regiment

Meaning

Noun

1. A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.
2. (archaic) 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. (transitive) To form soldiers into a regiment.
2. (transitive) To systematize, or put in rigid order.

Synonyms

battalion

organize

infantry

unit

brigade

check

command

company

constitution

corps

curb

discipline

division

garrison

group

institutionalize

keep down

master

platoon

post

regime

rule

sector

squad

stereotype

subjugate

systematization

systematize

vanguard

wing

🪽

keep in line

squeeze into a pattern

army

sytematize

army unit

array

battery

🔋

Translations

régiment

regimiento

Regiment

reggimento

regimento

regiment

regiment

σύνταγμα

reglementieren

alay

επιστρατεύω

alayî

στρατολογώ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/

Etymology

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