translations

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: regiment — army unit
  • Albanian: regjiment — army unit
  • Arabic: فَوْج (fawj) — army unit
  • Armenian: զորագունդ (zoragund) — army unit
  • Azerbaijani: alay — army unit
  • Basque: erregimentu — army unit
  • Belarusian: полк (polk) — army unit
  • Bengali: রেজিমেন্ট (rejimenṭo) — army unit
  • Bulgarian: полк (polk) — army unit
  • Catalan: regiment — army unit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 團 /团 (tyun4) — army unit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 團 /团 (tuán) — army unit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍團 /军团 (jūntuán) — army unit
  • Czech: pluk — army unit
  • Danish: regiment — army unit
  • Dutch: regiment — army unit
  • Dutch: afdeling — army unit
  • Esperanto: regimento — army unit
  • Estonian: rügement — army unit
  • Finnish: rykmentti — army unit
  • French: régiment — army unit
  • Galician: rexemento — army unit
  • Georgian: პოლკი (ṗolḳi) — army unit
  • Georgian: ლეგიონი (legioni) — army unit
  • German: Regiment — army unit
  • Greek: σύνταγμα (sýntagma) — army unit
  • Hebrew: רגימנט (regimént) — army unit
  • Hindi: बहुसंख्या (bahusaṅkhyā) — army unit
  • Hindi: रेजिमेंट (rejimẽṭ) — army unit
  • Hindi: पलटन (palṭan) — army unit
  • Hungarian: ezred — army unit
  • Hungarian: regiment — army unit
  • Ido: regimento — army unit
  • Indonesian: resimen — army unit
  • Ingrian: polkka — army unit
  • Irish: reisimint — army unit
  • Italian: reggimento — army unit
  • Japanese: 連隊 (rentai) — army unit
  • Kazakh: полк (polk) — army unit
  • Khmer: កងវរសេនាធំ (kɑɑng vɔɔ seenaa thom) — army unit
  • Korean: 연대 (yeondae) — army unit
  • Korean: 련대 (ryeondae) — army unit
  • Kyrgyz: полк (polk) — army unit
  • Latin: cohors — army unit
  • Latin: regimentum — army unit
  • Latvian: pulks — army unit
  • Lithuanian: pulkas — army unit
  • Macedonian: полк (polk) — army unit
  • Malay: rejimen — army unit
  • Maltese: riġment — army unit
  • Māori: hapū hōia — army unit
  • Mongolian: хороо (xoroo) — army unit
  • Norman: régînment — army unit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regiment — army unit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: regiment — army unit
  • Pashto: غونډ (ǧwənḍ) — army unit
  • Persian: هنگ (hang) — army unit
  • Persian: رژیمان (režimân) — army unit
  • Persian: فوج (fowj) — army unit
  • Polish: pułk — army unit
  • Polish: regiment — army unit
  • Portuguese: regimento — army unit
  • Romanian: regiment — army unit
  • Russian: полк (polk) — army unit
  • Scottish Gaelic: rèisimeid — army unit
  • Serbo-Croatian: пуко̀внија — army unit
  • Serbo-Croatian: пук — army unit
  • Serbo-Croatian: регѝме̄нта — army unit
  • Serbo-Croatian: pukòvnija — army unit
  • Serbo-Croatian: puk — army unit
  • Serbo-Croatian: regìmēnta — army unit
  • Slovak: pluk — army unit
  • Slovene: polk — army unit
  • Spanish: regimiento — army unit
  • Swahili: rejimenti — army unit
  • Swedish: regemente — army unit
  • Tagalog: rehimyento — army unit
  • Tajik: ҳанг (hang) — army unit
  • Tatar: алай (alay) — army unit
  • Thai: กรม (grom) — army unit
  • Turkish: alay — army unit
  • Turkmen: polk — army unit
  • Ukrainian: полк (polk) — army unit
  • Urdu: رجمنٹ (rejimenṭ) — army unit
  • Uyghur: پولك (polk) — army unit
  • Uzbek: polk — army unit
  • Vietnamese: trung đoàn — army unit
  • Welsh: catrawd — army unit
  • Italian: irreggimentare — to build a social group, enforced by social rules
  • Sicilian: rriggimintari — to build a social group, enforced by social rules
  • Spanish: regimentar — to build a social group, enforced by social rules
  • Spanish: reglamentar — to build a social group, enforced by social rules
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