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royal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˈɹʷɔɪ̯.əl] ~ [ˈɹʷɔɪ̯.l̩]
• (General-American) audio
• [ˈɹʷɔ.jəl] ~ [ˈɹʷɔ.jl̩] (Appalachia, Southern-US)
• /ˈɹɔ.jəl/ (Appalachia, Southern-US)
• /ˈɹɔɪ̯.əl/
• (UK) audio

Etymology

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, Italian reale, Catalan reial. Displaced native Old English cynelīċ.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
   • 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, […] 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:
   • On the first Friday morning of his kingship he went into the kitchen and called for his royal chef. 2011, Marilyn Price, Grandma's Cookies, page 7:
2. Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
   • How doth that royal Merchant good Anthonio; 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:
3. In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
   • royal mast;  royal sail
4. Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
5. (informal) Used as an intensifier.
   • Whoo! I'll show YOU a royal good time. 1991, Interplay Productions, Battle Chess Enhanced, spoken by the Pawn, scene: Pawn takes Queen:
   • a royal pain in the neck
6. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

royal poinciana · semiroyal · royal palm · rhythm royal · Royal · royal starfish · Annapolis Royal · Royal Wootton Bassett · royal marriage · imperial-royal · royal bumps · royal road · Royal Tunbridge Wells · royal angelfish · Astronomer Royal · royally · kir royal · royal penguin · royalness · royal walnut moth · royalise · royal casino · chapel royal · super-royal · Port Royal · royalet · royal albatross · unroyal · royal spoonbill · Royal Bencher · royal assent · royal metal · royal letter · royal duck · Royal Highness · royal household · royal tern · royal red prawn · rime royal · royal we · royalization · coffee royal · pair royal · surroyal · royal jasmine · royal straight flush · royal cashmere · give the royal treatment · royal burgh · royal fish · royal stremma · royal borough · royalistically · royal fork · Royal National Park · royal rat · royal wand · Front Royal · royal cowslip · royal jelly · royal standard · royal gala · battle royal · superroyal · blood royal · Their Royal Majesties · royal yellow · Royal Arch · royalize · royal auction bridge · Royal Leamington Spa · Royal Oak · royal house · royalty · royal scamp · royal chinchilla · royal walnut · royal warrant · mound royal · royal mast · royalist · royal cubit · royal python · royal commission · Farnham Royal · nonroyal · royalistic · Royal Marines · antiroyal · Royal George · puliol royal · royal family · royal crown · Port Royal Island · royal tennis · royal fern · non-royal · royal cypher · Park Royal · royal progress · battle-royal · royal pain · royal icing · royal flycatcher · spur-royal · royal abundance · royal star · royal fox · Royal Palm Beach · royal touch · half-royal · royal penstemon · royalistical · chant royal · royal blue · Royal Marine · royal kite · rhyme royal · Mount Royal · royal train · royal wedding · royal antelope · royal flush · royalism · royal disease · royal moth · ballade royal · royal purple

Relateds

realm · real

Synonyms

sultanic (of other kinds of monarchs) · princely (of a monarch) · regal (having a monarch's air) · roy (of a monarch) · imperial (of other kinds of monarchs) · stately (having a monarch's air) · regal (of a monarch) · monarchical (of a monarch) · majestic (having a monarch's air) · major · queenly (of a monarch) · kingly (of a monarch)

Translations (112)

