Meaning

20 senses
  1. The wife, consort, or widow of a king.

    The divorced king was looking for a new queen.

    Königin

    короле́ваkoroléva, цари́цаcaríca

    the wife or widow of a king

  2. A female monarch.

    Königin, Kinigin

    короле́ваkoroléva, цари́цаcaríca

    короле́ваkoroléva, цари́цяcarýcja

    female cat

  3. A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.

    The Virgin Mary (especially in formulations such as Queen of Heaven, Queen of Glory).

    Tunte

  4. An excellent woman.

  5. A woman pre-eminent in a particular group or field.

  6. (slang)An attractive woman; a female partner in a romantic relationship.

  7. A girl or woman chosen to preside in an honorary or ceremonial manner over a specified festivity or occasion, as May Queen, Homecoming Queen, prom queen, pearly queen.

    My mother was queen of the St. Patrick's Day parade when she was 19.

  8. Something regarded as the greatest of its kind or as having pre-eminence or power comparable to that of a queen over a given area.

  9. Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games:

    A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

    Dame

    ферзьferzʹ, короле́ваkoroléva

    ферзьferzʹ, короле́ваkoroléva, ге́тьманhétʹman

    (chess) the most powerful piece

  10. A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit.

    Dame

    да́маdáma, кра́ляkrálja

    да́маdáma

  11. A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carom.

  12. A reproductive female insect in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.

    Königin

    ма́ткаmátka, цари́цаcaríca

Examples

462 sentences
  1. Mary is a drama queen.

    Мері істеричка.

    deMaria ist eine Dramaqueen.

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  2. The queen stood beside the king.

    Королева стояла коло короля.

    ruКоролева стояла возле короля.

    deDie Königin stand neben dem König.

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  3. Tom treated Mary like a queen.

    ruТом обращался с Мэри как с королевой.

    deTom behandelte Maria wie eine Königin.

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  4. I remember that I met the queen.

    ruЯ помню, что я встретился с королевой.

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  5. This magazine has a picture of the queen.

    deAuf dieser Zeitschrift ist ein Bild der Königin.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
female monarch:
chess piece:
playing card:
Русский
By meaning 5
powerful or forceful female person:
wife of a king:
chess piece:
playing card:
reproductive female animal in a hive:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
wife of a king:
female monarch:
slang: male homosexual:
chess piece:
adult female cat:

Origin

From Middle English quene, queen, cwen, from Old English cwēn (“queen”), from Proto-West G

From Middle English quene, queen, cwen, from Old English cwēn (“queen”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāni, from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz (“wife, woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s (“woman”).

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