Standard Lemma guide

dynasty

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɪnəsti/
  • General-American: /ˈdaɪnəsti/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D AY1 N AH0 S T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Habsburg dynasty; Ottoman dynasty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: house, succession

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A family considered over time, with its ancestors and descendants

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clan, house, lineage

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: East Asian history

Examples

  • During the Ming dynasty, China was ruled by the Zhu family.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A team or organization which has an extended period of success or dominant performance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry

Narrower terms: Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty, Capetian dynasty, Carolingian dynasty, Carlovingian dynasty, Flavian dynasty, Han, Han dynasty, Hanover, House of Hanover, Hanoverian line, Habsburg, Hapsburg, Hohenzollern, Lancaster, House of Lancaster, Lancastrian line, Liao, Liao dynasty, Merovingian, Merovingian dynasty, Ming, Ming dynasty, Ottoman, Ottoman dynasty, Plantagenet, Plantagenet line, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic dynasty, Qin, Qin dynasty, Ch'in, Ch'in dynasty, Qing, Qing dynasty, Ch'ing, Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu, Manchu dynasty, Romanov, Romanoff, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Seljuk, Shang, Shang dynasty, Stuart, Sung, Sung dynasty, Song, Song dynasty, Tang, Tang dynasty, Tudor, House of Tudor, Umayyad, Ommiad, Omayyad, Valois, Wei, Wei dynasty, Windsor, House of Windsor, York, House of York, Yuan, Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty, Zhou, Zhou dynasty, Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow, Chow dynasty

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).

Across languages

Translations

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dinastie — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Albanian: dinastia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Amharic: ሥርወ መንግሥት (śərwä mängəśt) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Arabic: سُلَالَة (sulāla) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Aramaic: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Armenian: դինաստիա (dinastia) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Armenian: հարստություն (harstutʻyun) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Armenian: տուն (tun) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Azerbaijani: sülalə — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Azerbaijani: xanədan — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Bashkir: династия (dinastiya) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Basque: dinastia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Belarusian: дына́стыя (dynástyja) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Bengali: রাজবংশ (rajboṅśo) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Bengali: খানদান (khanodan) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Breton: tierniezh — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Bulgarian: дина́стия (dinástija) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Burmese: မင်းဆက် (mang:hcak) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Catalan: dinastia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 王朝 (wángcháo) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朝 (cháo) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 王家 (wángjiā) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Czech: dynastie — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Danish: dynasti — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Dutch: dynastie — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Dutch: heersersfamilie — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Dutch: heersersgeslacht — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Esperanto: dinastio — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Estonian: dünastia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Faroese: valdsharraætt — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Finnish: dynastia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • French: dynastie — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • West-Frisian: dynasty — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Galician: dinastía — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Georgian: დინასტია (dinasṭia) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • German: Dynastie — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • German: Herrschergeschlecht — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • German: Herrscherhaus — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • German: Herrscherhaus — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Greek: δυναστεία (dynasteía) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Ancient Greek: δῠνᾰστείᾱ (dŭnăsteíā) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Gujarati: રાજવંશ (rājvãś) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Hebrew: שׁוֹשֶׁלֶת (shoshélet) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Hindi: राजकुल (rājkul) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Hindi: राजवंश (rājvañś) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Hindi: ख़ानदान (xāndān) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Hungarian: dinasztia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Hungarian: uralkodóház — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Icelandic: konungsætt — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Icelandic: keisaraætt — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Ido: dinastio — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Indonesian: wangsa — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Indonesian: ahala — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Indonesian: dinasti — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Irish: ríshliocht — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Irish: ríora — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Italian: dinastia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Japanese: 王朝 (ōchō) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Japanese: 王家 (ōke) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Javanese: wangsa — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Kannada: ರಾಜವಂಶ (rājavaṃśa) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Kazakh: әулет (äulet) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Kazakh: династия (dinastiä) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Khmer: រាជវង្ស (riəc vŭəng) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Khmer: ខត្តិវង្ស (khattevŭəng) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Khmer: រាជ្យ (riəc) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Khmer: វង្ស (vŭəng) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Korean: 왕조 (wangjo) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Korean: 왕가 (wangga) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Korean: 황가 (hwangga) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Korean: 가 (ga) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Central Kurdish: خانەدان (xanedan) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Northern Kurdish: xanedan — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Kyrgyz: династия (dinastiya) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Kyrgyz: сулале (sulale) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Lao: ລາຊະວົງ (lā sa wong) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Lao: ວົງ (wong) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Latin: dynastia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Latvian: dinastija — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Lithuanian: dinastija — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Luxembourgish: Dynastie — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Macedonian: династија (dinastija) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Malay: dinasti — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Malayalam: രാജവംശം (rājavaṁśaṁ) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Maltese: dinastija — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Marathi: राजवंश (rājvauśa) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Mongolian: угсаа (ugsaa) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Nepali: राजवंश (rājavaṅśa) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dynasti — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dynasti — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Occitan: dinastia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Odia: ରାଜବଂଶୀୟ (rājabaṁśiya) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Pashto: سلاله (solāla) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Pashto: خاندان (xānadān) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Dari: سِلْسِلَه (silsila) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Dari: دُودْمَان (dūdmān) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Dari: خَانْدَان (xāndān) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Dari: خَانَدَان (xānadān) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Iranian Persian: سِلْسِلِه (selsele) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Iranian Persian: دودْمان (dudmân) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Iranian Persian: خانْدان (xândân) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Iranian Persian: خانِدان (xânedân) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Polish: dynastia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Portuguese: dinastia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Punjabi: ਰਾਜਵੰਸ਼ (rājvãś) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Romanian: dinastie — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Russian: дина́стия (dinástija) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Sanskrit: राजवंश (rājavaṃśa) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Scots: deenasty — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Scottish Gaelic: rìgh-shliochd — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Serbo-Croatian: дина́стија — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Serbo-Croatian: dinástija — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Sinhalese: රාජවංශය (rājawaṁśaya) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Slovak: dynastia — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Slovene: dinastíja — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Spanish: dinastía — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Swahili: nasaba — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Swedish: dynasti — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Tagalog: halari — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Tagalog: dinastiya — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Tajik: сулола (sulola) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Tajik: хонадон (xonadon) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Tamil: வம்சம் (vamcam) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Tamil: ராஜவம்சம் (rājavamcam) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Telugu: వంశం (vaṁśaṁ) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Thai: ราชวงศ์ (râat-chá-wong) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Thai: วงศ์ (wong) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Tibetan: རྒྱལ་རབས། (rgyal rabs) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Turkish: hanedan — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Turkmen: dinastiýa — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Turkmen: nebere — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Ukrainian: дина́стія (dynástija) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Urdu: خانْدان (xāndān) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Urdu: دُودْمان (dūdmān) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Uyghur: سۇلالە (sulale) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Uzbek: sulola — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Uzbek: dinastiya — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Uzbek: xonadon — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Vietnamese: triều đại — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Vietnamese: vương triều — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Welsh: brenhinllin — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Yiddish: דינאַסטיע (dinastye) — a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朝代 (cháodài) — era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朝 (cháo) — era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
  • French: dynastie — era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
  • Japanese: 王朝 (ōchō) — era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
  • Korean: 조 (jo) — era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
  • Korean: 나라 (nara) — era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
  • Vietnamese: triều đại — era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
Real reading context

dynasty in complete knowledge articles