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registry

noun · 5 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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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪstɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈɹed͡ʒɪstɹi/
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 JH IH0 S T R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A record; an account; a register.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of registering; registration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an official written record of names or events or transactions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: register

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: written record, written account

Narrower terms: cadaster, cadastre, check register, studbook, rent-roll

History

Etymology

A variant of registery, from Middle English regestery (“?a record book; ?a bookmark”), partly from Medieval Latin regesterium, registerium and probably also partly formed with -ery. Equivalent to register + -y.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: архив (arhiv) — building
  • Finnish: rekisteri — building
  • German: Registratur — building
  • Hungarian: nyilvántartó (hivatal/iroda) — building
  • Hungarian: iktató — building
  • Latin: tabularium — building
  • Russian: регистрату́ра (registratúra) — building
  • Russian: канцеля́рия (kanceljárija) — building
  • Turkish: evrak dairesi — building
  • Bulgarian: запис (zapis) — register
  • Bulgarian: регистър (registǎr) — register
  • Finnish: rekisteri — register
  • German: Register — register
  • Hungarian: nyilvántartás — register
  • Hungarian: iktatókönyv — register
  • Russian: рее́стр (rejéstr) — register
  • Russian: реги́стр (regístr) — register
  • Russian: картоте́ка (kartotéka) — register
  • Russian: за́пись (zápisʹ) — register
  • Urdu: کھاتا (khātā) — register
  • Bulgarian: регистрация (registracija) — registration
  • Finnish: rekisteröinti — registration
  • Finnish: rekisteröityminen — registration
  • French: enregistrement — registration
  • German: Registrierung — registration
  • Hungarian: beírás — registration
  • Hungarian: bejegyzés — registration
  • Hungarian: beiktatás — registration
  • Hungarian: iktatás — registration
  • Hungarian: jegyzékbe vétel — registration
  • Hungarian: lajstromozás — registration
  • Russian: регистра́ция (registrácija) — registration
  • Russian: регистри́рование (registrírovanije) — registration
  • Russian: реги́стр (regístr) — registration
  • Bulgarian: регистър (registǎr) — database
  • Chinese Mandarin: 註冊表 /注册表 (zhùcèbiǎo) — database
  • Finnish: rekisteri — database
  • French: registre — database
  • French: base de registre — database
  • German: Register — database
  • Hungarian: beállításjegyzék — database
  • Japanese: レジストリ (rejisutori) — database
  • Korean: 레지스트리 (rejiseuteuri) — database
  • Russian: рее́стр (rejéstr) — database
  • Turkish: kayıt defteri — database
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