régliez

Régliez is the imperfect indicative form of the French verb régler for the pronoun vous, meaning that it expresses a past or habitual action: Vous régliez les paramètres, you were adjusting the settings, or you used to adjust them. As a standalone word, it does not denote a separate concept outside its role as a verb form.

Etymology and meaning: The verb régler comes from Old French regler, itself derived from the notion of regulation or setting to a rule. The root is related to the noun règle (rule, ruler). Over time, régler acquired senses such as to adjust, calibrate, regulate, or settle (as in régler une dette, to settle a debt).

Usage: Régliez appears mainly in written or formal contexts, including narration or historical texts, when describing past actions by a group addressed as vous. In contemporary spoken French, speakers more often use the present imperfect forms such as je réglais, tu réglais, il réglait, nous réglions, vous régliez, ils réglaient to convey similar meanings. The present tense form for the second person plural is réglez.

Conjugation snapshot (imperfect indicative, vous): vous régliez. Related forms include je réglais, tu réglais, il réglait, nous réglions, ils réglaient. The present indicative and imperative forms are différent: présent réglez (vous réglez) and impératif réglez (you set), or réglez les horloges.

See also: régler, règle, régulation, calibrage.