monarch

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From Middle French monarque, from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”), equivalent to mono- + -arch. * (butterfly): See monarch butterfly.

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: monarg — ruler
• Albanian: monark — ruler
• Amharic: ንጉሥ (nəguś) — ruler
• Arabic: عَاهِل (ʕāhil) — ruler
• Armenian: միապետ (miapet) — ruler
• Armenian: ինքնակալ (inkʻnakal) — ruler
• Aromanian: munarhu — ruler
• Aromanian: munarhã — ruler
• Asturian: monarca — ruler
• Azerbaijani: monarx — ruler
• Bashkir: батша (batşa) — ruler
• Basque: monarka — ruler
• Belarusian: мана́рх (manárx) — ruler
• Bengali: সম্রাট (śomraṭ) — ruler
• Bengali: সম্রাজ্ঞী (śomrajni) — ruler
• Breton: unpenn — ruler
• Bulgarian: мона́рх (monárh) — ruler
• Burmese: ဘုရင် (bhu.rang) — ruler
• Catalan: monarca — ruler
• Chinese Mandarin: 君主 (jūnzhǔ) — ruler
• Chinese Mandarin: 君王 (jūnwáng) — ruler
• Corsican: munarca — ruler
• Czech: panovník — ruler
• Czech: monarcha — ruler
• Danish: monark — ruler
• Dutch: monarch — ruler
• Erzya: вейкинязор (vejkińazor) — ruler
• Esperanto: monarĥo — ruler
• Esperanto: monarko — ruler
• Estonian: monarh — ruler
• Finnish: monarkki — ruler
• French: monarque — ruler
• Friulian: monarcje — ruler
• Galician: monarca — ruler
• Georgian: მონარქი (monarki) — ruler
• German: Monarch — ruler
• German: Monarchin — ruler
• German: Fürst — ruler
• Greek: μονάρχης (monárchis) — ruler
• Ancient Greek: μόναρχος (mónarkhos) — ruler
• Ancient Greek: μονάρχης (monárkhēs) — ruler
• Hebrew: מוֹנַרְךְ (monárkh) — ruler
• Hindi: राजा (rājā) — ruler
• Hindi: अधिराज (adhirāj) — ruler
• Hindi: सम्राट (samrāṭ) — ruler
• Hungarian: uralkodó — ruler
• Hungarian: egyeduralkodó — ruler
• Hungarian: fejedelem — ruler
• Hungarian: monarcha — ruler
• Icelandic: einvaldsherra — ruler
• Icelandic: konungur — ruler
• Icelandic: drottning — ruler
• Icelandic: fursti — ruler
• Icelandic: keisari — ruler
• Icelandic: einvaldur — ruler
• Icelandic: einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi konungsríkis — ruler
• Icelandic: einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi keisaradæmis — ruler
• Icelandic: einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi furstadæmis — ruler
• Icelandic: höfðingi — ruler
• Icelandic: jöfur — ruler
• Ido: monarko — ruler
• Indonesian: raja — ruler
• Interlingua: monarcha — ruler
• Irish: monarc — ruler
• Italian: monarca — ruler
• Japanese: 君主 (kunshu) — ruler
• Japanese: 王 (ō) — ruler
• Javanese: ratu — ruler
• Kazakh: патша (patşa) — ruler
• Kazakh: монарх (monarx) — ruler
• Khmer: ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ (prĕəh mĕəʼhaaksat) — ruler
• Khmer: ក្ស័ត្រ (ksat) — ruler
• Korean: 군주 (gunju) — ruler
• Korean: 군왕 (gunwang) — ruler
• Kyrgyz: монарх (monarh) — ruler
• Kyrgyz: падыша (padışa) — ruler
• Lao: ທິລາດ (thi lāt) — ruler
• Latvian: monarhs — ruler
• Ligurian: monàrca — ruler
• Lithuanian: monarchas — ruler
• Lombard: monarca — ruler
• Macedonian: монарх (monarh) — ruler
• Macedonian: владетел (vladetel) — ruler
• Malay: ratu — ruler
• Malay: raja — ruler
• Malay: permaisuri — ruler
• Malay: pemerintah — ruler
• Maltese: monarka — ruler
• Manx: ard-ree — ruler
• Marathi: राजा (rājā) — ruler
• Mongolian: ван (van) — ruler
• Norwegian Bokmål: monark — ruler
• Norwegian Nynorsk: monark — ruler
• Occitan: monarca — ruler
• Old Church Slavonic: самовластьць (samovlastĭcĭ) — ruler
• Persian: مونارک (monârk) — ruler
• Persian: پادِشاه (pâdešâh) — ruler
• Persian: پادشاه (pâdšâh) — ruler
• Persian: مَلَکه (malake) — ruler
• Piedmontese: monarca — ruler
• Polish: monarcha — ruler
• Polish: monarchini — ruler
• Portuguese: monarca — ruler
• Punjabi: ਰਾਜਾ (rājā) — ruler
• Romanian: monarh — ruler
• Romanian: монарх (monarh) — ruler
• Russian: мона́рх (monárx) — ruler
• Scottish Gaelic: mhonarc — ruler
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̀нарх — ruler
• Serbo-Croatian: mònarh — ruler
• Slovak: panovník — ruler
• Slovak: monarcha — ruler
• Slovene: monarh — ruler
• Spanish: monarca — ruler
• Swedish: monark — ruler
• Tagalog: monarka — ruler
• Tajik: подишоҳ (podišoh) — ruler
• Tajik: монарх (monarx) — ruler
• Tamil: அரசன் (aracaṉ) — ruler
• Tarifit: ajeğğid — ruler
• Tatar: монарх (monarx) — ruler
• Tatar: патша (patşa) — ruler
• Thai: กษัตริย์ (gà-sàt) — ruler
• Turkish: hakan — ruler
• Turkish: hükümdar — ruler
• Turkish: monark — ruler
• Ottoman Turkish: شاه (şâh) — ruler
• Ottoman Turkish: قرال (kral) — ruler
• Ottoman Turkish: ملك (melik) — ruler
• Turkmen: monarh — ruler
• Turkmen: patyşa — ruler
• Ukrainian: мона́рх (monárx) — ruler
• Ukrainian: монархиня (monarxynja) — ruler
• Uzbek: monarx — ruler
• Uzbek: podsho — ruler
• Vietnamese: vua — ruler
• Vietnamese: quân chủ — ruler
• Vietnamese: quốc vương — ruler
• Welsh: teyrn — ruler
• Yiddish: מאָנאַרך (monarkh) — ruler
• Zhuang: ginhcuj — ruler
• Bulgarian: монарх (monarh) — butterfly Danaus plexippus
• Catalan: monarca — butterfly Danaus plexippus
• Finnish: monarkkiperhonen — butterfly Danaus plexippus
• Galician: bolboreta monarca — butterfly Danaus plexippus
• Greek: μονάρχης (monárchis) — butterfly Danaus plexippus
• Korean: 제왕나비 (jewangnabi) — butterfly Danaus plexippus
• Korean: 군주나비 (gunjunabi) — butterfly Danaus plexippus
• Persian: پروانه شهریار (parvâne-šahryâr) — butterfly Danaus plexippus
• Portuguese: borboleta-monarca — butterfly Danaus plexippus
• Romanian: fluture monarh — butterfly Danaus plexippus
• Welsh: glöyn y llaethlys — butterfly Danaus plexippus
• Finnish: kuningas- — chief or best thing of its kind
• Finnish: monarkki — bird of the family Monarchidae