ruler

Etymology
From ; equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.
 * 2) A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

Usage notes
In American English, the word "ruler" is often used specifically to refer to such a measuring device that is one foot (12 inches) long. Used in contrast with "yardstick" and "meter stick."

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:ruler

Hyponyms

 * See Thesaurus:ruler

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مِسْطَرَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: مسطرة
 * South Levantine Arabic: مسطرة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:, xətçəkən
 * Basque: erregela
 * Belarusian: ліне́йка
 * Bengali: মাপনী
 * Bulgarian: лини́йка
 * Burmese: မျည်းတံ
 * Catalan:
 * Central Dusun: tutuku
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎶᏍᏗ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 間尺, 尺, 直尺
 * Dungan: чызы
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: lineal
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: liniilo
 * Estonian: joonlaud
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სახაზავი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: χάραξ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: reglustika
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: rialóir
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , ルーラー
 * Kalmyk: кимзә
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: сызғыш
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 룰러
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian: linejals
 * Latin: rēgula
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: liniuõtė
 * Lü: ᦺᦙᧉᦶᦑᧅ
 * Macedonian: линијар
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: riga
 * Manchu: ᡱᡳ, ᠵᡠᡧᡠᡵᡠ
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Navajo: bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí
 * Nepali: नाप, स्केल
 * Norman: relle
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: linjal
 * Old English: regolsticca
 * Pashto: ختکه, خط کښ
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian: خَط‌ْکِش,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: цр̏тало, ра̀внало
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: pravítko
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: rula
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: galod
 * Tajik:, хаткашак
 * Tatar:, җәдвәл
 * Thai:
 * Tigrinya: መስመር
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: lineýka
 * Ukrainian: ліні́йка
 * Urdu: مِسْطَر, رُولَر, پَیمانَہ
 * Uyghur: سىزغۇچ
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:, llinellydd
 * Zazaki: peymenek, mastar


 * Afrikaans: heerser
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: حَاكِم
 * Egyptian Arabic: حاكم
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, , hökmran
 * Bashkir: батша, хаким
 * Belarusian: праві́цель, улада́р
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese: အုပ်ချုပ်သောသူ
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee: ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: regnestro
 * Estonian: riigivalitseja
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: მმართველი
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃, 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀρχός, ἄρχων, ἡγεμών
 * Haitian Creole: chèf
 * Hebrew:, שַׁלִּיט
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: alvaldur, drottnari
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: rialtóir
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , 統治者
 * Javanese:
 * Kazakh:, басқарушы
 * Kikuyu: mũthamaki
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:, ,
 * Latgalian: vaļdinīks
 * Latin: tyrannus
 * Latvian: valdnieks
 * Lithuanian: valdõvas
 * Macedonian: владетел, владар
 * Malay:, pemerintah
 * Middle English: reuler, senyour
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Nahuatl: tecutli
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: herskar, makthavar
 * Old Prussian: rikīs
 * Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰍𐰣
 * Ottoman Turkish: حكمدار
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, ,
 * Polish:, włodarz
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: вла̀да̄р, во̏ђа
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: vládca
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tabaru: koana
 * Tagalog: naghahari
 * Tajik: ҳоким, ҳукмдор
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Ternate: kolano
 * Thai: ผู้ว่าการ
 * Tocharian B: kamartīke
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: hökümdar
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: حاکِم, حُکْمَران,
 * Uyghur: ھۆكۈمدار, ھاكىم
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: người thống trị


 * Afrikaans: heersers
 * Belarusian: праві́целька
 * Bulgarian: владе́телка
 * Czech: vládkyně
 * Danish: herskerinde
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Latgalian: vaļdineica
 * Latin: dominatrix
 * Latvian: valdniece
 * Lithuanian: valdõvė
 * Macedonian: владетелка
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: vládkyňa
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Albanian:
 * Estonian:
 * Lao:
 * Malay:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Tamil:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Yiddish:

Verb

 * 1)  To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Etymology
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