Standard Lemma guide

rule

name · noun · verb · 39 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹuːl/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ɹʉwl/
  • British, Southern, Standard: [ɹʊwl]
  • /ɹoːl/ fool–fall merger
  • Canada, General-American: /ɹul/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ɹʉːl/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ɹuːl]
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Wales: /ɹɪu̯l/
  • Scotland: /ɾʉl/
  • Northern-Ireland: /ɻʉl/
  • rhymes with -uːl
  • CMU ARPABET: R UW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A town in Haskell County, Texas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A regulation, law, guideline.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • All participants must adhere to the rules.
  • You have to follow the rules to enter the qualifiers for the football tournament.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A regulating principle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A normal condition or state of affairs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • My rule is to rise at six o'clock.
  • As a rule, our senior editors are serious-minded.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Conduct; behaviour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • a rule for extracting the cube root

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated, uncountable

Topics: media, printing, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

Revelry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: stative, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To excel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang, stative

Examples

  • This game rules!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rock, bang, devour, eat, eat and leave no crumbs, excel, go hard, kick, kick ass, rule, shine, slap, slay

Antonyms: stink, suck

17

verb

Meaning 17

To decide judicially.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hold

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To revel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ruler

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: measuring stick, measure, measuring rod

Narrower terms: carpenter's rule, foot rule, meterstick, metrestick, yardstick, yard measure

22

noun

Meaning 22

something regarded as a normative example

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the convention of not naming the main character
  • violence is the rule not the exception
  • his formula for impressing visitors

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: convention, normal, pattern, formula

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: practice

Narrower terms: mores, code of conduct, code of behavior, universal

23

noun

Meaning 23

a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast
  • short haircuts were the regulation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: regulation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: concept, conception, construct

Narrower terms: restriction, limitation, guidepost, guideline, rule of thumb, cy pres, rule of cy pres, cy pres doctrine, working principle, working rule

24

noun

Meaning 24

(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs
  • he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: formula

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: procedure, process

Narrower terms: metarule, algorithm, algorithmic rule, algorithmic program, heuristic, heuristic rule, heuristic program, recursion

25

noun

Meaning 25

a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the principle of the conservation of mass
  • the principle of jet propulsion
  • the right-hand rule for inductive fields

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: principle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: law, law of nature

Narrower terms: Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization, Le Chatelier's principle, Le Chatelier's law, Le Chatelier principle, Le Chatelier-Braun principle, Gresham's Law, mass-energy equivalence, Naegele's rule, Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony, principle of equivalence, principle of liquid displacement, principle of superposition, Huygens' principle of superposition, superposition principle, superposition, mass-action principle, mass action, localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle, localization, localisation

26

noun

Meaning 26

a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • their principles of composition characterized all their works

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: principle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: generalization, generalisation, generality

Narrower terms: pillar, yang, yin, feng shui

27

noun

Meaning 27

any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the rule of St. Dominic

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: direction, instruction

28

noun

Meaning 28

prescribed guide for conduct or action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prescript

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: direction, instruction

Narrower terms: bylaw, rubric, order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rule of evidence, Miranda rule, principle, precept, golden rule, GIGO, dictate, regulation, ordinance, canon, etiquette, protocol, communications protocol

29

noun

Meaning 29

directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he knew the rules of chess

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: direction, instruction

Narrower terms: ground rule

30

noun

Meaning 30

(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: linguistic rule

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: concept, conception, construct

Narrower terms: universal, linguistic universal, grammatical rule, rule of grammar, morphological rule, rule of morphology

31

noun

Meaning 31

dominance or power through legal authority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa
  • the rule of Caesar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dominion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control

Narrower terms: paramountcy, raj, reign, sovereignty, suzerainty

32

noun

Meaning 32

the duration of a monarch's or government's power

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • during the rule of Elizabeth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duration, continuance

Narrower terms: regency

33

verb

Meaning 33

keep in check

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • rule one's temper

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: harness, rein

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

34

verb

Meaning 34

decide with authority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: decree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: decide, make up one's mind, determine

