regal

See also Regal, regał, and régal

English

Alternative forms

• regall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English regal, from Old French regal (“regal, royal”), from Latin regalis (“royal, kingly”), from Latin rex (“king”); also regere (“to rule”).

Adjective

regal

1. Of or having to do with royalty.
2. Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.

Related terms

• regime
• regimen

Translations

of or having to do with royalty

Arabic: مَلَكِي Bulgarian: кралски (bg) (králski) m., царски (bg) (tsárski) m. Finnish: kuninkaallinen (fi) Macedonian: кралски (mk) (králski) m., царски (mk) (cárski) m.

Romanian: regal (ro) m. and n., regală (ro) f. Scottish Gaelic: rìoghail (gd) Spanish: real (es) m. and f., regio (es) m., regia (es) f.

befitting a king

Finnish: kuninkaallinen (fi), ruhtinaallinen (fi) Macedonian: кралски (mk) (králski) m., царски (mk) (cárski) m.

Scottish Gaelic: rìoghail (gd) Spanish: real (es) m. and f., regio (es) m., regia (es) f.

Noun

regal (plural regals)

1. (obsolete, music) A small, portable organ

Translations

Translations

Italian: rigabello (it) m.

See also

• kingly
• royal
• splendid
• stately

Anagrams

• Alger
• Elgar
• glare
• lager
• large

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

Latin regalis

Adjective

regal m. (feminine regale)

1. regal

Synonyms

• reial

Descendants

• English: regal

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Novial

Etymology

Derived from rege, a monarch, king or queen.

Root: reg-.

Morphemes: reg- + -al.

Adjective

regal

1. regal, royal

Related terms

rege	{ n }	monarch
rego	{ n }	king
rega	{ n }	queen
regia	{ n }	kingdom
regira	{ v }	reign
regiro	{ n }	reign
regido	{ n }	royal prince
regida	{ n }	royal princess
viserego	{ n }	viceroy
regonal	{ adj }	kingly
reganal	{ adj }	queenly

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Old French

Etymology

Latin regalis

Adjective

regal m. (feminine regale)

1. regal

Synonyms

• roial

Descendants

• English: regal

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Romanian

Etymology

Latin regalis

Adjective

regal m. (feminine regală)

1. regal

Synonyms

• regesc

Antonyms

• neregal
• neregesc