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• /ɹeɪn/
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• homophone: rain
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• homophone: rein
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From Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”).

277 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aghwan: 𐕞𐕡𐕀𐔼𐕆𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (üwxihesun) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Albanian: balltim — the exercise of sovereign power
• Arabic: حُكْم (ḥukm) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Arabic: حُكُومَة (ḥukūma) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Arabic: حُكُم (ḥukum) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Armenian: թագավորում (tʻagavorum) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Armenian: թագավորություն (tʻagavorutʻyun) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Azerbaijani: hökmranlıq — the exercise of sovereign power
• Azerbaijani: padşahlıq — the exercise of sovereign power
• Belarusian: праўле́нне (prawljénnje) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Belarusian: праўле́ньне (prawljénʹnje) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Belarusian: кірава́нне (kiravánnje) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Belarusian: кірава́ньне (kiravánʹnje) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Belarusian: панава́нне (panavánnje) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Belarusian: панава́ньне (panavánʹnje) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Belarusian: ца́рстваванне (cárstvavannje) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Belarusian: ца́рстваваньне (cárstvavanʹnje) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Bengali: শাসন (śaśon) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Bulgarian: цару́ване (carúvane) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Bulgarian: управле́ние (upravlénie) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Catalan: regnat — the exercise of sovereign power
• Chinese Mandarin: 統治 /统治 (tǒngzhì) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Chinese Mandarin: 統治權 /统治权 (tǒngzhìquán) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Czech: vláda — the exercise of sovereign power
• Danish: styre — the exercise of sovereign power
• Dutch: troon — the exercise of sovereign power
• Dutch: bestuur — the exercise of sovereign power
• Dutch: heerschappij — the exercise of sovereign power
• Esperanto: regado — the exercise of sovereign power
• Estonian: valitsus — the exercise of sovereign power
• Finnish: valta — the exercise of sovereign power
• French: règne — the exercise of sovereign power
• Galician: reinado — the exercise of sovereign power
• Georgian: მეფობა (mepoba) — the exercise of sovereign power
• German: Herrschaft — the exercise of sovereign power
• German: Regentschaft — the exercise of sovereign power
• Hebrew: מַלְכוּת (malchút) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Hindi: शासन (śāsan) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Hungarian: uralom — the exercise of sovereign power
• Icelandic: stjórn — the exercise of sovereign power
• Icelandic: ríkisstjórn — the exercise of sovereign power
• Indonesian: pemerintahan — the exercise of sovereign power
• Irish: réim — the exercise of sovereign power
• Italian: regno — the exercise of sovereign power
• Japanese: 治世 (chisei) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Japanese: 統治 (tōchi) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Kazakh: патшалық (patşalyq) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Khmer: រាជ្យ (riəc) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Korean: 치세 (chise) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Korean: 통치 (tongchi) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Central Kurdish: فەرمان ڕەوایەتی (ferman rewayetî) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Kyrgyz: падышалык (padışalık) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Latgalian: vaļdeit — the exercise of sovereign power
• Latgalian: kienēt — the exercise of sovereign power
• Latvian: valdīšana — the exercise of sovereign power
• Lingala: konza — the exercise of sovereign power
• Lithuanian: valdžia — the exercise of sovereign power
• Macedonian: владеење (vladeenje) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Malay: pemerintahan — the exercise of sovereign power
• Norwegian Bokmål: maktutøvelse — the exercise of sovereign power
• Norwegian Bokmål: styre — the exercise of sovereign power
• Old English: rīċe — the exercise of sovereign power
