royal

See also Royal

English

Alternative forms

• roial (obsolete)
• roiall (obsolete)
• royall (obsolete)

Etymology

Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin rēgālis, from rēg-, the stem of rēx (“king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrɔɪəl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪəl

Adjective

royal (comparative more royal, superlative most royal)

1. Of or relating to a monarch or their family.
2. Having the air or demeanour of a monarch.
3. (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.

   • royal mast, royal sail

4. (boxing, military) free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
5. (informal) major

   a royal pain in the neck

Synonyms

• (of a monarch): kingly (of a king), monarchical, princely (of a prince), queenly (of a queen), regal
• (having a monarch's air): majestic, stately, regal

Translations

of or relating to a monarch or their family

Anglo-Norman: reial Arabic: ملكي (ar) (malaky) Catalan: reial (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 王室的 (cmn) (wángshì de) Czech: královský (cs) Danish: royal (da), kongelig (da) Dutch: koninklijk (nl) Esperanto: reĝa (eo) Estonian: kuninglik (et) Finnish: kuninkaallinen (fi) French: royal (fr) German: königlich (de) Greek: βασιλικός (el) (vasilikós) Hungarian: királyi (hu) Icelandic: konunglegur (is) Ido: rejala (io)

Irish: ríoga (ga) Italian: reale (it) Japanese: 王の (ja) (ō no), 王室の (ja) (ōshitsu no) Korean: 왕실의 (ko) (wangsireui) Macedonian: кралски (mk) (králski) m. Malay: diraja (ms) Norwegian: røyl (no), kongelig (no) Novial: regal Old French: roial Old Provençal: reial Polish: królewski (pl) Portuguese: real (pt) Romanian: regal (ro) m., regală (ro) f. Russian: королевский (ru) (korolévskij) Scottish Gaelic: rìoghail (gd) Spanish: real (es) Volapük: (male or female) regik (vo), (male) hiregik (vo), (female) jiregik (vo)

majestic — see majestic

Noun

royal (plural royals)

1. (colloquial) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
2. (paper, printing) A standard printing-paper size measuring 25 inches x 20 inches.
3. former name for the Australian decimal currency (later dollar).
4. the fourth tine of an antler's beam
5. in large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail

Translations

of mast and sail

Finnish: röijeli (fi) French: cacatois (fr)

German: Royalsegel (de) Swedish: röjel (sv), bovenbramsegel (sv), överbramsegel (sv)

Derived terms

Princess Royal Royal Air Force royal family royal flush royalist royal jelly royally

Royal Mail Royal Navy royal tennis royalty royal we royal wedding

Related terms

• real estate

See also

emperor imperial king monarch

prince princess queen

Anagrams

• aroyl

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French

Etymology

Old French roial, from Latin rēgālis, from rēg-, the stem of rēx (“king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁwa.jal/, X-SAMPA: /Rwa.jal/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Homophones: royale, royales

Adjective

royal m. (f. royale, m. plural royaux, f. plural royales)

1. royal