Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regime

/ɹəˈʒiːm/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: regime
IPA: /ɹəˈʒiːm/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Mode of rule or management.

noun

A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.

noun

A period of rule.

noun

A regulated system; a regimen.

noun

A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.

noun

A set of characteristics.

Example Sentences

"a prison regime"
"the dictator's regime"
"Heaven will eliminate the tyrannical regimes."
"a fitness regime"
"For three weeks Lorde engages in a regime of rest, relaxation, eurhythmy, and active meditation."
"It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […]."

Etymology

From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₃reǵ-, regime, regimen

Inflected Forms

regimes (plural) régime (alternative)

Derived Forms

antiregime counterregime cryoregime multiregime nanoregime photoregime

Phrases

ancient regime collaborationist regime disturbance regime epistemic regime exercise regime fire regime hybrid regime old regime

Frequently Paired Words

regimen

Synonyms

regimen government authorities

Rhymes With

team seem dream supreme cream theme stream extreme scheme steam beam scream

Questions

How do you pronounce regime?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹəˈʒiːm/.
What does regime mean?: Mode of rule or management.
Where does regime come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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