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[edit] English

The white and black kings (chess)

A king piece in shogi. Sometimes just 王.

Most common English words: women « cried « general « #360: king » nature » answered » thousand

[edit] Etymology

From Old English cyning, from Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate with Dutch koning, German König, Swedish konung.

[edit] Pronunciation

enPR: kĭng, IPA: /kɪŋ/, SAMPA: /kIN/
Audio (US)^{help, file}
Rhymes: -ɪŋ

[edit] Noun

Singular
king

Plural
kings

king (plural kings)

A male monarch; member of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation.

Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.
(idiomatic) A powerful or influential person.

Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".
(chess) The principal playing piece in chess or variations of chess.
A playing card with the image of a king on it.

[edit] Coordinate terms

(male monarch): emperor, empress, maharajah, prince, princess, queen, regent, royalty, viceroy
(playing card): ace, jack, joker, queen

[edit] Derived terms

term derived from king (noun)

[edit] Translations

a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation

Afrikaans: koning af(af)
Akkadian: 𒈗 (LUGAL)
Albanian: mbret sq(sq) m.
Ancient Greek: βασιλεύς m.
Arabic: ملك (málik) m.
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܡܠܟܐ (malkā') m.

Hebrew: מלכא (malkā') m.
Armenian: թագավոր hy(hy) (t’agavor), արքա hy(hy) (ark’a)

Old Armenian: թագաւոր (tʿagawor), արքայ (arkʿay)
Bosnian: kralj bs(bs) m.
Breton: roue m., rouaned / -ed pl.
Catalan: rei m.
Chinese:
Croatian: kralj hr(hr) m.
Czech: král cs(cs) m.
Danish: konge da(da) c.
Dutch: koning nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: reĝo eo(eo)
Estonian: kuningas et(et)
Ewe: fiaŋutsu m.
Finnish: kuningas fi(fi)
French: roi fr(fr) m.
Georgian: მეფე ka(ka) (mep'e)
German: König de(de) m.
Greek: βασιλιάς el(el) (vasiliás)
Hebrew: מֶלֶךְ he(he) (mélekh) m.
Hindi: राजा (rājā)
Hittite: 𒈗 (LUGAL)
Hungarian: király hu(hu)
Icelandic: konungur is(is) m., kóngur is(is) m.
Ido: rejulo io(io)
Ilocano: ari
Indonesian: raja id(id)
Irish: rí ga(ga) m.
Italian: re it(it) m.
Japanese: 国王 (こくおう, kokuō), 王様 (おうさま, ōsama), 王 (おう, ō)
Kazakh: хан kk(kk) (xan)
Korean: 임금 (imgeum), 왕 (wang, 王)
Kurdish: paşa ku(ku) m., key ku(ku) m., qiral ku(ku) m., melik ku(ku) m., şah ku(ku) m., شاه ku(ku), مه‌لیک ku(ku)
Kölsch: Künnisch

Latin: rex la(la) m.
Latvian: karalis lv(lv) m.
Lithuanian: karalius lt(lt) m.
Macedonian: крал mk(mk) (kral) m.
Malay: raja ms(ms), sultan ms(ms)
Malayalam: രാജാവ് (raajaavu) m.
Maltese: re mt(mt) m.
Mandarin: 国王，國王 cmn(cmn) (guó wáng)
Northern Sami: gonagas
Norwegian: konge no(no) m.; kong no(no) m. (when used in title)
Old English: cyning ang(ang) m., landfruma ang(ang) m.
Old French: rois m.
Old High German: kuning m.
Persian: شاه.پادشاه fa(fa) (shāh.pādeshāh)
Polish: król pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: rei pt(pt) m.
Romanian: rege ro(ro)
Russian: король ru(ru) (korol') m., царь ru(ru) (tsar') m. ancient, biblical or pertaining to Russian history - (tsar)
Sanskrit: राजा (rājā), केसरी (Kesari)
Scottish Gaelic: rìgh m.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: краљ sr(sr) m.

