routine

English

Etymology

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/
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(North India) IPA^(key): /ˌruˈʈin/
(South India) IPA^(key): /rɵˈʈin/, /rʊˈʈin/
Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

routine (countable and uncountable, plural routines)

A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
Synonyms: habit, wont, ritual
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.
A set piece of an entertainer's act.
stand-up comedy routine
(gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics) A performance, execution of gymnastics for one of the apparatus.
Synonym: composition
(computing) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.
Synonyms: function, procedure, subroutine

Derived terms

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
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

set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically

Bulgarian: рути́на (bg) f (rutína)
Czech: rutina (cs) f
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 (sǎčetánie)

rhythmic gymnastics: performance

Bulgarian: съчета́ние (bg) n (sǎčetánie)

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)

According to established procedure.
Synonyms: by the book, conventional, traditional; see also Thesaurus:orthodox
- 1934, Ernest Bramah, 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."
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, volume 408, number 8845:
  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.
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:
  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.

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: 판 에 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: 일상적 인 (ilsangjeog-in), 일과 의 (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

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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)