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registry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹed͡ʒɪstɹi/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪstɹi/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

A variant of registery, from Middle English regestery (“?a record book; ?a bookmark”), partly from Medieval Latin regesterium, registerium and probably also partly formed with -ery. Equivalent to register + -y.

Meanings

  1. (countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
  2. (countable) A record; an account; a register.
    • The best — and easiest — way to shop for the "perfect" gift is to consult the couple's wedding gift registry, since these are the items they want and need […] 2002, Bride's Book of Etiquette (Revised), page 276:
  3. (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
    • Regulations may specify the minimum size of lot; the allowable closures for surveys; the types of corner marks to be used; the minimum width of streets, and the procedure for dedicating them; the rules for registry of plats; and other matters. 1969, Russell C[harles] Brinker, “Boundary Surveys”, in Elementary Surveying (International Textbooks in Civil Engineering), 5th edition, Scranton, Pa.: International Textbook Company, →ISBN, page 409:
  4. (countable) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
    • To unregister a DLL and remove the corresponding entries from the registry, add the /u switch to the command […] 1999, John Papa, C. Caison, Matt Brown, Professional ADO RDS programming with ASP, page 252:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
registries Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

port of registry · animal registry · registry office · civil registry · wedding registry · gift registry · bridal registry

Relateds

register · registrar

Translations (45)

hu iktató (building) · ru регистрату́ра (building) · ru рее́стр (database) · hu nyilvántartó (hivatal/iroda) (building) · hu lajstromozás (registration) · fr enregistrement (registration) · ru регистри́рование (registration) · la tabularium (building) · hu bejegyzés (registration) · ru реги́стр (registration) · ko 레지스트리 (database) · hu nyilvántartás (register) · de Register (database) · ja レジストリ (database) · hu beállításjegyzék (database) · ur کھاتا (register) · fi rekisteröinti (registration) · fi rekisteri (database) · ru за́пись (register) · tr kayıt defteri (database) · bg запис (register) · hu beírás (registration) · fr base de registre (database) · hu iktatókönyv (register) · bg регистрация (registration) · fi rekisteri (building) · ru картоте́ка (register) · hu beiktatás (registration) · ru канцеля́рия (building) · bg регистър (database) · fr registre (database) · tr evrak dairesi (building) · hu iktatás (registration) · de Registrierung (registration) · ru реги́стр (register) · de Register (register) · fi rekisteröityminen (registration) · ru регистра́ция (registration) · fi rekisteri (register) · ru рее́стр (register) · cmn 註冊表 /注册表 (database) · de Registratur (building) · bg регистър (register) · bg архив (building) · hu jegyzékbe vétel (registration)