Roman: kralj m.
Sinhala: රජ (raja)
Slovak: kráľ sk(sk) m.
Slovene: kralj sl(sl) m.
Sotho: morena st(st)
Spanish: rey es(es) m.
Sumerian: 𒈗 (LUGAL)
Swahili: mfalme sw(sw)
Swedish: kung (archaic konung) c.
Tagalog: hari
Taos: láyna
Telugu: రాజు (raaju)
Thai: ราชา (rāshā)
Transalpine Gaulish: rix
Turkish: kral tr(tr)
Vietnamese: vua vi(vi), quốc vương vi(vi)
Volapük: reg vo(vo), hireg vo(vo)
Welsh: brenin cy(cy) m.
West Frisian: kening m.
Yup'ik: taamaq

A powerful or influential person

Swahili: mfalme sw(sw)

a playing piece in chess

Armenian: արքա hy(hy) (ark’a)
Bosnian: kralj bs(bs) m.
Breton: roue m., rouaned / -ed pl.
Catalan: rei m.
Czech: král cs(cs) m.
Danish: konge da(da) c.
Dutch: koning nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: reĝo eo(eo)
Estonian: kuningas et(et)
Finnish: kuningas fi(fi)
French: roi fr(fr) m.
German: König de(de) m.
Greek: βασιλιάς el(el) m. (vasiliás)
Hebrew: מֶלֶךְ he(he) (mélekh) m.
Hungarian: király hu(hu)
Icelandic: kóngur is(is) m.
Irish: rí ga(ga) m.
Italian: re it(it) m.
Japanese: キング ja(ja) (kingu)
Korean: 킹 (king)

Kurdish: şah ku(ku) m.
Latvian: karalis lv(lv) m.
Malayalam: രാജാവ് (raajaavu) m.
Maltese: sultan mt(mt)
Norwegian: konge no(no) m.
Portuguese: rei pt(pt) m.
Romanian: rege ro(ro)
Russian: король ru(ru) (koról') m.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: краљ sr(sr) m.

Roman: kralj m.
Slovak: kráľ sk(sk) m.
Slovene: kralj sl(sl) m.
Spanish: rey es(es) m.
Swahili: mfalme sw(sw)
Swedish: kung sv(sv) c.
Telugu: రాజు (raaju)
Turkish: şah tr(tr)
Vietnamese: vua vi(vi)
Welsh: brenin cy(cy) m.

a playing card with the image of a king in it

Armenian: թագավոր hy(hy) (t’agavor), պապ hy(hy) (pap)
Bosnian: kralj bs(bs) m.
Breton: roue m., rouaned / -ed pl.
Catalan: rei m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: K cmn(cmn) (kei, kǎi), 凱 cmn(cmn), 凯 cmn(cmn) (kǎi) (from English "K")
Czech: král cs(cs) m.
Danish: konge da(da) c.
Dutch: koning nl(nl) m., heer nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: reĝo eo(eo)
Estonian: kuningas et(et)
Finnish: kuningas fi(fi)
French: roi fr(fr) m.
German: König de(de) m.
Greek: ρήγας el(el) (rigas)
Hebrew: מֶלֶךְ he(he) (mélekh) m.
Hungarian: király hu(hu)
Icelandic: kóngur is(is) m.
Irish: rí ga(ga) m.

Italian: re it(it) m.
Japanese: キング ja(ja) (kingu)
Korean: 킹 (king)
Kurdish: şah ku(ku) m.
Malayalam: രാജാവ് (raajaavu) m.
Maltese: sultan mt(mt)
Norwegian: konge no(no) m.
Polish: król pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: rei pt(pt) m.
Romanian: popă
Russian: король ru(ru) (koról') m.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: краљ sr(sr) m., поп sr(sr) m.

Roman: kralj m., pop m.
Slovak: kráľ sk(sk) m.
Slovene: kralj sl(sl) m.
Spanish: rey es(es) m.
Swahili: mfalme sw(sw)
Swedish: kung sv(sv) c.
Telugu: రాజు (raaju)
Turkish: papaz tr(tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Badiu: rei m.
Old Danish: Konning
Hawaiian: ali'i
Indonesian: raja
Interlingua: rege
Kannada: ರಾಜ (raaja), ದೇವ (deeva)

Manchu: (wang)
Mongolian: хан (khan)
Novial: rego
Persian: شاه (šāh), پادِشاه (pādešāh)
Volapük: reg, hireg
Welsh: brenin

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to king

Third person singular
kings

Simple past
kinged

Past participle
kinged

Present participle
kinging

to king (third-person singular simple present kings, present participle kinging, simple past and past participle kinged)

(transitive) In checkers: to stack a checker on an opponent's piece that has successfully traversed the board to the opposite side. The piece so marked can then move forwards or backwards.

[edit] Translations

Catalan: coronar
Italian: fare dama
Spanish: coronar es(es)

[edit] Estonian

[edit] Noun

king

shoe

[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Noun

king

king

king

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[edit] Coordinate terms

[edit] Derived terms

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