reign
/ɹeɪ̯n/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
name
A male given name.
Example Sentences
- "England prospered under Elizabeth I's reign."
- "Throughout history, no single dictator has successfully upheld their reign forever, no matter how powerful they seemed to be."
- "The reign of Victoria was a long one."
- "And the Fox guileful, and most covetous; / That neither pleased was, to have the reign / Twixt them divided into even twain"
- "He reigned in an autocratic manner."
- "Both we will raigne as Conſuls of the earth, And mightie kings ſhall be our Senators."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Italic *rēks Latin rēx Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin *rēgnusnom. Latin rēgnum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin rēgnō, rēgnārebor. Old French reignier Anglo-Norman regnerbor. Middle English regnen English reign Inherited from Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: regnen, reignier, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹeɪ̯n/
- British English: /ɹeɪ̯n/