regia

See also: regía, régia, and règia

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

regia

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of regir

Italian

Etymology 1

Derived from French régie.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈd͡ʒi.a/[2]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: re‧gì‧a

Noun

regia f (plural regie)

  1. (film) direction
  2. (theater, television, etc.) direction, production
  3. organization, direction

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.d͡ʒa/[2]
  • Rhymes: -ɛdʒa
  • Hyphenation: rè‧gia

Adjective

regia

  1. feminine singular of regio

Noun

regia f (plural regie)

  1. alternative form of reggia

References

  1. ^ regia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. 2.0 2.1 regia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • regia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • regia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • regia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • regìa, règia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Substantive noun from rēgius (regal, royal; a royal [thing]) directly and via various ellipses of collocative terms with feminine nouns (e.g. domus, "house", and urbs, "city"). Compare the origin of Greek βασιλική (vasilikí, basilica), from the Byzantine Greek term βασιλική στοά (basilikḗ stoá, royal building).

Noun

rēgia f (genitive rēgiae); first declension

  1. a royal palace, castle, fortress, residence; court; kingship
  2. the royal tent in a camp
  3. a royal city, capital
  4. a roofed colonnade, portico, hall
  5. the central entrance to a theatre
Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rēgia rēgiae
genitive rēgiae rēgiārum
dative rēgiae rēgiīs
accusative rēgiam rēgiās
ablative rēgiā rēgiīs
vocative rēgia rēgiae
Descendants
  • Italian: reggia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of rēgius (of or pertaining to a king; regal, royal).

Adjective

rēgia

  1. inflection of rēgius:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Derived terms

Adjective

rēgiā

  1. ablative feminine singular of rēgius

References

  • regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "regia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • regia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • regia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • regia”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
  • regia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • regia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈʒi.ɐ/ [heˈʒi.ɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈʒi.ɐ/ [χeˈʒi.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈʒi.a/ [heˈʒi.a]

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: re‧gi‧a

Verb

regia

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of reger

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrexja/ [ˈre.xja]
  • Rhymes: -exja
  • Syllabification: re‧gia

Adjective

regia

  1. feminine singular of regio