reino

See also: Reino and reinó

Galician

Coat or arms of the Kingdom of Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese reino, reyno, from Latin rēgnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrejno̝/

Noun

reino m (plural reinos)

1. realm; kingdom (a realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign)
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 348:

     el rrey don Fernãdo, coydãdo fazer prol dos rreynos et de seus fillos, partio os rreynos en esta guisa: deu a dõ Sancho, que era o mayor, Castela et Nauarra ata o Ebro, quanto tijna cona Estremadura; et deu a dom Afonso, o meyão, Leõ et Asturas cõ hũa peça de Cãpos; et deu a dom Garçia, que era o meor, o rreyno de Galiza, cõ todo o que elle gaanara en Portugal

     king Ferdinand, wanting to act for the good of the realms and of his children, distributed his realms in this way: to Sancho, who was the elder, he gave Castille and Navarre till the river Ebro, together with the frontier; to Alfonso, the middle son, he granted León and Asturias, with a piece of Campos; and he give Garcia, who was the younger, the kingdom of Galicia with everything he gained in Portugal

2. (taxonomy) kingdom

Related terms

• raíña
• rei
• reinado
• reinar

Verb

reino

1. first-person singular present indicative of reinar

References

• “reino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “reyno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “reino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “reino” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• reyno

Etymology

From Latin rēgnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrej.no/

Noun

reino m

1. kingdom
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 224 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria de Terena q̇ e no Reino de Portugal, reſſucitou hũa menỹa morta.

     How Holy Mary of Terena, which is in the Kingdom of Portugal, revived a dead girl.

Descendants

• Fala: reinu
• Galician: reino
• Portuguese: reino

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish reino.

Noun

reino

1. kingdom

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• reyno (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese reino, reyno (“kingdom”), from Latin rēgnum. Cognate with Galician reino, Spanish reino, Catalan regne, Occitan règne, French règne and Italian regno.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐj.nu/, /ˈʁej.nu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁej.nu/
• Hyphenation: rei‧no

Noun

reino m (plural reinos)

1. kingdom (nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen)

   Era uma vez uma princesa que vivia num reino longínquo.

   Once upon a time, there was a princess who lived in a faraway kingdom.

2. (biology, taxonomy) kingdom

   Os seres humanos pertencem ao reino animal.

   Humans belong to the animal kingdom.

Related terms

• rei

Descendants

• Swahili: Ureno (“Portugal”)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish reyno, from Latin rēgnum.

Noun

reino m (plural reinos)

1. kingdom
2. (taxonomy) kingdom

Verb

reino

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of reinar.

Related terms

• rey
• reina
• regir