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Is regiment a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word regiment is a Scrabble US word. The word regiment is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is regiment a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word regiment is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word regiment is a Words With Friends word. The word regiment is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (2 found)

METERING,REGIMENT,

7-letter words (10 found)

GENTIER,INTEGER,MEERING,MEETING,METRING,REGIMEN,TEEMING,TEERING,TERMING,TREEING,

6-letter words (24 found)

EMETIN,EMIGRE,ENGIRT,ENTIRE,ERMINE,GERENT,GERMEN,GERMIN,MERING,METIER,METING,MINGER,MINTER,NERITE,REEMIT,REGENT,REGIME,REMINT,RETIME,RETINE,TEEING,TEGMEN,TREMIE,TRIENE,

5-letter words (45 found)

EGRET,EIGNE,EMERG,ENTER,ERING,GENET,GENIE,GENRE,GERNE,GREEN,GREET,GREIN,GRIME,INERM,INERT,INTER,MEINT,MENGE,MERGE,MERIT,METER,METRE,MINER,MINGE,MITER,MITRE,NIGER,NITER,NITRE,REGIE,REIGN,REMEN,REMET,REMIT,RENIG,RENTE,RETEM,RETIE,TENGE,TERNE,TIGER,TIMER,TINGE,TREEN,TRINE,

4-letter words (69 found)

EGER,EINE,EMIR,EMIT,ERNE,ETEN,GEIT,GENE,GENT,GERE,GERM,GERT,GIEN,GIRN,GIRT,GITE,GREE,GREN,GRIM,GRIN,GRIT,ITEM,MEER,MEET,MEIN,MENE,MENG,MENT,MERE,MERI,METE,MIEN,MINE,MING,MINT,MIRE,MITE,NEEM,NETE,NITE,REEN,REIN,RENT,RETE,RIEM,RIME,RINE,RING,RITE,TEEM,TEEN,TEER,TEIN,TEME,TENE,TERM,TERN,TIER,TIGE,TIME,TINE,TING,TIRE,TREE,TREM,TRIE,TRIG,TRIM,TRIN,

3-letter words (46 found)

EEN,EME,ENE,ENG,ERE,ERG,ERM,ERN,GEE,GEM,GEN,GER,GET,GIE,GIN,GIT,ING,IRE,MEE,MEG,MEN,MET,MIG,MIR,NEE,NEG,NET,NIE,NIM,NIT,REE,REG,REI,REM,REN,RET,RIG,RIM,RIN,RIT,TEE,TEG,TEN,TIE,TIG,TIN,

2-letter words (14 found)

EE,EM,EN,ER,ET,GI,IN,IT,ME,MI,NE,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 211 words from regiment according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of regiment

regiment

Etymology

From Middle French regement, régiment, and its source, Late Latin regimentum (“direction for government; course of medical treatment”), from Latin regō (“rule”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/

Noun

regiment (plural regiments)

  1. (military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units; now specifically, usually composed of two or more battalions. [from 16th c.]
  2. (now rare, archaic) Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority. [from 14th c.]
    • 1576, Abraham Fleming, translating Cicero, A Panoplie of Epistles,&bnsp;XXXIII:
      What place is there in all the world, not ſubiect to the regiment and power of this citie?
    • 1832, John Austin, The Province of Jurisprudence Determined,&bnsp;VI:
      And how is it possible to distinguish precisely […] the powers of ecclesiastical regiment which none but the church should wield from the powers of ecclesiastical regiment (on the jus circa sacra) which secular and profane governments may handle without sin?
  3. (obsolete) The state or office of a ruler; rulership. [14th–17th c.]
  4. (obsolete) Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet). [14th–17th c.]
  5. (obsolete) A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain. [14th–17th c.]
  6. (obsolete, medicine) A regimen. [15th–19th c.]

Translations

Verb

regiment (third-person singular simple present regiments, present participle regimenting, simple past and past participle regimented)

  1. (transitive) To form soldiers into a regiment.
    • J. W. Powell
      The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units.
  2. (transitive) To systematize, or put in rigid order.

Anagrams

  • metering

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin regimentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [rə.ʒiˈmen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [rə.ʒiˈment]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [re.d͡ʒiˈment]
  • Rhymes: -ent

Noun

regiment m (plural regiments)

  1. regiment

Derived terms

  • regimental
  • regimentar

Further reading

  • “regiment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “regiment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “regiment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “regiment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch regiment. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌreː.ʒiˈmɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: re‧gi‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

regiment n (plural regimenten, diminutive regimentje n)

  1. regiment (division of an army)
    Het regiment trok ten strijde onder leiding van hun kolonel. ― The regiment went into battle under the leadership of their colonel.
    Hij diende vijf jaar in een infanterieregiment. ― He served for five years in an infantry regiment.
    De troepen van dat regiment staan bekend om hun discipline. ― The troops of that regiment are known for their discipline.
  2. regimen, regime (particular system of enforcing discipline)
  3. (obsolete) rulership, governance, rule
    • 1628, Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", (modern, redacted version), couplet 2.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: resimen (“division of an army”)
  • → Papiamentu: resjiment

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Regiment (“regiment”), from Medieval Latin regimentum, from Latin regimen (“rule, direction”), from regō (“I rule”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛɡimɛnt]
  • Hyphenation: re‧gi‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

regiment (plural regimentek)

  1. (archaic) regiment
    Synonym: ezred

Declension

Further reading

  • regiment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin regimentum.

Noun

regiment n (definite singular regimentet, indefinite plural regiment or regimenter, definite plural regimenta or regimentene)

  1. (military) a regiment

References

  • “regiment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin regimentum.

Noun

regiment n (definite singular regimentet, indefinite plural regiment, definite plural regimenta)

  1. (military) a regiment

References

  • “regiment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin regimentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛˈɡi.mɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -imɛnt
  • Syllabification: re‧gi‧ment

Noun

regiment m inan

  1. (historical, military) regiment (infantry or cavalry regiment in foreign armies in Poland in the 17th and 18th centuries)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • regiment in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French régiment.

Noun

regiment n (plural regimente)

  1. regiment

Declension

Vilamovian

Noun

regiment n

  1. (military) regiment

Source: wiktionary.org