• Iranian Persian: حُکْمْرانی (hokmrâni) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Iranian Persian: حُکْم (hokm) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Iranian Persian: حُکومَت (hokumat) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Polish: rządy — the exercise of sovereign power
• Polish: panowanie — the exercise of sovereign power
• Portuguese: reinado — the exercise of sovereign power
• Romanian: guvernare — the exercise of sovereign power
• Russian: правле́ние (pravlénije) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Russian: ца́рствование (cárstvovanije) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Russian: верхо́вная власть (verxóvnaja vlastʹ) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Russian: вла́ствование (vlástvovanije) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Serbo-Croatian: вла̀давина — the exercise of sovereign power
• Serbo-Croatian: vlàdavina — the exercise of sovereign power
• Slovak: vláda — the exercise of sovereign power
• Slovene: vladavina — the exercise of sovereign power
• Spanish: reinado — the exercise of sovereign power
• Swedish: regering — the exercise of sovereign power
• Swedish: maktutövning — the exercise of sovereign power
• Tajik: хукмронӣ (xukmroni) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Tajik: хукм (xukm) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Tajik: ҳукумат (hukumat) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Turkish: devir — the exercise of sovereign power
• Turkish: hükümdarlık — the exercise of sovereign power
• Ukrainian: панува́ння (panuvánnja) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Ukrainian: царюва́ння (carjuvánnja) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Ukrainian: правлі́ння (pravlínnja) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Uyghur: ھۆكۈمرانلىق (hökümranliq) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Uzbek: hukmronlik — the exercise of sovereign power
• Uzbek: podsholik — the exercise of sovereign power
• Vietnamese: sự trị vì — the exercise of sovereign power
• Welsh: teyrnasiad — the exercise of sovereign power
• Yiddish: הערשאַפֿט (hershaft) — the exercise of sovereign power
• Arabic: حُكْم (ḥukm) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Armenian: թագավորում (tʻagavorum) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Armenian: թագավորություն (tʻagavorutʻyun) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Belarusian: праўле́нне (prawljénnje) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Belarusian: праўле́ньне (prawljénʹnje) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Belarusian: кірава́нне (kiravánnje) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Belarusian: кірава́ньне (kiravánʹnje) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Belarusian: панава́нне (panavánnje) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Belarusian: панава́ньне (panavánʹnje) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Belarusian: ца́рстваванне (cárstvavannje) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Belarusian: ца́рстваваньне (cárstvavanʹnje) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Bengali: শাসনকাল (śaśonkal) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Bulgarian: цару́ване (carúvane) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Catalan: regnat — the period during which a monarch rules
• Chinese Mandarin: 在位 (zàiwèi) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Chinese Mandarin: 在位期 — the period during which a monarch rules
• Chinese Mandarin: 執政期 /执政期 — the period during which a monarch rules
• Czech: panování — the period during which a monarch rules
• Czech: vláda — the period during which a monarch rules
• Danish: regeringstid — the period during which a monarch rules
• Dutch: regering — the period during which a monarch rules
• Esperanto: reĝado — the period during which a monarch rules
• Finnish: hallituskausi — the period during which a monarch rules
• Finnish: valta-aika — the period during which a monarch rules
• French: règne — the period during which a monarch rules
• Galician: reinado — the period during which a monarch rules
• German: Regentschaft — the period during which a monarch rules
• German: Herrschaft — the period during which a monarch rules
• Hindi: राज्यकाल (rājyakāl) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Hungarian: uralom — the period during which a monarch rules
• Irish: réimeas — the period during which a monarch rules
• Italian: regno — the period during which a monarch rules
