Standard Lemma guide
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
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.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
name
A star in the constellation Leo; alpha (α) Leonis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
a Roman cognomen
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An impure metal formed beneath slag during the smelting of ores.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: genus Regulus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bird genus
noun
the brightest star in Leo
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: star
History
Latin regulus (“petty king”).
Borrowed from Latin Regulus.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
