routine

See also: Routine

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-?

Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti

Latin rumpō

Latin ruptus

Latin rupta

Old French rote

French route

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

French -in

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -am

Old French -e

French -e

French -ine

French routineubor.

English routine

Unadapted borrowing from French routine. By surface analysis, route +‎ -ine. Further from Latin rupta via.

Compare typologically travel << Latin tripālium, whence also travail, note the inverse semantic vector from a subjective state (toil) to an objective action (journey). Also compare Czech běžný (< běžet), Russian обихо́д (obixód), обихо́дный (obixódnyj) (akin to ходи́ть (xodítʹ)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹuːˈtiːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹuˈtin/

  • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

routine (countable and uncountable, plural routines)

1. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.

   Synonyms: habit, wont, ritual

2. A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.

   Synonym: rut

   Connie was completely robotic and emotionless by age 12; her entire life had become one big routine.

   • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:

     It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.

3. A set piece of an entertainer's act.

   stand-up comedy routine

4. (gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics) A performance, execution of gymnastics for one of the apparatus.

   Synonym: composition

6. (programming) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.

   Synonyms: function, procedure, subroutine

Derived terms

• antiroutine
• coroutine
• co-routine
• function-evaluation routine
• goroutine
• malfunction routine
• non-routine
• nonroutine
• preroutine
• routinal
• routinary
• routined
• routineness
• routiner
• routine response behavior
• routine response behaviour
• routinise
• routinish
• routinism
• routinist
• routinization
• routinize

Translations

course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure

• Arabic: رُوتِين m (rūtīn)
• Bulgarian: пра́ктика (bg) f (práktika)
• Catalan: rutina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常規 / 常规 (zh) (chángguī), 慣例 / 惯例 (zh) (guànlì)

• Czech: běžná praxe f
• Danish: rutine (da) c
• Esperanto: rutino
• Estonian: rutiin
• Finnish: rutiini (fi)
• French: routine (fr) f
• Galician: rutina f
• German: Routine (de) f
• Greek: ρουτίνα (el) f (routína)
• Hebrew: שִׁגְרָה (he) f (shigrá)
• Hindi: दिनचर्या (hi) f (dincaryā)
• Icelandic: rútína f
• Indonesian: rutin (id)
• Italian: routine (it) f, tran tran (it) m
• Japanese: 日課 (ja) (にっか, nikka), ルーティン (ja) (rūtin)
• Korean: 일과(日課) (ko) (ilgwa), 루틴 (rutin)
• Māori: hātepe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rutine m

  Nynorsk: rutine m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: روتین (fa) (rutin), روزْمَرِّه (ruzmarre), رَوال (ravâl)

• Polish: układ (pl) m (specifically a dance routine)
• Portuguese: rotina (pt) f
• Romanian: rutină (ro) f
• Russian: рути́на (ru) f (rutína), распоря́док (ru) m (rasporjádok), поря́док (ru) (porjádok), пра́ктика (ru) f (práktika), укла́д (ru) m (uklád), режи́м (ru) m (režím)
• Spanish: rutina (es) f
• Swedish: rutin (sv) c
• Ukrainian: рути́на f (rutýna), розпоря́док m (rozporjádok), поря́док (uk) m (porjádok), пра́ктика (uk) f (práktyka)
• Welsh: trefn (cy) f, rwtin

set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically

• Bulgarian: рути́на (bg) f (rutína)
• Czech: rutina (cs) f
• Estonian: rutiin
• Finnish: rutiini (fi)
• French: routine (fr) f
• German: Routine (de) f
• Indonesian: rutin (id)
• Italian: prassi (it) f, routine (it) f
• Korean: 관례(慣例) (gwallye)
• Māori: hātepe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rutine m

  Nynorsk: rutine m

• Portuguese: rotina (pt) f
• Russian: рути́на (ru) f (rutína), распоря́док (ru) m (rasporjádok)
• Spanish: rutina (es) f
• Swedish: rutin (sv) c
• Welsh: trefn (cy) f

set piece of an entertainer's act

• Bulgarian: но́мер (bg) m (nómer)
• French: routine (fr) f, numéro (fr)
• Italian: numero (it) m, routine (it)
• Russian: но́мер (ru) m (nómer)
• Ukrainian: но́мер (uk) m (nómer)

gymnastics: performance

• Bulgarian: съчета́ние (bg) n (săčetánie)

rhythmic gymnastics: performance

• Bulgarian: съчета́ние (bg) n (săčetánie)

computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task

• Bulgarian: по́дпрограма f (pódprograma)
• Finnish: rutiini (fi)
• French: routine (fr) f
• German: Routine (de) f
• Greek: διαδικασία (el) f (diadikasía)
• Indonesian: rutin (id)
• Japanese: ルーティン (ja) (rūtin)
• Korean: 루틴 (rutin)
• Portuguese: rotina (pt) f
• Russian: рути́на (ru) f (rutína), програ́мма (ru) f (prográmma), опера́ция (ru) f (operácija)
• Spanish: rutina (es) f
• Swedish: rutin (sv) c

Adjective

routine (comparative more routine, superlative most routine)

1. According to established procedure.

   Synonyms: by the book, conventional, traditional; see also Thesaurus:orthodox

   • 1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London:

     "Morning, inspector," affably remarked the cripple—he had not failed to observe the badge—"rather early for your job, eh? Nothing wrong with our supply up here, I hope, eh?"
     "Nothing at all, sir," said the inspector. "Just an ordinary routine round. We do them regularly."