• Japanese: 治世 (chisei) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Japanese: 在位 (zaii) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Khmer: រជ្ជកាល (raccĕəʼkaal) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Korean: 치세 (chise) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Korean: 통치기간 (tongchigigan) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Korean: 재위 (jaewi) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Norwegian Bokmål: regjeringstid — the period during which a monarch rules
• Norwegian Nynorsk: regjeringstid — the period during which a monarch rules
• Old English: rīċe — the period during which a monarch rules
• Iranian Persian: حُکْم (hokm) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Polish: panowanie — the period during which a monarch rules
• Portuguese: reinado — the period during which a monarch rules
• Russian: правле́ние (pravlénije) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Russian: ца́рствование (cárstvovanije) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Slovene: vladavina — the period during which a monarch rules
• Spanish: reinado — the period during which a monarch rules
• Swedish: regering — the period during which a monarch rules
• Swedish: regeringstid — the period during which a monarch rules
• Thai: รัชกาล (rát-chá-gaan) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Thai: รัชสมัย (rát-chá-sà-mǎi) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Tocharian B: kṣuṃ — the period during which a monarch rules
• Turkish: devir — the period during which a monarch rules
• Ukrainian: панува́ння (panuvánnja) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Ukrainian: царюва́ння (carjuvánnja) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Ukrainian: правлі́ння (pravlínnja) — the period during which a monarch rules
• Vietnamese: triều đại — the period during which a monarch rules
• Welsh: teyrnasiad — the period during which a monarch rules
• Aghwan: 𐕞𐕡𐕀𐔼𐕆𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (üwxihesun) — exercise sovereign power
• Albanian: balltoj — exercise sovereign power
• Arabic: حَكَمَ (ḥakama) — exercise sovereign power
• Armenian: թագավորել (tʻagavorel) — exercise sovereign power
• Armenian: գահակալել (gahakalel) — exercise sovereign power
• Aromanian: vãsilipsescu — exercise sovereign power
• Aromanian: amirãripsescu — exercise sovereign power
• Aromanian: dumnescu — exercise sovereign power
• Azerbaijani: hökmranlıq etmək — exercise sovereign power
• Azerbaijani: səltənət sürmək — exercise sovereign power
• Belarusian: пра́віць (právicʹ) — exercise sovereign power
• Belarusian: панава́ць (panavácʹ) — exercise sovereign power
• Belarusian: царава́ць (caravácʹ) — exercise sovereign power
• Bulgarian: цару́вам (carúvam) — exercise sovereign power
• Bulgarian: владе́я (vladéja) — exercise sovereign power
• Bulgarian: управля́вам (upravljávam) — exercise sovereign power
• Burmese: အစိုးရ (a.cui:ra.) — exercise sovereign power
• Burmese: နန်းစံ (nan:cam) — exercise sovereign power
• Burmese: နန်းထိုင် (nan:htuing) — exercise sovereign power
• Catalan: regnar — exercise sovereign power
• Chinese Cantonese: 統治 /统治 — exercise sovereign power
• Chinese Mandarin: 統治 /统治 (tǒngzhì) — exercise sovereign power
• Chinese Mandarin: 執政 /执政 (zhízhèng) — exercise sovereign power
• Ngazidja Comorian: uruma — exercise sovereign power
• Ngazidja Comorian: utawala — exercise sovereign power
• Czech: vládnout — exercise sovereign power
• Danish: regere — exercise sovereign power
• Dutch: regeren — exercise sovereign power
• Esperanto: reĝi — exercise sovereign power
• Estonian: valitsema — exercise sovereign power
• Finnish: hallita — exercise sovereign power
• French: régner — exercise sovereign power
• Old French: regner — exercise sovereign power
• Galician: reinar — exercise sovereign power
• Georgian: მეფობა (mepoba) — exercise sovereign power
• Old Georgian: სუფევა (supeva) — exercise sovereign power
• German: herrschen — exercise sovereign power
• German: regieren — exercise sovereign power
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌽 (þiudanōn) — exercise sovereign power
• Greek: βασιλεύω (vasilévo) — exercise sovereign power
• Ancient Greek: βασιλεύω (basileúō) — exercise sovereign power
• Hebrew: מָשַׁל (mashál) — exercise sovereign power
• Hebrew: מָלַךְ (malách) — exercise sovereign power
• Hindi: शासन करना (śāsan karnā) — exercise sovereign power
• Hindi: राज्य करना (rājya karnā) — exercise sovereign power
• Hungarian: uralkodik — exercise sovereign power
• Icelandic: ríkja — exercise sovereign power
• Indonesian: pemerintahan — exercise sovereign power
• Italian: regnare — exercise sovereign power
• Japanese: 統治する (tōchi suru) — exercise sovereign power
