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
C1
register
B2
enrollment
38k

registry office

recording
B2
entry
B2

registration office

list
A2
registering
24k
record
A2
index
C2
enlistment
44k
inscription
C2
institution
C1
introduction
C1
inventory
C1
log
B2
logging
C2
protocol
C1
reading
B1
recommendation
C1
reference
C1
registrar
22k
signature
B2
subscription
C2

system database

table
A2
transcription
39k
bill
A2
write down
writing
B1

card catalog

register office
transliteration
booking
C2
book-keeping

card catalogue

card index

card-index
commendation
25k
composition
C2
constitution
C1
document
B2
enrolment
file
B1
Translations

registre
Register
registro
Registrierung
greffe

βιβλίο

registre
kayıt
register

εγγραφή

enregistrement
Eintragung

Registratur

registrazione
Frequency

C2
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.

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