2. Regular; habitual.

   Synonyms: general, regular, usual; see also Thesaurus:common

   • 1993, Tristan Hawkins, Pepper, London: Flamingo, →ISBN, page 108:

     Pepper's forgiven me in the quiet, hurt way women sometimes forgive. She doesn't cry. She doesn't smile either. She's being routine.

   • 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 408, number 8845, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 August 2013:

     Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. […] One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.

3. Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.

   Synonyms: customary, mundane, typical; see also Thesaurus:normal

   • 2011 November 3, David Ornstein, “Macc Tel-Aviv 1-2 Stoke”, in BBC Sport‎^[2], archived from the original on 11 January 2012:

     Stoke put themselves in a fine position to qualify for the Europa League knockout stage with a routine victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel.

4. Boringly predictable, monotonous, and unchanging

   I found the work pretty routine.

Derived terms

• routinely

Translations

according to established procedure

• Bulgarian: установен (bg) (ustanoven)
• Catalan: rutinari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常規 / 常规 (zh) (chángguī), 例行 (zh) (lìxíng)

• Czech: rutinní
• Finnish: rutiininomainen
• French: procédural (fr)
• German: routinemäßig (de)
• Hebrew: שגרתי (shigratí)
• Italian: routinario (it) m, di routine
• Japanese: 規則的 (ja) (きそくてき, kisokuteki)
• Korean: 판에 박힌 (pan-e bakhin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rutinemessig

  Nynorsk: rutinemessig

• Persian: روال (fa)
• Portuguese: rotineiro (pt)
• Russian: рути́нный (ru) (rutínnyj)
• Spanish: rutinario (es)
• Swedish: rutinmässig (sv)
• Ukrainian: рути́нний (rutýnnyj)

regular; habitual

• Bulgarian: рутинен (bg) (rutinen)
• Catalan: rutinari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平常 (zh) (píngcháng), 日常 (zh) (rìcháng)

• Czech: běžný (cs), všední (cs)
• Finnish: rutiininomainen
• French: routinier (fr)
• German: routinemäßig (de)
• Italian: di routine, abituale (it) m or f, normale (it) m or f
• Korean: 일상적인 (ilsangjeog-in), 일과의 (ilgwa-ui)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rutinemessig

  Nynorsk: rutinemessig

• Portuguese: de rotina, rotineiro (pt)
• Russian: заведённый (ru) (zavedjónnyj)
• Spanish: de rutina, rutinario (es)
• Swedish: rutinmässig (sv)
• Ukrainian: рути́нний (rutýnnyj)

ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: обичаен (bg) (običaen)
• Catalan: rutinari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 千篇一律的 (zh) (qiānpiānyílǜ de), 司空見慣的 / 司空见惯的 (zh) (sīkōngjiànguàn de)

• Czech: všední (cs)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: rutiininomainen
• French: quelconque (fr) m or f
• German: routiniert (de), gewohnheitsmäßig (de), üblich (de)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: ordinario (it) m
• Korean: 평범한 (pyeongbeomhan)
• Russian: заурядный (ru) m (zaurjadnyj)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: sıradan (tr), tekdüze (tr)

Anagrams

• in route, in utero, tue-iron

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French routine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈti.nə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: rou‧ti‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

Noun

routine f (plural routines, diminutive routinetje n)

1. routine

Derived terms

• routinematig
• routineus

Descendants

• → Indonesian: rutin

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-?

Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti

Latin rumpō

Latin ruptus

Latin rupta

Old French rote

French route

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

French -in

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -am

Old French -e

French -e

French -ine

French routine

From route +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁu.tin/

  • Audio; “une routine”:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Rhymes: -in
• Homophone: routines

Noun

routine f (plural routines)

1. routine (all senses)
2. (Louisiana, Cajun) small path, cowpath
3. (Louisiana, Cajun) trick (something designed to fool)

Derived terms

• prendre sa routine à volonté
• routine à la volonté
• routine à volonté
• routiner

Descendants

• → Catalan: rutina
• → Dutch: routine
• → English: routine
• → Estonian: rutiin
• → Galician: rutina
• → Hungarian: rutin
• → Italian: routine
• → Portuguese: rotina
• → Romanian: rutină
• → Spanish: rutina
• → Turkish: rutin

Further reading

• “routine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• ouïrent

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French routine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈtin/
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

routine f (invariable)

1. routine
2. rut

Derived terms

• routinario

Further reading

• “routine”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• rutenio, turione, unitore, uterino