Narrower terms: overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse, rule out, rule in

35

verb

Meaning 35

decide on and make a declaration about

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • find someone guilty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: find

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pronounce, label, judge

36

verb

Meaning 36

mark or draw with a ruler

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • rule the margins

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: draw

37

verb

Meaning 37

exercise authority over; as of nations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Who is governing the country now?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: govern

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: control, command

Narrower terms: throne, misgovern, dictate, reign

38

verb

Meaning 38

be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Money reigns supreme here
  • Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: predominate, dominate, reign, prevail

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: override, overarch, preponderate, outweigh, overbalance, outbalance

39

verb

Meaning 39

have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attach to, accompany, come with, go with

History

Etymology

From Middle English reule, rewle, rule, borrowed from Old French riule, reule, from Latin regula (“straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h3réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h3reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of rail, regal, regula, and rigol.

Related to revel.

From Middle English reulen, rulen, borrowed from Old French riuler, from Latin regulāre (“to regulate, rule”), from regula (“a rule”); see regular and regulate.

Across languages

Translations

402 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: reël — regulation
  • Albanian: rregull — regulation
  • Arabic: قَانُون (qānūn) — regulation
  • Arabic: قَاعِدَة (qāʕida) — regulation
  • Arabic: دُسْتُور (dustūr) — regulation
  • Armenian: կանոն (kanon) — regulation
  • Asturian: regla — regulation
  • Azerbaijani: qayda — regulation
  • Bashkir: ҡағиҙә (qağiźə) — regulation
  • Basque: arau — regulation
  • Belarusian: пра́віла (právila) — regulation
  • Bengali: নিয়ম (niẏom) — regulation
  • Bulgarian: пра́вило (právilo) — regulation
  • Burmese: စည်းကမ်း (cany:kam:) — regulation
  • Burmese: နိယာမ (ni.yama.) — regulation
  • Catalan: regla — regulation
  • Catalan: norma — regulation
  • Chechen: ӏедал (ˀedal) — regulation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 規則 /规则 (guīzé) — regulation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 規律 /规律 (guīlǜ) — regulation
  • Chuukese: annuk — regulation
  • Cornish: rewl — regulation
  • Crimean Tatar: qaide — regulation
  • Czech: pravidlo — regulation
  • Danish: regel — regulation
  • Dutch: regel — regulation
  • Esperanto: regulo — regulation
  • Estonian: juhis — regulation
  • Faroese: regla — regulation
  • Finnish: sääntö — regulation
  • Finnish: ohje — regulation
  • French: règle — regulation
  • North Frisian: räigel — regulation
  • Galician: regra — regulation
  • Georgian: წესი (c̣esi) — regulation
  • German: Regel — regulation
  • German: Vorschrift — regulation
  • Greek: κανόνας (kanónas) — regulation
  • Ancient Greek: κανών (kanṓn) — regulation
  • Gujarati: નિયમ (niyam) — regulation
  • Gujarati: કાનૂન (kānūn) — regulation
  • Gujarati: કાયદો (kāyado) — regulation
  • Haitian Creole: règ — regulation
  • Hebrew: חוק \ חֹק (khok) — regulation
  • Higaonon: balaod — regulation
  • Hindi: राज (rāj) — regulation
  • Hindi: दस्तूर (dastūr) — regulation
  • Hindi: नियम (niyam) — regulation
  • Hindi: क़ानून (qānūn) — regulation
  • Hindi: क़ायदा (qāydā) — regulation
  • Hindi: कानून (kānūn) — regulation
  • Hindi: कायदा (kāydā) — regulation
  • White Hmong: cai — regulation
  • Hungarian: szabály — regulation
  • Hungarian: előírás — regulation
  • Icelandic: regla — regulation
  • Ido: regulo — regulation
  • Ingrian: praavila — regulation
  • Italian: regola — regulation
  • Japanese: 規則 (kisoku) — regulation
  • Japanese: 決まり (kimari) — regulation
  • Japanese: 掟 (okite) — regulation
  • Japanese: 規律 (kiritsu) — regulation
  • Japanese: ルール (rūru) — regulation
  • Japanese: 規 (nori) — regulation
  • Karelian: siändö — regulation
  • Kazakh: ереже (ereje) — regulation
  • Khmer: ក្បួន (kbuən) — regulation
  • Khmer: ច្បាប់ (cbap) — regulation
  • Khmer: នីតិ (niiteʼ) — regulation
  • Khmer: បញ្ញត្តិ (baññat) — regulation
  • Komi-Zyrian: индӧд (indöd) — regulation
  • Komi-Zyrian: кесйӧг (kesjög) — regulation
  • Korean: 규칙 (gyuchik) — regulation