• Kazakh: патшалық ету (patşalyq etu) — exercise sovereign power
• Kazakh: патшалық құру (patşalyq qūru) — exercise sovereign power
• Khmer: សោយរាជ្យ (saoy riəc) — exercise sovereign power
• Khmer: ស្វោយរាជ្យ (svaoy riəc) — exercise sovereign power
• Khmer: សោយ (saoy) — exercise sovereign power
• Khmer: ស្វោយ (svaoy) — exercise sovereign power
• Khmer: គ្រង (krɔɔng) — exercise sovereign power
• Khmer: គ្រងរាជសម្បត្តិ (krɔɔng riəc sɑmbat) — exercise sovereign power
• Khmer: គ្រងរាជ (krɔɔng riəc) — exercise sovereign power
• Korean: 통치하다 (tongchihada) — exercise sovereign power
• Kyrgyz: падышалык кылуу (padışalık kıluu) — exercise sovereign power
• Lao: ຄອງ (khǭng) — exercise sovereign power
• Lao: ຄອງລາດ (khǭng lāt) — exercise sovereign power
• Latin: rēgnō — exercise sovereign power
• Latvian: valdīt — exercise sovereign power
• Lithuanian: valdyti — exercise sovereign power
• Macedonian: владее (vladee) — exercise sovereign power
• Malay: pemerintahan — exercise sovereign power
• Mongolian: хаанчлах (xaančlax) — exercise sovereign power
• Norwegian Bokmål: regjere — exercise sovereign power
• Old English: ricsian — exercise sovereign power
• Iranian Persian: حُکْمْرانی کَرْدَن (hokmrâni kardan) — exercise sovereign power
• Polish: panować — exercise sovereign power
• Polish: królować — exercise sovereign power
• Polish: władać — exercise sovereign power
• Portuguese: reinar — exercise sovereign power
• Romanian: a domni — exercise sovereign power
• Russian: пра́вить (právitʹ) — exercise sovereign power
• Russian: ца́рствовать (cárstvovatʹ) — exercise sovereign power
• Sanskrit: राष्टि (rāṣṭi) — exercise sovereign power
• Serbo-Croatian: вла́дати — exercise sovereign power
• Serbo-Croatian: vládati — exercise sovereign power
• Slovak: vládnuť — exercise sovereign power
• Slovene: vladati — exercise sovereign power
• Spanish: reinar — exercise sovereign power
• Swedish: regera — exercise sovereign power
• Swedish: härska — exercise sovereign power
• Tajik: хукмронӣ кардан (xukmroni kardan) — exercise sovereign power
• Thai: ครอง (krɔɔng) — exercise sovereign power
• Thai: ครองราชย์ (krɔɔng-râat) — exercise sovereign power
• Thai: ครองราชสมบัติ (krɔɔng-râat-chá-sǒm-bàt) — exercise sovereign power
• Turkish: hükümdarlık etmek — exercise sovereign power
• Turkish: hüküm sürmek — exercise sovereign power
• Turkish: saltanat sürmek — exercise sovereign power
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎍𐎋 (mlk) — exercise sovereign power
• Ukrainian: панува́ти (panuváty) — exercise sovereign power
• Ukrainian: царюва́ти (carjuváty) — exercise sovereign power
• Urdu: راج کَرْنا (rāj karnā) — exercise sovereign power
• Uyghur: ھۆكۈمرانلىق قىلماق (hökümranliq qilmaq) — exercise sovereign power
• Uzbek: hukmronlik qilmoq — exercise sovereign power
• Uzbek: podsholik qilmoq — exercise sovereign power
• Vietnamese: trị vì — exercise sovereign power
• Vietnamese: cai trị — exercise sovereign power
• Chinese Mandarin: 衛冕 /卫冕 (wèimiǎn) — be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition
• Icelandic: halda titli (num) — be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition
• Azerbaijani: hökm sürmək — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Belarusian: панава́ць (panavácʹ) — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Bulgarian: царя́ (carjá) — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Bulgarian: госпо́дствам (gospódstvam) — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Chinese Mandarin: 盛行 (shèngxíng) — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Chinese Mandarin: 主宰 (zhǔzǎi) — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Chinese Mandarin: 籠罩 /笼罩 (lǒngzhào) — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Danish: herske — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Dutch: heersen — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Galician: reinar — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• German: herrschen — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• German: dominieren — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Icelandic: ríkja — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Norwegian Bokmål: herske — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Russian: цари́ть (carítʹ) — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Russian: госпо́дствовать (gospódstvovatʹ) — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Spanish: imperar — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Swedish: härska — be a dominant quality of a place or situation
• Ukrainian: панува́ти (panuváty) — be a dominant quality of a place or situation