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masculine

/ʁe.ʒim/

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Translation

diet; regime, system of government

Word origin

From Latin regimen ('guidance, government'), from regere ('to rule, to keep straight'). The medical sense of a controlled diet and the political sense both come from the idea of a rule imposed.

Origin: Latin
Root: regimen
English cognates: regime, regimen, regent

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralrégimes

Examples

au .

I have been on a diet since January.

, .

Political systems change, but the people stay.

Diets that are too harsh never last.

The new regime rewrote every law.

She lost five kilos thanks to that diet.

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This word is part of lesson 51.