royal
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English royal, from Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin rēgālis, from rēx (“king”). Doublet of regal (“befitting a king”), real (“unit of currency”), ariary, and riyal. Cognate with Spanish real. Displaced native Old English cynelīċ.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔɪəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔɪ(ə)l/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪəl
- Hyphenation: roy‧al
Adjective edit
royal (comparative more royal, superlative most royal)
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
- 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC, page 9:
- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […]
- 2011, Marilyn Price, Grandma's Cookies, page 7:
- On the first Friday morning of his kingship he went into the kitchen and called for his royal chef.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 175, column 2:
- How doth that royal Merchant good Anthonio;
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- royal mast; royal sail
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- a royal pain in the neck
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- Maharajah and the Sepoys pits a single royal amazon for white against a standard chess army for black.
Synonyms edit
- (of a monarch): kingly (of a king), monarchical, princely (of a prince), queenly (of a queen), regal, roy (obsolete)
- (having a monarch's air): majestic, regal, stately
- (informal intensifier): major
Derived terms edit
- Annapolis Royal
- Astronomer Royal
- ballade royal
- battle royal
- battle-royal
- blood royal
- chant royal
- coffee royal
- Farnham Royal
- Front Royal
- give the royal treatment
- half-royal
- imperial-royal
- kir royal
- mound royal
- Mount Royal
- non-royal
- pair royal
- Park Royal
- Port Royal
- rhyme royal
- rhythm royal
- rime royal
- Royal
- royal abundance
- royal albatross
- royal antelope
- royal assent
- royal blue
- royal borough
- royal bumps
- royal burgh
- royal cashmere
- royal chinchilla
- royal commission
- royal crown
- royal cubit
- royal cypher
- royal disease
- royal duck
- royal family
- royal fern
- royal fish
- royal flush
- royal flycatcher
- royal fork
- royal fox
- royal gala
- royal household
- royal icing
- royalism
- royalist
- royalistic
- royalistical
- royalistically
- royal jasmine
- royal jelly
- royal kite
- Royal Leamington Spa
- royally
- Royal Marine, Royal Marines
- royal marriage
- royal mast
- royal metal
- royal moth
- Royal Oak
- royal pain
- royal palm
- royal penguin
- royal penstemon
- royal poinciana
- royal progress
- royal purple
- royal python
- royal rat
- royal red prawn
- royal road
- royal spoonbill
- royal standard
- royal stars
- royal straight flush
- royal stremma
- royal tennis
- royal tern
- royal touch
- royal train
- royalty
- royal walnut
- royal walnut moth
- royal wand
- royal warrant
- royal we
- royal wedding
- spur-royal
- super-royal
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Translations edit
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Noun edit
royal (plural royals)
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- 2022 September 21, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Her Majesty's final journey”, in RAIL, number 966, page 3:
- Andy noted in RAIL 462: "The Royals are bound to have a great say in the decoration of the train and it speaks volumes for their regard for it that there are so many portraits of previous Royal Trains and items presented on trips. I sense they're extremely fond of it."
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (dated) The Australian decimal currency intended to replace the pound in 1966; was changed to "dollar" before it was actually circulated.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- 1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., “CHAPTER XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC:
- in ten days after we spoke the Solon, so rapid was his recovery, that, from lying helpless and almost hopeless in his berth, he was at the mast-heId, furling a royal.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (military) A small mortar.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- Synonym: imperial
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
Translations edit
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Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
audio (file) - Hyphenation: ro‧yal
Noun edit
royal m or f (plural royals, diminutive [please provide])
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French roial, from Old French roial, from earlier reial, real, from very early Old French (c. 880) regiel, from Latin rēgālis, from rēx (“king”) + -ālis. Equivalent to roi + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
royal (feminine royale, masculine plural royaux, feminine plural royales)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Belarusian: рая́ль (rajálʹ)
- → Bulgarian: роя́л (rojál)
- → Lithuanian: rojalis
- → Russian: роя́ль (rojálʹ)
- → Ukrainian: роя́ль (rojálʹ)
Further reading edit
- “royal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
From French royal, from Latin regalis. Occasionally attested in the 19th century and perhaps earlier. More regular use dates from the latter half of the 20th century, reinforced by English royal; compare die Royals (“the British royal family”). The derivatives Royalist, Royalismus are older in German.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
royal (strong nominative masculine singular royaler, comparative royaler, superlative am royalsten)
- royal
- Synonyms: königlich, majestätisch
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist royal | sie ist royal | es ist royal | sie sind royal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | royaler | royale | royales | royale |
genitive | royalen | royaler | royalen | royaler | |
dative | royalem | royaler | royalem | royalen | |
accusative | royalen | royale | royales | royale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der royale | die royale | das royale | die royalen |
genitive | des royalen | der royalen | des royalen | der royalen | |
dative | dem royalen | der royalen | dem royalen | den royalen | |
accusative | den royalen | die royale | das royale | die royalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein royaler | eine royale | ein royales | (keine) royalen |
genitive | eines royalen | einer royalen | eines royalen | (keiner) royalen | |
dative | einem royalen | einer royalen | einem royalen | (keinen) royalen | |
accusative | einen royalen | eine royale | ein royales | (keine) royalen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist royaler | sie ist royaler | es ist royaler | sie sind royaler | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | royalerer | royalere | royaleres | royalere |
genitive | royaleren | royalerer | royaleren | royalerer | |
dative | royalerem | royalerer | royalerem | royaleren | |
accusative | royaleren | royalere | royaleres | royalere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der royalere | die royalere | das royalere | die royaleren |
genitive | des royaleren | der royaleren | des royaleren | der royaleren | |
dative | dem royaleren | der royaleren | dem royaleren | den royaleren | |
accusative | den royaleren | die royalere | das royalere | die royaleren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein royalerer | eine royalere | ein royaleres | (keine) royaleren |
genitive | eines royaleren | einer royaleren | eines royaleren | (keiner) royaleren | |
dative | einem royaleren | einer royaleren | einem royaleren | (keinen) royaleren | |
accusative | einen royaleren | eine royalere | ein royaleres | (keine) royaleren |
Related terms edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch royaal (“royal”), from Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin rēgālis, from rēx (“king”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
royal
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “royal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French roial, from Latin rēgālis. Doublet of ryal.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
royal (plural and weak singular royalle, comparative royaller, superlative royallyst) (Late Middle English)
- royal, of a king,
- kinglike, reminiscent of a king
- majestic, appropriate for a king, kingly
- opulent, expensive, fine
- noble, princely
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “roial, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.
Noun edit
royal (Late Middle English)
Descendants edit
- English: royal
References edit
- “roial, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.
Adverb edit
royal (Late Middle English)
References edit
- “roial, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French roial, from Latin rēgālem.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
royal m (feminine singular royale, masculine plural royaulx, feminine plural royales)
- royal (of or relating to a monarch or their family)
Descendants edit
- French: royal
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ro‧yal
Noun edit
royal m or f by sense (plural royales)
- royal (member of the British royal family)
- (Chile) baking powder (dry leavening agent used in baking)
Further reading edit
- “royal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014