ms diraja (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · sh кра́љевскӣ (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · hy թագավորական (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · tg шоҳона (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · km រាជ (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · nn kongeleg (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ar قَيْصَرِيّ (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · grc βασιλικός (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ga ríoga (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · cy brenhinol (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · gd rìoghail (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ang cynelīċ (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · sv kunglig (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · uk ца́рський (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ko 왕의 (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · be ца́рскі (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · it regale (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ur شاہی (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · sco ryal (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · sa राज्य (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · sh králjevskī (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · tg султонӣ (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · vo hiregik (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ka მეფის (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · fi röijeli- (nautical: of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails) · cmn 王的 (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · hi शाही (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · de königlich (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ru ца́рский (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · az kral (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · sq mbretëror (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · lv karalisks (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · da royal (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · fo kongaligur (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ar مَلَكِيّ (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · fo kongligur (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · fro roial (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ru короле́вский (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ro regală (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ja 王室の (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · vi quí tộc (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · an reyal (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · la rēgius (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ka სამეფო (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ang cyne- (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · la rēgālis (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · roa-leo reyal (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · id kerajaan (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · eu erregeren (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · el βασιλικός (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · sh cȃrskī (related to tsars, tsarist) (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · uk королі́вський (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · pro reial (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · fa سلطنتی (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · fr royal (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · he מַלְכוּתִי (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · cmn 王室的 (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · lt karališkas (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · nl koninklijk (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · bg кра́лски (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · vo regik (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · eu errege- (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · yi קעניגלעך (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ko 왕실의 (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ja 王の (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · it reale (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · uz qirol (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · lv ķēnišķīgs (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ka მეფური (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · pt real (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · vi hoàng gia (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · got 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · hu királyi (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · cs královský (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · sl knežji (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · fr royale (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · nb kongelig (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · tr kraliyet (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · eo reĝa (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · enm royal (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · fo konguligur (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · fa شاهانه (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · da kongelig (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · bn রাজকীয় (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · tg шоҳӣ (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · mk кралски (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ca reial (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · be карале́ўскі (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · kk корольдық (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · th ราช (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · is konunglegur (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · bn শাহী (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · bg ца́рски (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · sk kráľovský (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · vo jiregik (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · hy արքայական (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · io rejala (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · et kuninglik (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · pl królewski (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · mk царски (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · mr शाही (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ext rial (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · fa شایگان (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · sl kraljev (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ro regal (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · nrf rouoya (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · sh ца̑рскӣ (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · ml രാജകീയ (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · tg подшоҳӣ (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · uz podsho (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · fi kuninkaallinen (of or relating to a monarch or his family) · rup vãsilchescu (of or relating to a monarch or his family)

royal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈɹʷɔɪ̯.əl] ~ [ˈɹʷɔɪ̯.l̩]
• (General-American) audio
• [ˈɹʷɔ.jəl] ~ [ˈɹʷɔ.jl̩] (Appalachia, Southern-US)
• /ˈɹɔ.jəl/ (Appalachia, Southern-US)
• /ˈɹɔɪ̯.əl/
• (UK) audio

Etymology

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, Italian reale, Catalan reial. Displaced native Old English cynelīċ.

Meanings

1. (capitalized, informal, often) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
   • 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." 2022 September 21, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Her Majesty's final journey”, in RAIL, number 966, page 3:
2. (qualifier:paper) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
3. (qualifier:paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
4. (dated) The Australian decimal currency intended to replace the pound in 1966; was changed to "dollar" before it was actually circulated.
5. Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
6. The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
7. A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
8. In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
   • 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. 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:
9. An old English gold coin, the rial.
10. A small mortar.
11. In auction bridge, a royal spade.
12. A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
13. Bell changes rung on ten bells.

Forms

Relateds

imperial (Other semantically related terms) · emperor (Other semantically related terms) · queen (Other semantically related terms) · king (Other semantically related terms) · monarch (Other semantically related terms) · prince (Other semantically related terms) · princess (Other semantically related terms)

Synonyms

imperial

Translations (27)

fi röijelipurje (nautical: a sail) · fi royal (standard size of printing paper) · sv röjel (nautical: a sail) · eo reĝulo (royal person) · fi royal (standard size of writing paper) · nl royal (royal person) · mr रॉयल (intended Australian decimal currency) · fi röijeli (nautical: a sail) · fr cacatois (nautical: a sail) · ext rial (nautical: a sail) · es real (nautical: a sail) · fi sinisiipinen (lycaenid butterfly) · fi kuninkaallinen (royal person) · sv överbramsegel (nautical: a sail) · nb røyl (nautical: a sail) · ka სამეფო ოჯახის წევრი (royal person) · sv bovenbramsegel (nautical: a sail) · mr रॉयल (standard size of writing paper) · pt real (nautical: a sail) · ka დიდებული (royal person) · fi sinisiipi (lycaenid butterfly) · fi royal (intended Australian decimal currency) · de Royalsegel (nautical: a sail) · fr trochure (fourth tine of an antler's beam) · de Royal (royal person) · mr रॉयल (standard size of printing paper) · ru бом-бра́мсель (nautical: a sail)