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) Used as an intensifier.

   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
• (informal intensifier): major

Derived terms

terms derived from royal (adjective)

give the royal treatment Royal royal family royal flush royalist royal jelly royally

royal tennis royalty royal we royal wedding

Related terms

• real estate

Translations

of or relating to a monarch or their family

• 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)
• Old French: roial
• 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)
• Jèrriais: rouoya
• Korean: 왕실의 (ko) (wangsireui)
• Latvian: karalisks (lv), ķēnišķīgs (lv)
• Macedonian: кралски (mk) (králski) m
• Malay: diraja (ms)
• Norwegian: røyl (no), kongelig (no)
• Novial: regal
• 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. A royal person; a member of a royal family.
2. (paper, printing) A standard printing-paper size measuring 25 inches x 20 inches.
3. (dated) The Australian decimal currency (later called "dollar").
4. The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
5. (nautical) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
6. An old English gold coin, the rial.
7. (military) A small mortar.

Translations

of mast and sail

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

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

See also

Other semantically related terms

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 (feminine royale, masculine plural royaux, feminine plural royales)

1. royal