Meaning

6 senses

  1. Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.

    königlich

    короле́вскийkorolévskij, ца́рскийcárskij

    королі́вськийkorolívsʹkyj, ца́рськийcársʹkyj

    being of the rank of a monarch

  2. Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.

  3. In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.

    royal mast; royal sail

  4. Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.

  5. (informal)Used as an intensifier.

    a royal pain in the neck

  6. Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.

    Maharajah and the Sepoys pits a single royal amazon for white against a standard chess army for black.

Examples

128 sentences

  1. The royal palace was built on a hill.

    Королевський палац було побудовано на узгір'ї. — deniko

    ruКоролевский дворец был построен на холме. — soweli_Elepanto

    deDer königliche Palast wurde auf einem Hügel errichtet. — Wolf

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  2. The king and his family live in the royal palace.

    Король та його родина живуть в королівському палаці. — deniko

    ruКороль и его семья живут в королевском дворце. — saiko

    deDer König und seine Familie wohnen im Königspalast. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. The royal wedding was a great spectacle.

    Королівське весілля було прекрасним видовищем. — deniko

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  4. The Royal Shakespeare Company is presenting The Merchant of Venice next week.

    deDie Royal Shakespeare Company führt nächste Woche Der Kaufmann von Venedig auf. — Esperantostern

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  5. Will you watch the royal wedding?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of or relating to a monarch or his family:
Русский
By meaning 1
of or relating to a monarch or his family:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or relating to a monarch or his family:

Origin

From Middle English royal, from Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin rēgālis

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.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

royaler/royaller, royalest/royallest
Comparativeroyaler / royaller Lesson
Superlativeroyalest / royallest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
having a monarch's air:statelyC1majestic
majorA2
of a monarch:kinglymonarchicalprincelyqueenlyregalroy
of other kinds of monarchs:imperialsultanic
Close in meaning

Word family

91 related words
RelatedrealA1realmmonarchroyalty
Derivedantiroyalballade royalbattle royalblood royalchant royalchapel royalcoffee royalhalf-royalimperial-royalkir royalmound royalnonroyalnon-royalpair royalpuliol royalrhyme royalrhythm royalroyal abundanceroyal angelfishroyal anteloperoyal assentroyal blueroyal boroughroyal bumps

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rowboatrowdyrowerroyaltyB2rubB2rubberB1

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