regiment

Significado (inglés)

Noun

1. 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.
2. Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.
3. (obsolete) The state or office of a ruler; rulership.
4. (obsolete) Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).
5. (obsolete) A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.
6. (obsolete) A regimen.

Verb

1. To form soldiers into a regiment.
2. To systematize, or put in rigid order.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

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