regal en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹiːɡəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English regal, from Old French regal (“regal, royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“royal, kingly”), from rex (“king”); also regere (“to rule”). Doublet of royal (“belonging to a monarch”), real (“unit of currency”), ariary, and riyal. Cognate with Spanish real, Italian reale, Catalan reial.
Meanings
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Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.
regal authority
the regal title
He made a scorn of his regal oath.
1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
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Befitting a monarch.
The [Washington] Posts proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal' Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.
2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:Terrific movement from The Queen here. Gets behind the defender, goes one way then cuts back inside. Regal attacking play.
2018 July 14, Gary Lineker, Twitter, retrieved 15 Jul 2018:Kwarteng said he had urged Truss to “slow down” over reforms, but a cabinet minister told the FT that she felt “invincible, almost regal”.
2022 December 10, Harry Taylor, “Liz Truss and I ‘got carried away’ writing mini-budget, admits Kwasi Kwarteng”, in The Guardian:
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(qualifier:strictly) Befitting a monarch. ▸ Befitting a king or emperor.
In any case, the discrepancy might be explained by the fact that the 9th pylon has not yet disgorged all it blocks; it is in the talatat from this pylon that the masonry of the essentially regal (as opposed to reginal) temples Tni-mnw and Rwd-mnw predominate.
1973, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, page 78, column 2:The crown seals, a regal crown and a reginal crown are unengraved, but from the motif I judge they symbolize King William III of England and Queen Mary, (see 1688, English History) who formerly ruled Holland as Prince William, Consort, and Queen Mary — The House of Orange.
c. 1947, Hobbies, page 27, column 1:The children to whom I acted as cicerone almost screamed with glee as they saw the four-and-twenty blackbirds emerging from the pie-crust in front of the astonished King; and when the climax of the inconsequential story was reached, by way of the regal counting house and the “reginal” parlour, and a blackbird (presumably one of the four-and-twenty that had been temporarily immured in the pie) was seen about to revenge himself on the innocent nose of the guiltless laundry-maid, a veritable climax of enthusiasm was reached.
c. 1898, Truth, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| regall | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| more regal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most regal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
unregal · regal geranium · regal horned lizard · regal fritillary · regalist · viceregal · regality · regal lily · regal purple · regalness · regalism · interregal · regally · regal moth · regal sea goddess · superregal
Relateds
splendid · kingly · regimen · royal · stately · regime · regular
Translations (49)
fr régalien (befitting a king) · pt real (of or having to do with royalty) · ga ríoga (of or having to do with royalty) · cmn 皇家的 (of or having to do with royalty) · de majestätisch (of or having to do with royalty) · fi kuninkaallinen (of or having to do with royalty) · cmn 帝王的 (befitting a king) · yue 高貴的 /高贵的 (befitting a king) · gd rìoghail (of or having to do with royalty) · mk кралски (of or having to do with royalty) · es regio (of or having to do with royalty) · bg кра́лски (of or having to do with royalty) · ar مَلَكِيّ (of or having to do with royalty) · fi kuninkaallinen (befitting a king) · ru короле́вский (of or having to do with royalty) · pt régio (befitting a king) · bg ца́рски (of or having to do with royalty) · ml രാജകീയ (of or having to do with royalty) · de königlich (of or having to do with royalty) · mk царски (of or having to do with royalty) · ca reial (of or having to do with royalty) · cmn 國王的 /国王的 (befitting a king) · be карале́ўскі (of or having to do with royalty) · es real (of or having to do with royalty) · pt real (befitting a king) · mk ца́рски (befitting a king) · eo reĝa (of or having to do with royalty) · bn শাহানা (of or having to do with royalty) · ga ríoga (befitting a king) · es real (befitting a king) · ru короле́вский (befitting a king) · hu királyi (of or having to do with royalty) · la rēgālis (of or having to do with royalty) · ro regal (of or having to do with royalty) · got 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (of or having to do with royalty) · cmn 莊嚴的 /庄严的 (of or having to do with royalty) · yue 皇室的 (of or having to do with royalty) · grc βασιλικός (of or having to do with royalty) · mk кра́лски (befitting a king) · be карале́ўскі (befitting a king) · gd rìoghail (befitting a king) · yue 莊嚴的 /庄严的 (of or having to do with royalty) · sh kraljevski (of or having to do with royalty) · pt régio (of or having to do with royalty) · es realengo (of or having to do with royalty) · fr régalien (of or having to do with royalty) · ro regal (befitting a king) · fi ruhtinaallinen (befitting a king) · es regio (befitting a king)