From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
From [en]; equivalent to [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en] < !--These should be t= instead of text=, but t= doesn't show (October 2024)-->
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A (usually rigid ), flat , rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduation s in unit s of measurement ; a straightedge with marking s.
2. A person who rule s or govern s; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
3. * [en]
4. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=1991 |author=Chris Mullin |title=The Year of the Fire Monkey
|url=https://archive.org/details/yearoffiremonkey0000mull/ |location=London
|publisher=w:Chatto & Windus |genre=Fiction |ISBN=0701136936 |OCLC=26471461
|page=252
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/yearoffiremonkey0000mull/page/252/
|text=LIKE THE MANDARINS of old, the RULERS of China live behind high walls.
When they emerge, which they rarely do, they travel in cars with rear windows
curtained like sedan chairs.<br>They live in the Chung Nan Hai, a walled park
adjacent to the Forbidden City from where ancient dynasties ruled the
Celestial Empire.}}
**** Usage notes
- In American English, the word "ruler" is often used specifically to refer to such a measuring device that is one foot (12 inch es) long. Used in contrast with " yardstick " and "meter stick."
**** Synonyms
- _See_ THESAURUS:RULER
- [measuring instrument] [en]
**** Hyponyms
- _See_ THESAURUS:RULER
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[measuring or drawing device]
- Afrikaans: [af] , [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Central Dusun: [dtp]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el] [dated]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Kalmyk: [xal]
- Kankanaey: [kne]
- Kannada: [kn]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latgalian: [ltg]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Lü: [khb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Manchu: [mnc] , [mnc]
- Marathi: [mr] , [mr]
- Mongolian:
- Navajo: [nv]
- Nepali: [ne] , [ne]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Norwegian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Pashto: [ps] , [ps]
- Persian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg]
- Tatar: [tt] , [tt]
- Thai: [th]
- Tigrinya: [ti]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur] , [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
- Zazaki: [zza] , [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[person who rules or governs]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az] , [az]
- Bashkir: [ba] , [ba]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Egyptian: [ḥqꜣ]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gothic: [got] , [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Haitian Creole: [ht]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Javanese: [jv]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk]
- Kikuyu: [ki]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky] , [ky]
- Latgalian: [ltg]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
- Marathi: [mr] , [mr]
- Middle English: [enm] , [enm]
- Mongolian:
- Nahuatl: [nah]
- Norwegian:
- Old Prussian: [prg]
- Old Turkic: [otk]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa] , [sa]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tabaru: [tby]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Telugu: [te]
- Ternate: [tft]
- Thai: [th]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur] , [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug] , [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[a female person who rules or governs]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Latgalian: [ltg]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Estonian: [et]
- Lao: [lo]
- Malay: [ms]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).
**** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]
- [comcatlite]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Cebuano
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [ceb], from [ceb].
*** Pronunciation
- [ceb]
- [rúler]
*** Noun
[ceb-noun]
1. [en] [tool]
[ceb]
** Tagalog
*** Etymology
[tl].
*** Pronunciation
[tl-pr]
*** Noun
[b=+]
1. [en] [tool]
*** Further reading
- [R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo]