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référer: to refer (someone); to refer
régal: treat, culinary delight
régalade: drinking from a bottle without it touching the lips
régaler: to cook (someone) a really good meal; to have a great meal; to treat, to serve a treat, to cook up something special
régalia: alternative spelling of regalia
régalien: regal, royal
régalin: regaline
régate: regatta (boat race)
régence: regency
régent: regent
régenter: to dictate, (seek to) dominate
régicide: regicide (the killing of a king)
régicide: regicide (someone who kills a king)
régie: administration, commission; state management; excise tax
régime: regime; kind of political system; regimen; object; operating mode; diet
régime moteur: rotational speed of an engine
régiment: regiment (army unit)
régimentaire: regimental
régimer: to diet, go on a diet
réginicide: the killing of a queen; reginacide
réginicide: the killer of a queen; a reginacide
région: region; area; a political subdivision of France and some other Francophone countries, bigger than a département
régional: regional
régionalement: regionally
régionalisation: regionalization
régionaliser: to regionalize
régionalisme: regionalism; regionalism (word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region)
régionaliste: regionalist
régionaliste: regionalist
régiosélectif: regioselective
régiosélectivité: regioselectivity
régir: to govern
régisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of régir
régisseur: manager, administrator; stage manager
réglable: adjustable
réglage: adjustment, tuning; ruling; setting
réglement: obsolete spelling of règlement
réglementaire: regulatory; related to regulations
réglementairement: statutorily, in accordance with regulations
réglementation: regulation, bylaw, law
réglementer: to regulate
régler: to sort out, to settle (a problem, a bill); to set, to adjust; to regulate; to rule; to put lines on
régler ses comptes: to settle accounts, to settle a score
régler son compte: to settle one's account; to deal with, to settle the score with, to give (someone) what is coming to them (often violently); to sort out, to liquidate (to kill)
régler sur: to adjust to; to model oneself on
réglet: a kind of ruler (first meaning), usually in metal, where the physical extremity is the first graduation; reglet
réglisse: licorice (the plant); licorice (the confection)
réglo: correct, on the level, stand-up
réglé: settled; flowered, menstruating
réglé comme du papier à musique: very organized, very methodical, very precise; like clockwork
réglé comme une horloge: very regular; like clockwork
régnant: ruling (that rules)
régner: to reign (of a monarch); to reign (to have a powerful influence on)
régner en maître: to reign supreme
régolithe: regolith
régresser: to regress
régressif: anticipatory; regressive
régression: regression
régression linéaire: linear regression
régressivement: regressively