regal

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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.

From Middle English regal, from Middle French régale, possibly from Old French regol (“a gutter, channel”). Doublet of rail, regula, rigol, and rule.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَلَكِيّ (malakiyy) — of or having to do with royalty
• Belarusian: карале́ўскі (karaljéwski) — of or having to do with royalty
• Bengali: শাহানা (śahana) — of or having to do with royalty
• Bulgarian: кра́лски (králski) — of or having to do with royalty
• Bulgarian: ца́рски (cárski) — of or having to do with royalty
• Catalan: reial — of or having to do with royalty
• Chinese Cantonese: 皇室的 (wong4 sat1 dik1) — of or having to do with royalty
• Chinese Cantonese: 莊嚴的 /庄严的 (zong1 jim4 dik1) — of or having to do with royalty
• Chinese Mandarin: 皇家的 (huángjiā de) — of or having to do with royalty
• Chinese Mandarin: 莊嚴的 /庄严的 (zhuānɡyán de) — of or having to do with royalty
• Esperanto: reĝa — of or having to do with royalty
• Finnish: kuninkaallinen — of or having to do with royalty
• French: régalien — of or having to do with royalty
• German: königlich — of or having to do with royalty
• German: majestätisch — of or having to do with royalty
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (reikeis) — of or having to do with royalty
• Ancient Greek: βασιλικός (basilikós) — of or having to do with royalty
• Hungarian: királyi — of or having to do with royalty
• Irish: ríoga — of or having to do with royalty
• Latin: rēgālis — of or having to do with royalty
• Macedonian: кралски (kralski) — of or having to do with royalty
• Macedonian: царски (carski) — of or having to do with royalty
• Malayalam: രാജകീയ (rājakīya) — of or having to do with royalty
• Portuguese: régio — of or having to do with royalty
• Portuguese: real — of or having to do with royalty
• Romanian: regal — of or having to do with royalty
• Russian: короле́вский (korolévskij) — of or having to do with royalty
• Scottish Gaelic: rìoghail — of or having to do with royalty
• Serbo-Croatian: kraljevski — of or having to do with royalty
• Spanish: real — of or having to do with royalty
• Spanish: regio — of or having to do with royalty
• Spanish: realengo — of or having to do with royalty
• Belarusian: карале́ўскі (karaljéwski) — befitting a king
• Chinese Cantonese: 高貴的 /高贵的 (gou1 gwai3 dik1) — befitting a king
• Chinese Mandarin: 帝王的 (dìwáng de) — befitting a king
• Chinese Mandarin: 國王的 /国王的 (guówáng de) — befitting a king
• Finnish: kuninkaallinen — befitting a king
• Finnish: ruhtinaallinen — befitting a king
• French: régalien — befitting a king
• Irish: ríoga — befitting a king
• Macedonian: кра́лски (králski) — befitting a king
• Macedonian: ца́рски (cárski) — befitting a king
• Portuguese: régio — befitting a king
• Portuguese: real — befitting a king
• Romanian: regal — befitting a king
• Russian: короле́вский (korolévskij) — befitting a king
• Scottish Gaelic: rìoghail — befitting a king
• Spanish: real — befitting a king
• Spanish: regio — befitting a king
• Danish: regal — small, portable organ
• Dutch: regaal — small, portable organ
• French: régale — small, portable organ
• German: Regal — small, portable organ
• Greek: ρεγκάλ (regkál) — small, portable organ
• Italian: rigabello — small, portable organ
• Italian: regale — small, portable organ
• Japanese: レガール (regāru) — small, portable organ
• Polish: regał — small, portable organ
• Spanish: regal — small, portable organ
• Spanish: órgano de regalía — small, portable organ
• Swedish: regal — small, portable organ