  • Korean: 규율 (gyuyul) — regulation
  • Korean: 규률 (gyuryul) — regulation
  • Korean: 룰 (rul) — regulation
  • Northern Kurdish: qayde — regulation
  • Northern Kurdish: qanûn — regulation
  • Northern Kurdish: rêsa — regulation
  • Kyrgyz: эреже (ereje) — regulation
  • Kyrgyz: тартип (tartip) — regulation
  • Lao: ກະຕິກາ (ka ti kā) — regulation
  • Lao: ກົດ (kot) — regulation
  • Lao: ນິຕິ (ni ti) — regulation
  • Lao: ລະບຽບ (la bīap) — regulation
  • Latgalian: likums — regulation
  • Latin: rēgula — regulation
  • Latin: lēx — regulation
  • Latin: norma — regulation
  • Latin: praeceptum — regulation
  • Latin: praescrīptum — regulation
  • Latvian: likums — regulation
  • Latvian: noteikums — regulation
  • Latvian: regula — regulation
  • Latvian: vadlīnija — regulation
  • Latvian: norma — regulation
  • Lithuanian: taisyklė — regulation
  • Macedonian: правило (pravilo) — regulation
  • Malay: aturan — regulation
  • Malay: peraturan — regulation
  • Malayalam: നിയമം (niyamaṁ) — regulation
  • Maltese: regola — regulation
  • Manchu: ᡴᠣᠣᠯᡳ (kooli) — regulation
  • Māori: rekureihana — regulation
  • Māori: ture — regulation
  • Mongolian: дүрэм (dürem) — regulation
  • Mongolian: тогтоол (togtool) — regulation
  • Navajo: bee hazʼáanii — regulation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regel — regulation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: regel — regulation
  • Occitan: règla — regulation
  • Odia: ନିୟମ (niyama) — regulation
  • Old English: regol — regulation
  • Palauan: llach — regulation
  • Papiamentu: regla — regulation
  • Pashto: قاعده (qā'edá) — regulation
  • Pashto: قانون (qānún) — regulation
  • Dari: قَانُون (qānūn) — regulation
  • Dari: قَاعِدَه (qā'ida) — regulation
  • Dari: دَسْتُور (dastūr) — regulation
  • Iranian Persian: قانون (ġânun) — regulation
  • Iranian Persian: قاعِدِه (ġâ'ede) — regulation
  • Iranian Persian: دَسْتور (dastur) — regulation
  • Polish: reguła — regulation
  • Polish: zasada — regulation
  • Portuguese: regra — regulation
  • Portuguese: lei — regulation
  • Portuguese: regulamento — regulation
  • Romagnol: régula — regulation
  • Romanian: regulă — regulation
  • Russian: пра́вило (právilo) — regulation
  • Skolt-Sami: vuâkkõs — regulation
  • Skolt-Sami: šeâttmõš — regulation
  • Sanskrit: नियम (niyama) — regulation
  • Scottish Gaelic: riaghailt — regulation
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̏вило — regulation
  • Serbo-Croatian: ре̏гула — regulation
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȁvilo — regulation
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȅgula — regulation
  • Shor: чозақ (çozaq) — regulation
  • Sindhi: قاعدو (qāʻdo) — regulation
  • Sindhi: ڪار (kār) — regulation
  • Slovak: pravidlo — regulation
  • Slovene: pravilo — regulation
  • Spanish: regla — regulation
  • Spanish: canon — regulation
  • Swahili: masharti — regulation
  • Swedish: regel — regulation
  • Tagalog: panuto — regulation
  • Tagalog: tuntunin — regulation
  • Tajik: қоида (qoyida) — regulation
  • Tajik: қонун (qonun) — regulation
  • Tajik: дастур (dastur) — regulation
  • Tatar: кагыйдә (qağidä) — regulation
  • Tatar: тәртип (tärtip) — regulation
  • Telugu: నియమం (niyamaṁ) — regulation
  • Thai: กฎ (gòt) — regulation
  • Thai: นิติ (ní-dtì) — regulation
  • Thai: กติกา (gà-dtì-gaa) — regulation
  • Thai: ระเบียบ (rá-bìiap) — regulation
  • Thai: ธรรม (tam) — regulation
  • Tocharian B: pele — regulation
  • Turkish: kural — regulation
  • Turkish: kaide — regulation
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاعده (kaʿide) — regulation
  • Turkmen: kada — regulation
  • Ukrainian: пра́вило (právylo) — regulation
  • Urdu: قَاعِدَہ (qā'ida) — regulation
  • Urdu: دَسْتُور (dastūr) — regulation
  • Urdu: قانُون (qānūn) — regulation
  • Uyghur: قائىدە (qa'ide) — regulation
  • Uzbek: qoida — regulation
  • Veps: sänd — regulation
  • Vietnamese: quy tắc — regulation
  • Vietnamese: quy luật — regulation
  • Vietnamese: quy định — regulation
  • Vietnamese: thể lệ — regulation
  • Welsh: rheol — regulation
  • Zazaki: qayde — regulation
  • Albanian: balltim — the act of ruling; control
  • Arabic: حُكْم (ḥukm) — the act of ruling; control
  • Arabic: حُكُومَة (ḥukūma) — the act of ruling; control
  • Belarusian: праўле́нне (prawljénnje) — the act of ruling; control
  • Belarusian: праўле́ньне (prawljénʹnje) — the act of ruling; control
  • Belarusian: кірава́нне (kiravánnje) — the act of ruling; control
  • Belarusian: кірава́ньне (kiravánʹnje) — the act of ruling; control
  • Belarusian: панава́нне (panavánnje) — the act of ruling; control
  • Belarusian: панава́ньне (panavánʹnje) — the act of ruling; control
