Translations

2 languages

Examples

461 sentences

  1. The king went hunting this morning.

    Цього ранку король пішов на полювання. — ascolto

    ruЭтим утром король отправился на охоту. — odexed

    deDer König ist heute Morgen jagen gegangen. — MUIRIEL

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  2. We'll live like kings.

    Ми житимемо як королі. — deniko

    ruМы будем жить как короли. — sharptoothed

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  3. Who died and made you king?

    ruТы чего тут раскомандовался? — marafon

    deWer starb und machte dich zum König? — Manfredo

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Meaning

6 senses

  1. To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.

  2. To crown king, to make (a person) king.

  3. To rule over as king.

More meanings 3

  1. To perform the duties of a king.

  2. To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.

  3. To dress and perform as a drag king.

Origin

From Middle English king, kyng, kynge, from Old English cening, cing, cining, cuning, cync

From Middle English king, kyng, kynge, from Old English cening, cing, cining, cuning, cyncg, cyneg, cyng, cyngc, cynig, cyning, king, kining, kuning, kyning, kyningc (“king”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, *kunungaz (“king”), from *kunją (“clan, family, kin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce; to beget”). Equivalent to kin + -ing. Doublet of cyning and knez.

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Forms

kings, kinging, kinged, kinged

regular · Lesson

Base formking · to king
3rd person singularkings
Present participlekinging
Past simplekinged
Past participlekinged

Tenses

king · kinged · will king · have kinged

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyking
he, she, itkings

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kinged
he, she, ithas kinged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill king

Past simpleLesson

all personskinged

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kindnessB1kindredkineticC2kingdomA2kingfisherkink

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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