adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
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Standard Lemma guide
royal
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.
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/ˈɹɔɪ̯.əl/
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[ˈɹwɔɪ̯.əl] ~ [ˈɹwɔɪ̯.l̩]
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Appalachia, Southern-US: /ˈɹɔ.jəl/
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Appalachia, Southern-US: [ˈɹwɔ.jəl] ~ [ˈɹwɔ.jl̩]
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homophone: roil (certain accents)
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adj
Meaning 2
Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
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adj
Meaning 3
In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- royal mast; royal sail
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adj
Meaning 4
Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
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Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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adj
Meaning 5
Used as an intensifier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- a royal pain in the neck
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adj
Meaning 6
Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
Examples
- Maharajah and the Sepoys pits a single royal amazon for white against a standard chess army for black.
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adj
Meaning 7
Alternative form of royal (in capitalised proper nouns, e.g. Royal Navy, Royal Mail)
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
Meaning 8
A surname from Old English.
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name
Meaning 9
A male given name from English from the surname
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name
Meaning 10
A male given name from the word "royal".
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noun
Meaning 11
A royal person; a member of a royal family.
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Usage: capitalized, informal, often
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noun
Meaning 12
A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: paper
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Meaning 13
A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
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Qualifier: paper
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noun
Meaning 14
The Australian decimal currency intended to replace the pound in 1966; was changed to "dollar" before it was actually circulated.
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Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 15
Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
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noun
Meaning 16
The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
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noun
Meaning 17
A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
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noun
Meaning 18
In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, sailing, transport
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noun
Meaning 19
An old English gold coin, the rial.
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noun
Meaning 20
A small mortar.
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Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 21
In auction bridge, a royal spade.
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Topics: card-games, games
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noun
Meaning 22
A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
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Synonyms: imperial
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noun
Meaning 23
Bell changes rung on ten bells.
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Topics: campanology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 24
someone connected with Reading Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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noun
Meaning 25
A member of the first regiment of foot in the British army.
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Usage: UK, historical
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adjective
Meaning 26
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the royal party
- the royal crest
- by royal decree
- a royal visit
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adjective
Meaning 27
established or chartered or authorized by royalty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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- the Royal Society
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adjective satellite
Meaning 28
invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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- the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe
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adjective satellite
Meaning 29
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- golden age of imperial splendor
- purple tyrant
- regal attire
- treated with royal acclaim
- the royal carriage of a stag's head
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Synonyms: imperial, majestic, purple, regal
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adjective satellite
Meaning 30
being of the rank of a monarch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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- of royal ancestry
- princes of the blood royal
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noun
Meaning 31
stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: royal stag
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Broader terms: stag
noun
Meaning 32
a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sail, canvas, canvass, sheet
History
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.
Capitalization of royal.
A habitational surname, shaped by folk etymology, from places in England, Riehale, Righale, Ryhill and Ryall, Old English ryge (“rye”) + hyll (“hill”), and Royle, rā (“roe”) + hyll (“hill”).
Across languages
Translations
139 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: mbretëror — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Arabic: مَلَكِيّ (malakiyy) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Arabic: قَيْصَرِيّ (qayṣariyy) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Aragonese: reyal — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Armenian: արքայական (arkʻayakan) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Armenian: թագավորական (tʻagavorakan) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Aromanian: vãsilchescu — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Azerbaijani: kral — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Basque: erregeren — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Basque: errege- — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Belarusian: карале́ўскі (karaljéwski) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Belarusian: ца́рскі (cárski) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Bengali: রাজকীয় (rajokiẏo) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Bengali: শাহী (śahi) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Bulgarian: кра́лски (králski) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Bulgarian: ца́рски (cárski) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Catalan: reial — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Chinese Mandarin: 王室的 (wángshì de) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Chinese Mandarin: 王的 (wáng de) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Czech: královský — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Danish: royal — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Danish: kongelig — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Dutch: koninklijk — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Esperanto: reĝa — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Estonian: kuninglik — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Extremaduran: rial — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Faroese: kongligur — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Faroese: kongaligur — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Faroese: konguligur — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Finnish: kuninkaallinen — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- French: royal — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- French: royale — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Old French: roial — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Georgian: მეფის (mepis) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Georgian: მეფური (mepuri) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Georgian: სამეფო (samepo) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- German: königlich — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Gothic: 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (reikeis) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Greek: βασιλικός (vasilikós) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Ancient Greek: βασιλικός (basilikós) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Hebrew: מַלְכוּתִי (malkhutí) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Hindi: शाही (śāhī) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Hungarian: királyi — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Icelandic: konunglegur — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Ido: rejala — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Indonesian: kerajaan — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Irish: ríoga — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Italian: reale — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Italian: regale — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Japanese: 王の (ō no) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Japanese: 王室の (ōshitsu no) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Kazakh: корольдық (koroldyq) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Khmer: រាជ (riəc) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Korean: 왕의 (wang-ui) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Korean: 왕실의 (wangsir-ui) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Latin: rēgius — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Latin: rēgālis — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Latvian: karalisks — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Latvian: ķēnišķīgs — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Leonese: reyal — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Lithuanian: karališkas — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Macedonian: кралски (kralski) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Macedonian: царски (carski) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Malay: diraja — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Malayalam: രാജകീയ (rājakīya) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Marathi: शाही (śāhī) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Middle English: royal — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Norman: rouoya — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Norwegian Bokmål: kongelig — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kongeleg — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Old Occitan: reial — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Old English: cyne- — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Old English: cynelīċ — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Persian: شایگان (šâygân) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Persian: شاهانه (šâhâne) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Persian: سلطنتی (saltanati) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Polish: królewski — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Portuguese: real — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Romanian: regal — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Romanian: regală — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Russian: короле́вский (korolévskij) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Russian: ца́рский (cárskij) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Sanskrit: राज्य (rājya) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Scots: ryal — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Scottish Gaelic: rìoghail — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Serbo-Croatian: кра́љевскӣ — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Serbo-Croatian: ца̑рскӣ (related to tsars, tsarist) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Serbo-Croatian: králjevskī — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Serbo-Croatian: cȃrskī (related to tsars, tsarist) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Slovak: kráľovský — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Slovene: kraljev — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Slovene: knežji — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Swedish: kunglig — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Tajik: шоҳӣ (šohi) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Tajik: подшоҳӣ (podšohi) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Tajik: шоҳона (šohona) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Tajik: султонӣ (sultoni) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Thai: ราช (râat) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Turkish: kraliyet — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Ukrainian: королі́вський (korolívsʹkyj) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Ukrainian: ца́рський (cársʹkyj) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Urdu: شاہی (śahī) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Uzbek: qirol — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Uzbek: podsho — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Vietnamese: hoàng gia — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Vietnamese: quí tộc — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Volapük: regik — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Volapük: hiregik — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Volapük: jiregik — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Welsh: brenhinol — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Yiddish: קעניגלעך (keniglekh) — of or relating to a monarch or his family
- Finnish: röijeli- — nautical: of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails
- Dutch: royal — royal person
- Esperanto: reĝulo — royal person
- Finnish: kuninkaallinen — royal person
- Georgian: დიდებული (didebuli) — royal person
- Georgian: სამეფო ოჯახის წევრი (samepo oǯaxis c̣evri) — royal person
- German: Royal — royal person
- Finnish: royal — standard size of printing paper
- Marathi: रॉयल (rŏyal) — standard size of printing paper
- Finnish: royal — standard size of writing paper
- Marathi: रॉयल (rŏyal) — standard size of writing paper
- Finnish: royal — intended Australian decimal currency
- Marathi: रॉयल (rŏyal) — intended Australian decimal currency
- Finnish: sinisiipinen — lycaenid butterfly
- Finnish: sinisiipi — lycaenid butterfly
- French: trochure — fourth tine of an antler's beam
- Extremaduran: rial — nautical: a sail
- Finnish: röijeli — nautical: a sail
- Finnish: röijelipurje — nautical: a sail
- French: cacatois — nautical: a sail
- German: Royalsegel — nautical: a sail
- Norwegian Bokmål: røyl — nautical: a sail
- Portuguese: real — nautical: a sail
- Russian: бом-бра́мсель (bom-brámselʹ) — nautical: a sail
- Spanish: real — nautical: a sail
- Swedish: röjel — nautical: a sail
- Swedish: bovenbramsegel — nautical: a sail
- Swedish: överbramsegel — nautical: a sail
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