règle

Signification

Noun

1. rule, regulation
2. rule, period of ruling
3. ruler (for measuring length)
4. period, menstruation

Verb

1. inflection of régler:
2. inflection of régler:

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʁɛɡl/

Étymologie

Inherited from Middle French regle, from Late Old French regle (13th c.), borrowed from Latin regula. Displaced the earlier borrowing Old French riule, reule (whence English rule). Compare also the inherited Old French reille (whence English rail). Doublet of rail and rigole.

Phrases

Il le réforme selon la règle de saint Augustin .

He reformed it according to the rule of St. Augustine.