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régulier

French, noun/ʁe.ɡy.lje/

régulier is a French masculine noun meaning “one's regular sexual or romantic partner (as opposed to a partner with which one is having an affair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Religieux, moine”.

What does régulier mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    regular (conforming to rules)

  2. 2

    regular (both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size)

    un polygone régulier

  3. 3

    regular (whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other)

    un polyèdre régulier

  4. 4

    regular

  5. 5

    dependable

  6. 6

    legitimate

  7. 7

    regular, steady (continual)

noun

  1. 1

    datedmasculineslangone's regular sexual or romantic partner (as opposed to a partner with which one is having an affair)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui a de la régularité, qui est conforme à des règles, soit naturelles, soit de convention ; qui est constant, uniforme. 2. Qui se conforme avec exactitude aux préceptes de la religion, aux devoirs de la morale. 3. Qui est exact, ponctuel. 4. Qui a ses angles, ses côtés égaux ; dont les faces sont des polygones réguliers égaux et dont les angles sont égaux.

noun: 1. Religieux, moine. 2. Soldat professionnel suivant une formation régulière. 3. Époux 4. Personne avec qui l’on entretient des relations sexuelles régulières, fuck buddy, PQR.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of régulier

  • régulière feminine
  • réguliers masculine plural
  • régulières feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce régulier?

  • /ʁe.ɡy.lje/
  • \ʁe.ɡy.lje\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to régulier

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is régulier in French?

régulier appears 12 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).