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"regulation (official rules)" in seven languages

Meaningregulation (official rules)

Spanish

reglamento

/reglaˈmento/

masc.learned

Semi-learned regla; the inherited descendant of REGULA is reja 'grille'.

French

règlement

/ʁɛgləmɑ̃/

masc.learned

Semi-learned règle; réglementation is the body of regulations.

Italian

regolamento

/regolaˈmento/

masc.learned

Portuguese

regulamento

/heɡulaˈmẽtu/

masc.learned

Romanian

regulament

/reɡulaˈment/

neut.learned

Catalan

reglament

/rəɡɡləˈmen/

masc.learned

English

regulation

/ˌɹɛɡjəˈleɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Late Latin REGULĀTIŌNEM

English → Italianregulation (official rules)regolamentoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

REGULĀRE‘to rule, direct (REGULA 'straight stick, rule')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Where English uses the -TIŌNEM noun, the sisters build on -MENTUM: reglamento, règlement, regolamento. REGULA itself split: semi-learned regla, règle, regola beside popular Spanish reja 'grille' and English rule, via Old French riule.

English relatives: rule, regular, regulate

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In a sentence

  • esEl nuevo reglamento entra en vigor en mayo.
  • frLe nouveau règlement entre en vigueur en mai.
  • itIl nuovo regolamento entra in vigore a maggio.
  • ptO novo regulamento entra em vigor em maio.
  • roNoul regulament intră în vigoare în mai.
  • caEl nou reglament entra en vigor al maig.
  • enThe new regulations come into force in May.

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