Phrase guide

royal family

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

royal persons collectively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the wedding was attended by royalty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: royalty, royal line, royal house

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: house

Narrower terms: Hanover, House of Hanover, Hanoverian line, Habsburg, Hapsburg, Hohenzollern, Lancaster, House of Lancaster, Lancastrian line, Plantagenet, Plantagenet line, Romanov, Romanoff, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Stuart, York, House of York

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَائِلَة مَلِكِيَّة — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Bulgarian: кралско семейство (kralsko semejstvo) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Catalan: família reial — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皇家 (huángjiā) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皇室 (huángshì) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 王室 (wángshì) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 王家 (wángjiā) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皇族 (huángzú) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宗室 (zōngshì) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Cornish: teylu riel — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Czech: královská rodina — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Danish: kongehus — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Danish: kongelig familie — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Dutch: koninklijke familie — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Finnish: kuningasperhe — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • French: famille royale — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Georgian: სამეფო ოჯახი (samepo oǯaxi) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • German: königliche Familie — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Greek: βασιλική οικογένεια (vasilikí oikogéneia) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Hindi: राजकुल (rājkul) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Hungarian: királyi család — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Icelandic: konungsfjölskylda — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Indonesian: keluarga kerajaan — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Irish: teaghlach ríoga — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Italian: famiglia reale — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Japanese: 王家 (ōke) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Japanese: 王室 (ōshitsu) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Japanese: 皇室 (kōshitsu) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Korean: 왕실 (wangsil) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Korean: 왕가 (wangga) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Malay: keluarga diraja — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Norman: fanmil'ye rouoyale — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kongefamilie — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kongehus — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kongefamilie — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kongehus — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Old English: cynecynn — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Persian: خانواده سلطنتی (xânevâde-ye saltanati) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Polish: rodzina królewska — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Portuguese: família real — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Romanian: familie regală — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Romanian: casă domnitoare — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Russian: короле́вская семья́ (korolévskaja semʹjá) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Serbo-Croatian: краловска обитељ — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Serbo-Croatian: краловска породица — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Serbo-Croatian: kralovska obitelj — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Serbo-Croatian: kralovska porodica — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Spanish: familia real — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Swedish: kungafamilj — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Swedish: kungliga familjen — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Swedish: kungahus — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Thai: ชนชั้นเจ้า (chon-chán-jâao) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Turkish: kraliyet ailesi — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Ukrainian: королівська сім'я (korolivsʹka simʺja) — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Vietnamese: hoàng gia — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Vietnamese: hoàng tộc — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Vietnamese: hoàng thất — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Vietnamese: hoàng phái — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Vietnamese: tôn thất — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • Welsh: teulu brenhinol — family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state