registry

Meaning

1. (countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
2. (countable) A record; an account; a register.
3. (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
4. (countable) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Synonyms

registration

register

enrollment

registry office

recording

entry

registration office

list

registering

record

index

enlistment

inscription

institution

introduction

inventory

log

logging

protocol

reading

recommendation

reference

registrar

signature

subscription

system database

table

transcription

bill

write down

writing

card catalog

register office

transliteration

booking

book-keeping

card catalogue

card index

card-index

commendation

composition

constitution

document

enrolment

file

Translations

registre

Register

registro

Registrierung

greffe

register

enregistrement

kayıt

Eintragung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛdʒɪstɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: regestery

In summary

A variant of registery, from Middle English regestery (“?a record book; ?a bookmark”), partly from Medieval Latin regesterium, registerium and probably also partly formed with -ery. Equivalent to register + -y.