  • Belarusian: ца́рстваванне (cárstvavannje) — the act of ruling; control
  • Belarusian: ца́рстваваньне (cárstvavanʹnje) — the act of ruling; control
  • Bengali: শাসন (śaśon) — the act of ruling; control
  • Bulgarian: цару́ване (carúvane) — the act of ruling; control
  • Bulgarian: госпо́дство (gospódstvo) — the act of ruling; control
  • Bulgarian: управле́ние (upravlénie) — the act of ruling; control
  • Chinese Mandarin: 統治 /统治 (tǒngzhì) — the act of ruling; control
  • Czech: vláda — the act of ruling; control
  • Danish: styre — the act of ruling; control
  • Egyptian: wA-s-wAs (wꜣs) — the act of ruling; control
  • Estonian: valitsus — the act of ruling; control
  • Finnish: valta — the act of ruling; control
  • French: règne — the act of ruling; control
  • German: Herrschaft — the act of ruling; control
  • Hindi: शासन (śāsan) — the act of ruling; control
  • Hungarian: uralkodás — the act of ruling; control
  • Hungarian: uralom — the act of ruling; control
  • Japanese: 統治 (tōchi) — the act of ruling; control
  • Korean: 통치 (tongchi) — the act of ruling; control
  • Latin: regimen — the act of ruling; control
  • Latin: regimentum — the act of ruling; control
  • Latvian: valdīšana — the act of ruling; control
  • Lithuanian: valdžia — the act of ruling; control
  • Macedonian: владеење (vladeenje) — the act of ruling; control
  • Malayalam: ഭരണം (bharaṇaṁ) — the act of ruling; control
  • Malayalam: നിയന്ത്രണം (niyantraṇaṁ) — the act of ruling; control
  • Maltese: ħakma — the act of ruling; control
  • Manchu: ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠨ (dasan) — the act of ruling; control
  • Norwegian Bokmål: styre — the act of ruling; control
  • Iranian Persian: حُکْم (hokm) — the act of ruling; control
  • Polish: panowanie — the act of ruling; control
  • Romanian: guvernare — the act of ruling; control
  • Russian: правле́ние (pravlénije) — the act of ruling; control
  • Russian: госпо́дство (gospódstvo) — the act of ruling; control
  • Serbo-Croatian: вла̀давина — the act of ruling; control
  • Serbo-Croatian: vlàdavina — the act of ruling; control
  • Slovak: vláda — the act of ruling; control
  • Slovene: vladavina — the act of ruling; control
  • Swedish: regering — the act of ruling; control
  • Tajik: ҳукм (hukm) — the act of ruling; control
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیاست (siyâset) — the act of ruling; control
  • Ukrainian: правлі́ння (pravlínnja) — the act of ruling; control
  • Ukrainian: панува́ння (panuvánnja) — the act of ruling; control
  • Ukrainian: царюва́ння (carjuvánnja) — the act of ruling; control
  • Bulgarian: пра́вило (právilo) — a normal condition or state of affairs
  • German: Regel — a normal condition or state of affairs
  • Hungarian: alapeset — a normal condition or state of affairs
  • Hungarian: alapszabály — a normal condition or state of affairs
  • Hungarian: alapelv — a normal condition or state of affairs
  • Hungarian: szokás — a normal condition or state of affairs
  • Māori: tikanga — a normal condition or state of affairs
  • Albanian: balltoj — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Arabic: حَكَمَ (ḥakama) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Arabic: حكم (ḥakam) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Armenian: իշխել (išxel) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Aromanian: vãsilipsescu — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Aromanian: amirãripsescu — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Aromanian: dumnescu — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Azerbaijani: idarə etmək — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Belarusian: пра́віць (právicʹ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Belarusian: кірава́ць (kiravácʹ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Belarusian: панава́ць (panavácʹ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Belarusian: улада́рыць (uladárycʹ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Bengali: শাসন করা (śaśon kora) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Bulgarian: управля́вам (upravljávam) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Bulgarian: вла́ствувам (vlástvuvam) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Catalan: manar — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Catalan: governar — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Catalan: regnar — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 治 (dê) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Chinese Mandarin: 治 (zhì) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Chinese Mandarin: 統治 /统治 (tǒngzhì) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Chinese Mandarin: 治理 (zhìlǐ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Czech: vládnout — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Danish: styre — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Danish: regere — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Dutch: regeren — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Egyptian: HqA-q-A-Y1V (ḥqꜣ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Esperanto: regi — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Faroese: stýra — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Finnish: säännellä — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Finnish: hallita — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Finnish: johtaa — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Finnish: päättää — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Finnish: vallita — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • French: gouverner — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • French: régler — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Galician: mandar — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Galician: gobernar — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • German: regieren — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • German: beherrschen — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (fraujinōn) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (waldan) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Greek: κυβερνώ (kyvernó) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Greek: διοικώ (dioikó) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Greek: διευθύνω (diefthýno) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Ancient Greek: ἄρχω (árkhō) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Ancient Greek: κρατέω (kratéō) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Ancient Greek: ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Hebrew: מָשַׁל (mashál) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Hebrew: שָׁלַט (shalát) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Hindi: शासन करना (śāsan karnā) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Hungarian: ural — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Hungarian: uralkodik — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Hungarian: irányít — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Hungarian: vezet — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Hungarian: igazgat — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Hungarian: szabályoz — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Icelandic: stjórna — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Icelandic: drottna — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Icelandic: ráða — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Icelandic: ríkja — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Italian: governare — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Japanese: 治める (osameru) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Japanese: 支配する (shihai suru) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Japanese: 統治する (tōchi suru) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Korean: 통치하다 (tongchihada) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Latin: regō — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Latin: imperō — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Latvian: valdīt — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Macedonian: управува (upravuva) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Malayalam: ഭരിയ്ക്കുക (bhariykkuka) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Neapolitan: cumannà — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Northern Altai: пашкарарга (paškararga) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Norwegian Bokmål: styre — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regjere — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: styre — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: regjere — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Occitan: reglar — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Old English: wealdan — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Old Turkic: 𐰆𐰞𐰺 (olur-) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Polish: rządzić — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Polish: panować — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Portuguese: reinar — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Portuguese: governar — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Romanian: domni — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Russian: пра́вить (právitʹ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Russian: вла́ствовать (vlástvovatʹ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Russian: руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Russian: госпо́дствовать (gospódstvovatʹ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Russian: управля́ть (upravljátʹ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Sanskrit: राष्टि (rāṣṭi) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀прављати — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Serbo-Croatian: вла́дати — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Serbo-Croatian: регули́рати — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùpravljati — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Serbo-Croatian: vládati — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Serbo-Croatian: regulírati — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Shan: ဢုပ်ႉပိူင်ႇ (ʼṵ̂p pòeng) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Slovak: vládnuť — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Slovene: vlādati — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Southern Altai: башкарар (baškarar) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Spanish: mandar — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Spanish: regentar — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Spanish: regentear — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Spanish: regir — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Swahili: sharti — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Swedish: styra — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Swedish: regera — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Swedish: härska — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Tamil: ஆள் (āḷ) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Telugu: పాలించు (pāliñcu) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Telugu: ఏలు (ēlu) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎍𐎋 (mlk) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Ukrainian: пра́вити (právyty) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Ukrainian: керува́ти (keruváty) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Ukrainian: урядува́ти (urjaduváty) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Ukrainian: управля́ти (upravljáty) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Ukrainian: панува́ти (panuváty) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Ukrainian: владарюва́ти (vladarjuváty) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Unami: nikanixi — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Volapük: reigön — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Volapük: guverön — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Yiddish: קעניגן (kenign) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Yiddish: הערשן (hershn) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Yiddish: געוועלטיקן (geveltikn) — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Zazaki: hakem — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Zazaki: hakim — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Zazaki: soretger — to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
  • Finnish: rulettaa — slang: to excel
  • Georgian: ასწორებს (asc̣orebs) — slang: to excel
  • Hungarian: a legjobb — slang: to excel
  • Hungarian: a csúcs — slang: to excel
  • Hungarian: a király — slang: to excel
  • Latvian: rullēt — slang: to excel
  • Polish: wymiatać — slang: to excel
  • Romanian: rupe — slang: to excel
  • Russian: рулить (rulitʹ) — slang: to excel
  • Russian: тащить (taščitʹ) — slang: to excel
  • Spanish: molar — slang: to excel
  • Swedish: äga — slang: to excel
  • Bulgarian: разграфявам (razgrafjavam) — to mark with lines
  • Bulgarian: разчертавам (razčertavam) — to mark with lines
  • French: graduer — to mark with lines
  • Greek: χαρακώνω (charakóno) — to mark with lines
  • Hungarian: vonalaz — to mark with lines
  • Hungarian: megvonalaz — to mark with lines
  • Ido: lineizar — to mark with lines
  • Latvian: sagrafēt — to mark with lines
  • Latvian: savilkt līnijas — to mark with lines
  • Russian: расчертить (rasčertitʹ) — to mark with lines
  • Ottoman Turkish: مسطرلامق (mıstarlamak) — to mark with lines
  • Bulgarian: постановявам (postanovjavam) — to decide judicially
  • German: entscheiden — to decide judicially
  • German: urteilen — to decide judicially
  • Hungarian: dönt — to decide judicially
  • Italian: sentenziare — to decide judicially
  • Polish: wydać orzeczenie — to decide judicially
  • Spanish: laudar — to decide judicially
  • Spanish: dictaminar — to decide judicially
  • Spanish: fallar — to decide judicially
  • Spanish: dictar — to decide judicially
  • Spanish: resolver — to decide judicially