règle

Meaning

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁɛɡl/
Etymology

In summary

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, reille, rigole, and rille.

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