rule

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A regulation, law, guideline.
2. (countable, uncountable) A regulating principle.
3. (uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
4. (countable, uncountable) A normal condition or state of affairs.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Conduct; behaviour.
6. (countable, uncountable) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
7. (countable, uncountable) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
8. (countable, uncountable) A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
9. (countable, uncountable) A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
10. (countable, dated, uncountable) 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.

Verb

1. (stative, transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
2. (intransitive, slang, stative) To excel.
3. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
4. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
5. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).

Verb

To revel.

Concepts

règle

gouverner

régner

commander

règlement

loi

gouvernement

principe

dominer

règle|règles

règne

formule

ordre

régler

statuer

tenue

coutume

commandement

prescription

régir

usage

résolution

donner un ordre

diriger

administrer

décision

juger

🧑‍⚖️

statut

habitude

surveiller

réglementation

déclarer

tradition

modalité

réglement

régulation

rendez-vous

📅

rêne

solution

suprématie

tracer

trouver

🔍

directive

lois

maîtrise

marcher sur

prédominer

réagir

régenter

règner

Opposé de

stink, suck

Synonymes

govern

regulation

control

law

reign

command

government

dominate

principle

order

dominion

ruler

precept

statute

standard

power

norm

custom

manage

direct

decide

decree

restrain

administration

authority

judge

🧑‍⚖️

kingdom

guideline

administer

system

supervise

formula

resolve

sovereignty

line

predominate

ruling

regulations

canon

conclude

commandment

method

code

sway

make a decision

ascendancy

ascendance

governance

domination

prevail

Traductions

Regel

regola

regla

gobernar

governare

regieren

norma

regra

dominare

κανόνας

herrschen

regla

regel

regeren

beherrschen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹuːl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: reule

Hérité de moyen anglais: reulen

In summary

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.

Phrases

He was the only American to rule from within the National Palace .

Il était le seul Américain à gouverner à l'intérieur du palais national.

The first rule of don't fight club is let's talk about it .

Kingdom of Srem under the rule of Stefan Dragutin was located in Lower Srem.

Le royaume de Srem sous le règne de Stefan Dragutin était situé dans le bas de Srem.